University of Pennsylvania --Our Primary endorsement: Clinton

[rodeodance]

University of Pennsylvania --Our Primary endorsement: Clinton



The Daily Pennsylvanian

University of Pennsylvania student newspaper


Hillary Clinton has the experience necessary to achieve her vision

……….

Clinton, on the other hand, is ready to lead this nation now. A successful champion for change, her experience in the Senate and as first lady gives her a better understanding of how Washington works. She has the ability to turn policy into reality. And her mastery of causes central to the Democratic Party's platform makes her better suited to challenge presumptive Republican nominee John McCain.






Take her leadership on health-care issues. In 1993, then-first lady Clinton urged America to embrace universal health care during her keynote speech at Penn's commencement. Unfortunately, she was far ahead of the times. Her proposal was met with fierce resistance and ultimately rejected.

Refusing to give up, Clinton helped to expand children's health insurance in the late 90's instead. More than a decade later, her new policies - and the concept of universal health care itself - enjoy wider support because of her past work. Indeed, of all the candidates still in the race, she offers the most comprehensive health care proposal. And as with most of her plans, she also has a way to fund it.
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[papau]

1. My goodness - an intelligent college paper that uses reason to endorse Clinton

who'd a thought it existed?

:-)

[rodeodance]

yes, reason does still exist.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

48. thinking people are in the know

[polpilot]

59. Pro-War, Pro-NAFTA, Pro-McCain Clinton has her supporters.

No doubt about that.

[not_too_L8]

69. Among Penn students, 73 percent of registered Democrats favor Obama

Must be the RW student paper

[Barack_America]

2. Take that! Philly Inquirer, Daily News and Philly Weekly! UPenn's student newspaper wants Clinton!

So nah!

[rodeodance]

4. must you belittle everything??

[TLM]

7. Did YOU really just say that?

"must you belittle everything??"


Have you read your posts?

[rodeodance]

18. Thank you for your concern

[JasonHill]

19. track records

aren't a strong suit when you believe that dishonest propaganda is a viable method of communication.

[rodeodance]

27. i see so much of it from Obama fans it rubs off on me sometimes.

.......track records
Posted by JasonHill


aren't a strong suit when you believe that dishonest propaganda is a viable method of communication.

[shadowknows69]

62. Keep projecting

You have no one to blame for your vile and deluded posts but you. FAIL.

[Barack_America]

8. Um, it's my school...

And I'm familiar with the school's politics, so yeah, I think I have the right to belittle this.

[rodeodance]

13. "I think I have the right to belittle this" whatever--

[Barack_America]

20. Yep. That's right. It's not indicative of the school, or Dems at the school's, preferences.

Sorry to burst your bubble there.

[rodeodance]

29. whatever. BTW--I am not the living in the obamabubble.

[Barack_America]

33. The "obamabubble" that is the University of Pennsylvania?

Yeah, I guess I am. He's got crazy support here.

[pettypace]

38. If the 4th best school in the entire country is part of the cult

where can I sign up?

Besides, John Legend is campaigning for BO, and Noam Chomsky is on board.

I'm sure Rendell has some influence on the paper's position.

[Danger Mouse]

75. hahahahaha...hypocrite.

[jackson_dem]

50. The corporate papers are for Obama. Is anyone surprised?

[JPZenger]

68. Every major paper in PA has endorsed Obama

Obama has been endorsed by all of the major newspapers in PA that have made endorsements. That includes the two largest in phila, the largest in Pittsburgh, the largest in the Lehigh Valley, the largest in south-central PA, the largest in northeast PA, the largest in the northern suburbs of Phila, plus papers in northwest PA and northcentral PA.

[redstate_democrat]

3. Isn't UPenn conservative?

[Freddie Stubbs]

61. No, it is not

[Barack_America]

5. Penn Dems, on the other hand, endorsed Obama.

For Penn Dems, it's now all for Obama

Last night, the Penn Democrats endorsed Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for president, despite debate about whether to endorse a candidate at all.

The endorsement required a two-thirds majority to pass.

Following the vote, College sophomore Mukul Sharma, Penn Dems vice president, said the group will do "whatever it can" for Obama and wants to host a visit for either the senator or his surrogates before the April 22 Pennsylvania primary.

