The Chicago Tribune Has Just Filed (Moral) Bankruptcy for Endorsing Libertarian Gary Johnson
For the first time in its long and proud history, America is poised on the brink of becoming a fascist, totalitarian, police state. Despite the stakes, the Chicago Tribune's editorial board thinks it's time to "play cutesy" with its predominantly Republican readership by endorsing a candidate, who has no possibility of winning. But "at least he's not Hillary Clinton", is their whispered mantra. Well now, as a historian, I will share with you a tidbit of hard-earned wisdom. This decision will go down in history as the most stunning act of journalistic cowardice our nation has ever seen.
This election is no game for the millions of people threatened with deportation. Nor is it a game for me, an African-American woman with a brilliant and handsome teenage son, who also has a bull's eye painted in invisible ink on his back. Look around you at all the police shootings of unarmed blacks. Our African-American president cannot stop this carnage because 99% of the police and their union bosses are Donald Trump supporters. Should this man become president, the nation will look back with nostalgia to the days when only a couple such shootings happened per month.
Perhaps all of us should feel honored and excited at the fact that we are living at a defining moment in American history. But all I feel is terror. Every endorsement by a major newspaper will influence the decision of undecided voters.
Chicago Tribune editorial writers, I'm speaking to you. There is still time to change your endorsement to Hillary Clinton. If you thought endorsing Johnson was some kind of a joke, well those of us most vulnerable to a Trump presidency aren't laughing. And try as you might, you will never be able to wash the blood off your hands.
Blog readers, please join me in contacting the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board. They need to know that they made a mistake, but there is still time to correct it. This is their contact information:
The Chicago Tribune 435 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 606111-800-TRIBUNE (1-800-874-2863) 1-800-TRIBUNE (1-800-874-2863) Hearing impaired (TDD): 1-312-222-1922
TWITTER: @Trib_ed_board EMAIL: ctc-Tribletter@chicagotribune.com FACEBOOK: TribEdBoard
Perhaps all of us should feel honored and excited at the fact that we are living at a defining moment in American history. But all I feel is terror. Every endorsement by a major newspaper will influence the decision of undecided voters.
Chicago Tribune editorial writers, I'm speaking to you. There is still time to change your endorsement to Hillary Clinton. If you thought endorsing Johnson was some kind of a joke, well those of us most vulnerable to a Trump presidency aren't laughing. And try as you might, you will never be able to wash the blood off your hands.
Blog readers, please join me in contacting the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board. They need to know that they made a mistake, but there is still time to correct it. This is their contact information:
The Chicago Tribune 435 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 606111-800-TRIBUNE (1-800-874-2863) 1-800-TRIBUNE (1-800-874-2863) Hearing impaired (TDD): 1-312-222-1922
TWITTER: @Trib_ed_board EMAIL: ctc-Tribletter@chicagotribune.com FACEBOOK: TribEdBoard
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