Lawrence: Houston Chronicle endorses accomplished Biden over Trump because ‘experience matters’
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Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW
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🗓️ 20 February 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Well, while op-ed pages of major newspapers have been flooded with opinion essays about why Joe Biden should not run for re-election, today, |
| 0:08.0 | the Houston Chronicle endorsed Joe Biden. |
| 0:14.0 | Under the leadership of the oldest and arguably the most experienced president in American history, |
| 0:21.0 | the team in the White House for the past three years has performed |
| 0:24.2 | remarkably well, despite the rancor and divisiveness that have afflicted this nation for |
| 0:30.0 | nearly a decade. |
| 0:32.2 | The accomplishments of an administration dedicated to governing, one that believes in the |
| 0:37.0 | power of government to make life better for the American people is a key reason we heartily endorse the re-election of President |
| 0:46.5 | Joe Biden. |
| 0:47.9 | The other reason, equally important, is to fend off the chaos corruption and danger to the nation |
| 0:55.0 | that would accompany the return of Donald Trump to the White House. |
| 1:01.0 | The Houston Chronicle editorial offered a sampling of President Biden's |
| 1:06.1 | accomplishments. |
| 1:07.1 | Quote, one of the clear advantages of a president as experienced as Biden is wisdom. |
| 1:14.8 | In this case, the wisdom to get the heck out of the Fed's way as it masterfully applied the |
| 1:20.4 | breaks to what could have been runaway inflation. the |
| 1:25.0 | economy has recovered from the perils of the pandemic and is now healthier |
| 1:29.0 | than that of any other advanced nation |
| 1:32.0 | with unemployment approaching a 50-year low. |
| 1:35.0 | Inflation is trending downward somehow, despite all the dire prophecies of economists |
| 1:41.0 | without the bitter medicine of a recession or a period of high unemployment. |
| 1:45.9 | Gas prices have fallen as the U.S. produces more oil than any country in history including Saudi Arabia. The administration is investing |
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