The Penn Dems will help organize events, walk door-to-door in the Philadelphia area and call registered voters on behalf of Obama's campaign.

More:
http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2008/03/06/News/For-Penn.Dems.Its.Now.All.For.Obama-3255115.shtml

[otohara]

6. Link Please

[Stephanie]

9. Please correct your thread title - it is the STUDENT NEWSPAPER, not the UNIVERSITY

Or was the title meant to be deliberately misleading. Clue phone for you - UNIVERSITIES DO NOT ENDORSE CANDIDATES.

[Barack_America]

11. And the student democratic organization endorsed Obama.

I provided that link above.

[Stephanie]

21. Not that facts matter to these people

Disinformation is their last best hope. How's that working out for you, Hill?

[JoFerret]

55. "These people"

??

[shadowknows69]

63. Yes you people

The deluded, the annoying, the pitiful remnants of a dead campaign.

[JoFerret]

65. Oh! fellow democrats you mean. "Those" people.

Those not on "our" time.

(More unity and love.)

[shadowknows69]

66. Most of y'all aren't acting at all like democrats

Otherwise you would have thrown your support behind the nominee and you would write Hillary and ask her to step aside and stop trying to fuck up our chances in the GE.

[JoFerret]

70. "Y'all" need to count the votes

It's an election not a coronation or an ascendancy.

It is true he is a likely nominee. But not the nominee. He is not ready for that - yet. But he is getting better.

[rodeodance]

26. too bad. I have included that in the text.

[Stephanie]

43. You Love the Big Lie - Just Like Your Girl.

too bad - nice answer - just what she would say no doubt. unfortunately just like her you expose yourself to the big blowback. everybody but a dumbass knows universities don't endorse candidates. you've proven your intelligence yet again on DU.

[rodeodance]

47. "You Love the Big Lie - Just Like Your guy"

[shadowknows69]

64. Wow, you are such a child

And completely devoid of original thought apparently. Isn't there a soap opera or something you could be watching?

[Shakespeare]

10. Not the university, just the student newspaper.

Let's not start with this nonsense again--you guys tried the same thing with the Daily Texan. :eyes:

[rodeodance]

25. Most posters are able to read the text of OP.

[Shakespeare]

30. Your subject line is deliberately incorrect.

Is lying the only way you can pump up your candidate? Sad.

[Stephanie]

44. deliberately being the operative word

and yes, lying is all they have left.

[JasonHill]

12. Is that a joke?

her health-care reform failure in 93 that helped to usher in the Repub landslide in 94 shows she knows how to turn policy into reality?

[anonymous171]

14. Didn't the University of Texas endorse Hillary too?

:rofl:

[Stephanie]

23. Harvard and Yale endorsed Obama, of course.

Being as they're members of the Elitist League.

:sarcasm:

[Barack_America]

15. FYI, they also endorsed McCain.

Odd that you didn't mention that.

[UALRBSofL]

16. This is great Rodeo, Hillary connects well with the young college voters

She is attracting voters that never took the time to vote before. The college kids endorsing her is great news. :)

[rodeodance]

22. yes, it is good news for Hillary

[Danger Mouse]

77. hahahahaha....

[Armstead]

17. Bad headline and dumb reasoning -- Hillary screwed up healthcvare

Bad headline: The U Penn Student Newspaper endorsed Clinton, not the university itself.

Second they screwed the pooch in their editorial. I guess they were too young at the time to pay attention:

"Take her leadership on health-care issues. In 1993, then-first lady Clinton urged America to embrace universal health care during her keynote speech at Penn's commencement. Unfortunately, she was far ahead of the times. Her proposal was met with fierce resistance and ultimately rejected."

No the public was clamoring for healthcare reform. perhaps they weren;t ready for single-payer universal care, but reform was a big election issue, and one of the reasons the Clintons got elected.

But Hillary screwed the pooch with bad leadership and management of the effort. She managed to take a popular issue and kill it.

[Johnny__Motown]

24. You should disclose who your staff is when doing this kind of thing.. it looks like about 75% female

so it isn't surprising that the rich white female vote goes to Hillary

http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/stafflist/


I am sorry if I mis represented your staff, how about some more details on exactly who is doing the endorsing here. Also please include the method that was used to make this decision and any members of your staff that disagree with this choice.

