In Clinton Endorsement, New York Times Praises Her 'Intellect, Experience, Toughness and Courage'

"Hillary Clinton — has a record of service and a raft of pragmatic ideas... Donald Trump discloses nothing concrete about himself or his plans while promising the moon and offering the stars on layaway."

The New York Times endorsing Clinton was less a question of if and more a question of what that endorsement would look like.

The Times’ endorsement of Hillary Clinton arrived yesterday, with the editorial board writing that the “endorsement is rooted in respect for her intellect, experience, toughness and courage over a career of almost continuous public service, often as the first or only woman in the arena.”

Where the endorsement strayed from the usual was in the board’s decision not to do a “side by side” comparison “on the issues,” explaining further, “A comparison like that would be an empty exercise in a race where one candidate — our choice, Hillary Clinton — has a record of service and a raft of pragmatic ideas, and the other, Donald Trump, discloses nothing concrete about himself or his plans while promising the moon and offering the stars on layaway.”

With that out of the...

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