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Philadelphia Inquirer finally comes clean. Will endorse no Republicans
hotair.com ^ | 5/14/22 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 05/15/2022 5:44:48 AM PDT by cotton1706

With the primary season getting underway, it’s also time for the traditional round of newspaper endorsements. Few people seem to believe that those endorsements hold anywhere near the influence they did fifty years ago, but some traditions have to be maintained, I suppose. That’s not the case at the Philadelphia Inquirer, however. They are publishing their picks for the Democratic races as they normally do. But instead of listing endorsements for candidates in Republican primary races in Pennsylvania this week, the editorial board of the Inquirer decided to publish a long-winded explanation of why they refused to endorse a single GOP candidate in any race.

The board begins with what could be seen as a refreshing bit of honesty. They write, “It is no secret that this board, for decades, has leaned toward Democrats.” Really? We never could have guessed. (Insert sarcasm emoji here.) Of course, like so many other large papers, they’ve done a lot more than “lean,” but that point is far too self-evident to spend much time on here. They next walk through the rest of their decision-making process – which we’ll address in a moment – before reaching this despondent conclusion:

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; elections; jazzshaw; pennsylvania; philadelphia; philadelphiainquirer
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This is a good sign. It means they could not find a SINGLE pantywaist Republican to try to help get nominated (and then destroy by November).

"Moderate" Republican power and influence in Pennsylvania is rapidly shrinking.

1 posted on 05/15/2022 5:44:48 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Philly....Cheating capital of the world.


2 posted on 05/15/2022 5:46:53 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: cotton1706

I could be wrong but anyone who basis their vote on a rag like the PI, is and has been voting libtard already.


3 posted on 05/15/2022 5:47:50 AM PDT by albie
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To: cotton1706

No even a black female????

Racists.


4 posted on 05/15/2022 5:48:32 AM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: cotton1706

“Moderate” Republican power and influence in Pennsylvania is rapidly shrinking.

Combination of the Trump effect and the GOP of Pa “moderates” being part of the 2020 steal..

The electorate is rejecting the GOOe pretty loudly abs solidly here this cycle.

The establishment is pissed and trying everything they can to stop it.

The whole “electability” argument is now their go to..

We will see this fall how it goes


5 posted on 05/15/2022 5:52:09 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: cotton1706

Everyone that the Philly Inquirer endorsed over the past 5 decades has created the paradise you see in Philadelphia every day...murder, drugs, homeless, etc.


6 posted on 05/15/2022 5:53:37 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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To: Erik Latranyi

They also endorsed the Soros DA, Larry Krassner


7 posted on 05/15/2022 5:57:21 AM PDT by Sir_Humphrey ( I wiIl not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own!i)
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To: cotton1706

They finally reveal their true colors. If the rats would admit it I’d guess we’ll over 1/2 the media would join. Most of the rest would still be biased to democrats just not totally.


8 posted on 05/15/2022 5:59:02 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: cotton1706

If only we could rid our state of Filthadelphia . . .


9 posted on 05/15/2022 6:01:42 AM PDT by tomkat ( SOTU = FUBAR )
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To: Sacajaweau
I'm sure that The Enquirer believes that the ends justify the means.

Election cheating is fine with them as long as the correct 'Rats are elected.

10 posted on 05/15/2022 6:01:50 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: cotton1706

They’re not journalists, they’re activists.


11 posted on 05/15/2022 6:05:39 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: cotton1706

They don’t even say who said Biden.


12 posted on 05/15/2022 6:07:32 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: cotton1706

The Sunday Inquirer was the biggest waste of money I ever spent.


13 posted on 05/15/2022 6:10:20 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: 2banana

Kathy Barnette-Abrams has said if you don’t vote for her you’re a racist.


14 posted on 05/15/2022 6:13:21 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
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To: cotton1706

From the article:

Many troubling issues about the 2020 elections were brought to light, particularly when it comes to the practice of mass mail-in ballot use. But unless someone can eventually prove some sort of national, illegal scheme on the part of the voting machine manufacturers (something that has yet to be definitively established), it shouldn’t have been that hard to check the Biden box for the newspaper and move on.


15 posted on 05/15/2022 6:13:43 AM PDT by nwrep
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possible reasons:

1. All the Republicans are "too far right" and the fight is between the merely-MAGA and the ultra-MAGA.

or 2. They have enough self-awareness to realize that any endorsement they do would be counted as a condemnation by Republican voters resulting in a last place finish for their choice.

16 posted on 05/15/2022 6:19:09 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference of the Devil...-Churchill)
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Probably #2.


17 posted on 05/15/2022 6:23:05 AM PDT by philippa
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“...Moderate Republican power and influence in Pennsylvania is rapidly shrinking...”

What they’re really saying is that the GOP electorate have finally had enough of RINO’s (democrats running in Republican party races), and will no longer vote or tolerate any phony liberal pretending to be a republican, just to get elected (I am looking at you Oz).


18 posted on 05/15/2022 6:32:37 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Fauci is a murderer)
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To: HamiltonJay

I rather prefer GOOe to GOPe - they ARE gooey...


19 posted on 05/15/2022 6:39:56 AM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: cotton1706

Most honest thing they’ve done since Annenberg sold the paper (to Knight-Ridder?).


20 posted on 05/15/2022 6:43:15 AM PDT by sopo
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