Thanks

[Barack_America]

34. That is accurate.

And represents the thinking of why the endorsement occurred.

Add to that that many Penn students come from well-off New York families and...well.

The newspaper also endorsed McCain, which the OP seems to have *overlooked*.

[anonymous171]

28. Didn't the University of Texas endorse Hillary too?

:rofl:

[rodeodance]

31. "she offers the most comprehensive health care proposal." yes she does

[Johnny__Motown]

45. She offers the most "BUY IT OR I WILL TAKE IT OUT OF YOUR PAYCHECK" proposal, yes she does

[AX10]

32. K & R

[lojasmo]

35. Recoculous. EOM

[AllentownJake]

36. When you were in College

If you were fortunate enough to go...did you ever read the college paper?

[MidwestTransplant]

37. "a better understanding of how Washington works"

Precisely why she shouldn't be President. She is part of the problem.

Anyway and elitist ivy league school. What would anybody expect? I'm not bitter though.

[jackson_dem]

51. The Obamas have 4 Ivy League degrees between them and O's father went to Harvard

Yes, the "goat farmer" in William Henry Obama's "log cabin" fairy tale attended Harvard.

[MidwestTransplant]

56. In a few days time, you will hopefullystop your silly posts and follow your candidate in endorsing

OBAMA

[jackson_dem]

74. What is "silly" about the truth about the Obama clan's Ivy League pedigree?

Do you like to believe fairy tales about goat farmers?

[Lord Helmet]

39. false advertising, it was a student newspaper

man you bs just like Hilary

[rodeodance]

49. I made the assumption you could read. good on. you can.

[anonymous171]

40. An elitist university endorsed Hillary-SHOCKING

[jackson_dem]

52. Harvard, Columbia, Princeton are not "elitist"?

Barack Obama Jr.: Harvard, Columbia
Michelle Obama: Princeton, Harvard
Barack Obama Sr.: Harvard

Those Obamas sure are average Joes! :sarcasm:

[BlooInBloo]

58. Yup.

[thewiseguy]

41. Are you that insecure with your news that you have to exaggerate it?

Or maybe you have got no clue about the academic system in this country? Universities do not endorse candidates.

[Pachamama]

42. The DP endorses Clinton and this is "news" and taken seriously?

Sorry, but I went to Penn and the Daily Pennsylvanian (DP) was a joke and still is a joke and never was treated very seriously.

No big surprise here....but it means nothing...And I would have said that if they had endorsed Obama too...

[Johnny__Motown]

46. When clutching at straws you clutch at all of them. no matter how small

[cali]

53. Blatantly dishonest subject line. Not a surprise. At all.

[DrFunkenstein]

54. Actually, her time as First Lady undermines her "ability to turn policy into reality"

Considering that it made her the most divisive figure in national politics. But hey, whatever.

[Barack_America]

57. A more accurate look at what's going on at UPenn.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5562745

[powergirl]

60. Obama leads Clinton 71% to 28% among ALL PA College Students

I guess the 28% comes from the people who are in charge of the Penn newspaper.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5562318

:woohoo:

[Beacool]

67. Thank you Penn for choosing the better candidate!!!!!!!

:bounce:

[Hazelrah]

71. PENN grad here.

I can't tell you the political make-up of PENN campus now but when I was there PENN had a large college republican base. Remember that Wharton business school, Michael Milken anyone?, is at PENN.

Milken: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Milken

My repub friend who went to Cornell and I joke that each of us went to the wrong school. PENN goes right while Cornell swings left.

When I was there, there was a big inicident involving the school paper when some *racist* jerk screamed "shut up you water buffalo" at a group of African-American women doing drill practice. It even hit the main new wires especially when a group of PENN students got together one morning and trashed all the free school papers in protest.

Water buffalo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_buffalo_incident

My take from being there at Colbert last night, the audience applause went 60/40 pro Obama. Just one biased Obama supporter's take. IMHO, my take means about as much as the paper's -- both of them are just opinions and may not represent everyone.

[SeaLyons]

72. "Clinton, on the other hand, is ready to lead this nation now"

Great endorsement. Beautiful!!

Thanks for posting.

:kick:

[SeaLyons]

73. K&R

:kick:

[grantcart]

76. Ididn't realize that Universities endorsed - that will affect their tax status

[amelia]

78. Go Hillary!