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| New York Daily News endorses Mitt Romney for president | New York Daily News endorses Mitt Romney for president |
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| New York City and surrounding metro areas have other things to worry about right now, but local newspapers Newsday and the Daily News came out for Mitt Romney on Sunday (joining the New York Post, which predictably backed Rommey a week ago). In both latest cases the supporting arguments are – in a technical sense – nuts. | New York City and surrounding metro areas have other things to worry about right now, but local newspapers Newsday and the Daily News came out for Mitt Romney on Sunday (joining the New York Post, which predictably backed Rommey a week ago). In both latest cases the supporting arguments are – in a technical sense – nuts. |
| Newsday's op-ed explaining its endorsement is largely about Obama's economic failures. But it goes on: | Newsday's op-ed explaining its endorsement is largely about Obama's economic failures. But it goes on: |
| Obama said he would pass comprehensive immigration reform, but he never made a significant attempt to address it. | Obama said he would pass comprehensive immigration reform, but he never made a significant attempt to address it. |
| He said future generations would look back on his election as the time we began to slow the rise of the oceans and hasten the healing of the planet, yet he never introduced meaningful legislation aimed at achieving those goals. | He said future generations would look back on his election as the time we began to slow the rise of the oceans and hasten the healing of the planet, yet he never introduced meaningful legislation aimed at achieving those goals. |
| Obama promised a transparent administration but instead ran a secretive White House. And Obama promised a newfound respect for civil liberties, and yet, in an expansive reading of congressional authority to use military force, he has authorized the unilateral assassination of American citizens abroad | Obama promised a transparent administration but instead ran a secretive White House. And Obama promised a newfound respect for civil liberties, and yet, in an expansive reading of congressional authority to use military force, he has authorized the unilateral assassination of American citizens abroad |
| Er … so for climate change action, immigration reform, civil liberties, vote Mitt Romney? What was it the Economist said? "Mr Romney has an economic plan that works only if you don't believe most of what he says." | Er … so for climate change action, immigration reform, civil liberties, vote Mitt Romney? What was it the Economist said? "Mr Romney has an economic plan that works only if you don't believe most of what he says." |
| The New York Daily News – the neglected plaything of forgotten Canadian media magnate Mort Zuckerman – has also flipped and endorsed Mitt Romney in this election. | The New York Daily News – the neglected plaything of forgotten Canadian media magnate Mort Zuckerman – has also flipped and endorsed Mitt Romney in this election. |
| Its editorial is also all over the place in making the case for Romney. It includes this whopping non sequitur: | Its editorial is also all over the place in making the case for Romney. It includes this whopping non sequitur: |
| Only America's social safety net, record deficits and the Federal Reserve's unprecedented low-interest policies have kept the label Great Depression II on the shelf. | Only America's social safety net, record deficits and the Federal Reserve's unprecedented low-interest policies have kept the label Great Depression II on the shelf. |
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