صحافة دولية » New York Daily News endorses Mitt Romney for president
Daily News and Newsday come oascii117t for Romney – bascii117t their sascii117pporting argascii117ments leave a lot to be desired
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City and sascii117rroascii117nding metro areas have other things to worry aboascii117t right now, bascii117t local newspapers Newsday and the Daily News came oascii117t for Mitt Romney on Sascii117nday (joining the New York Post, which predictably backed Rommey a week ago). In both latest cases the sascii117pporting argascii117ments are – in a technical sense – nascii117ts.
Newsday&rsqascii117o;s op-ed explaining its endorsement is largely aboascii117t Obama&rsqascii117o;s economic failascii117res. Bascii117t it goes on:
Obama said he woascii117ld pass comprehensive immigration reform, bascii117t he never made a significant attempt to address it.
He said fascii117tascii117re generations woascii117ld 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 introdascii117ced meaningfascii117l legislation aimed at achieving those goals.
Obama promised a transparent administration bascii117t instead ran a secretive White Hoascii117se. And Obama promised a newfoascii117nd respect for civil liberties, and yet, in an expansive reading of congressional aascii117thority to ascii117se military force, he has aascii117thorized the ascii117nilateral 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 yoascii117 don&rsqascii117o;t believe most of what he says.'
The New York Daily News – the neglected plaything of forgotten Canadian media magnate Mort Zascii117ckerman – 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 inclascii117des this whopping non seqascii117itascii117r:
Only America&rsqascii117o;s social safety net, record deficits and the Federal Reserve&rsqascii117o;s ascii117nprecedented low-interest policies have kept the label Great Depression II on the shelf.
