Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFor only the fifth time, The Atlantic is endorsing a presidential candidate: Kamala Harris.
The Atlantic
For only the fifth time, The Atlantic is endorsing a presidential candidate: Kamala Harris. She believes in the freedom, equality, and dignity of all Americans, our editors write. She wont abuse the power of the highest office in order to keep it. https://theatln.tc/b5aCQhXY
7:19 AM · Oct 10, 2024
For only the fifth time, The Atlantic is endorsing a presidential candidate: Kamala Harris. She believes in the freedom, equality, and dignity of all Americans, our editors write. She wont abuse the power of the highest office in order to keep it. https://theatln.tc/b5aCQhXY
7:19 AM · Oct 10, 2024
The Atlantic (archived) - The Case for Kamala Harris
The Atlantics endorsement
October 10, 2024, 6 AM ET
For the third time in eight years, Americans have to decide whether they want Donald Trump to be their president. No voter could be ignorant by now of who he is. Opinions about Trump arent just hardenedtheyre dried out and exhausted. The mans character has been in our faces for so long, blatant and unchanging, that it kills the possibility of new thoughts, which explains the strange mix of boredom and dread in our politics. Whenever Trump senses any waning of public attention, hell call his opponent a disgusting name, or dishonor the memory of fallen soldiers, or threaten to overturn the election if he loses, or vow to rule like a dictator if he wins. He knows that nothing he says is likely to change anyones views.
Because one of the most personally malignant and politically dangerous candidates in American history was on the ballot, The Atlantic endorsed Trumps previous Democratic opponentsonly the third and fourth endorsements since the magazines founding, in 1857. We endorsed Abraham Lincoln for president in 1860 (though not, for reasons lost to history, in 1864). One hundred and four years later, we endorsed Lyndon B. Johnson for president. In 2016, we endorsed Hillary Clinton for more or less the same reason Johnson won this magazines endorsement in 1964. Clinton was a credible candidate who would have made a competent president, but we endorsed her because she was running against a manifestly unstable and incompetent Republican nominee. The editors of this magazine in 1964 feared Barry Goldwater less for his positions than for his zealotry and seeming lack of self-restraint.
Of all Trumps insults, cruelties, abuses of power, corrupt dealings, and crimes, the event that proved the essential rightness of the endorsements of Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden took place on January 6, 2021, when Trump became the first American president to try to overturn an election and prevent the peaceful transfer of power.
This year, Trump is even more vicious and erratic than in the past, and the ideas of his closest advisers are more extreme. Trump has made clear that he would use a second term to consolidate unprecedented power in his own hands, punishing adversaries and pursuing a far-right agenda that most Americans dont want. We believe that this election is a turning-point in our history, the magazine prophesied correctly when it endorsed Abraham Lincoln in 1860. This years election is another.
/snip
The Atlantics endorsement
October 10, 2024, 6 AM ET
For the third time in eight years, Americans have to decide whether they want Donald Trump to be their president. No voter could be ignorant by now of who he is. Opinions about Trump arent just hardenedtheyre dried out and exhausted. The mans character has been in our faces for so long, blatant and unchanging, that it kills the possibility of new thoughts, which explains the strange mix of boredom and dread in our politics. Whenever Trump senses any waning of public attention, hell call his opponent a disgusting name, or dishonor the memory of fallen soldiers, or threaten to overturn the election if he loses, or vow to rule like a dictator if he wins. He knows that nothing he says is likely to change anyones views.
Because one of the most personally malignant and politically dangerous candidates in American history was on the ballot, The Atlantic endorsed Trumps previous Democratic opponentsonly the third and fourth endorsements since the magazines founding, in 1857. We endorsed Abraham Lincoln for president in 1860 (though not, for reasons lost to history, in 1864). One hundred and four years later, we endorsed Lyndon B. Johnson for president. In 2016, we endorsed Hillary Clinton for more or less the same reason Johnson won this magazines endorsement in 1964. Clinton was a credible candidate who would have made a competent president, but we endorsed her because she was running against a manifestly unstable and incompetent Republican nominee. The editors of this magazine in 1964 feared Barry Goldwater less for his positions than for his zealotry and seeming lack of self-restraint.
Of all Trumps insults, cruelties, abuses of power, corrupt dealings, and crimes, the event that proved the essential rightness of the endorsements of Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden took place on January 6, 2021, when Trump became the first American president to try to overturn an election and prevent the peaceful transfer of power.
This year, Trump is even more vicious and erratic than in the past, and the ideas of his closest advisers are more extreme. Trump has made clear that he would use a second term to consolidate unprecedented power in his own hands, punishing adversaries and pursuing a far-right agenda that most Americans dont want. We believe that this election is a turning-point in our history, the magazine prophesied correctly when it endorsed Abraham Lincoln in 1860. This years election is another.
/snip
Link to tweet
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
2 replies, 446 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (13)
ReplyReply to this post
2 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
For only the fifth time, The Atlantic is endorsing a presidential candidate: Kamala Harris. (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Oct 10
OP
2naSalit
(91,539 posts)1. K&R
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,230 posts)2. This makes me smile