Baltimore Sun Endorses Hogan

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Anonymous wrote:The Sun has a long and tragic history of racism. This is keeping in-kind with that history

There are a few of you who keep falsely accusing Hogan of racism. He is not racist. He has a black Lt. Governor. He has an Asian wife.

All the more proof. He's overcompensating, trying to hide behind his buddy and his wife.

"Oh, I just CAN'T be a racist - some of my BEST friends are Black! And my wife is an Oriental, too!"


Yeah no. He's as racist as trump.

No he's not. The only problem here is you and your fabrications. Your candidate of choice is a horrible political candidate. He has such a socialist agenda, but has shown absolutely no financial responsibility in discussing how to pay for his very expensive ideas. He would return us to the extremely expensive O'Malley days where we had 40 tax hikes over 8 years plus an increase in the state debt limit and a decrease in the state's credit rating. Jealous has even less financial acumen that O'Malley and could severely jeopardize the state's finances for decades to come. Under Jealous, the state is likely to see even more tax increases, even more wanton overspending, borrowing beyond our means and a further deterioration of the state's credit rating that could force us to pay a substantially higher amount in interest rates for decades. You could see an increase in taxes but a decrease in services because we're spending so much on paying down the deficit at a higher rating due to the dropping credit rating.

Voting for Jealous is voting for a financial disaster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:The Sun has a long and tragic history of racism. This is keeping in-kind with that history

There are a few of you who keep falsely accusing Hogan of racism. He is not racist. He has a black Lt. Governor. He has an Asian wife.

All the more proof. He's overcompensating, trying to hide behind his buddy and his wife.

"Oh, I just CAN'T be a racist - some of my BEST friends are Black! And my wife is an Oriental, too!"


Yeah no. He's as racist as trump.

It's sad to see someone so consumed by bitterness that they have to resort to unfounded allegations.

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Anonymous wrote:"Democrats have just gone off the rails"

Cardin says we should try to help the migrant caravan. Seriously? Most of the undocumented migrants end up in Montgomery County, and MoCo wants to use our tax money on lawyers for them. This just means more of our taxes get siphoned from schools and other county programs to pay for it.

And Cardin wants to send our money to help them come????? I thought Cardin was a shoe in, but he's gone off the rails as well.

It's really a sad situation when someone thinks like this. We have so many poor and struggling already here in this country, citizens, legal immigrants and illegal immigrants. We need to devote our resources to those who are living in this country. We have homeless and jobless here in Maryland that need the help like a solid meal and a warm place to sleep or assistance in finding jobs. We have some resources, but not enough for all of our homeless and jobless. And Cardin wants us to spend tax payer money on foreigners in another country who's sole goal is to advance on the US border to violate our immigration laws and put more drain on our public resources. While I have a lot of sympathy for the struggles that are driving the caravan to seek out somewhere better than where they left, their welfare is NOT our problem. Our impoverished residents in this country and in this state should be our priority, not Central American refugees trying to enter our country illegally.

Maybe the US shouldn't have gone in and destabilized their governments decades ago in order to make it easier for US business interests while creating a power vacuum, and maybe we shouldn't be fighting a senseless drug war that only helps cartels? Maybe we should have thought of that? I know the Governor's race is about Maryland, not US foreign policy, but Senator Cardin is our voice in the federal government. We have to sleep in the bed we make.

How bout this, let's take all the migrants in that caravan and divvy them up amongst all the states. Further, for those who end up in MD, lets make sure that instead of putting them in schools in SS and Germantown, that they end up in Bethesda and Potomac schools for a change. Does that sound cool? Because it's not fair that only certain schools have been taking on the burden of educating these children. I had nothing to do with the decisions that the US govt made years ago so no, I don't feel inclined as a citizen to pay for whatever mistakes they've made.

Congratulations. You exposed yourself as a Trumper and have lost all credibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:The Sun has a long and tragic history of racism. This is keeping in-kind with that history

There are a few of you who keep falsely accusing Hogan of racism. He is not racist. He has a black Lt. Governor. He has an Asian wife.

All the more proof. He's overcompensating, trying to hide behind his buddy and his wife.

"Oh, I just CAN'T be a racist - some of my BEST friends are Black! And my wife is an Oriental, too!"


Yeah no. He's as racist as trump.

Great. So I hope you’re voting for Tony Campbell! If not, you must be a racist.

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If I were a liberal newspaper, I would endorse moderate Republicans when they are a shoe in to win

Then when it's a close race, my endorsement is taken more seriously since I have a bipartisan record

I'm not sure if I'll vote for hogan or not. Can't really stomach voting for a republican. Will not vote for jealous either

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Just read the endorsement. Pretty amazing that they endorsed him after he cancelled the red line

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Sun has a long and tragic history of racism. This is keeping in-kind with that history

There are a few of you who keep falsely accusing Hogan of racism. He is not racist. He has a black Lt. Governor. He has an Asian wife.

All the more proof. He's overcompensating, trying to hide behind his buddy and his wife.

"Oh, I just CAN'T be a racist - some of my BEST friends are Black! And my wife is an Oriental, too!"


Yeah no. He's as racist as trump.

No he's not. The only problem here is you and your fabrications. Your candidate of choice is a horrible political candidate. He has such a socialist agenda, but has shown absolutely no financial responsibility in discussing how to pay for his very expensive ideas. He would return us to the extremely expensive O'Malley days where we had 40 tax hikes over 8 years plus an increase in the state debt limit and a decrease in the state's credit rating. Jealous has even less financial acumen that O'Malley and could severely jeopardize the state's finances for decades to come. Under Jealous, the state is likely to see even more tax increases, even more wanton overspending, borrowing beyond our means and a further deterioration of the state's credit rating that could force us to pay a substantially higher amount in interest rates for decades. You could see an increase in taxes but a decrease in services because we're spending so much on paying down the deficit at a higher rating due to the dropping credit rating.

Voting for Jealous is voting for a financial disaster.

1) there is nothing WRONG with a socialist democracy. It works just fine in every country in Europe. It will work equally fine here, too. Jealous is ahead of the curve, that's all. Personally, as someone who's been ahead of the curve myself, in terms of intelligence, in academia, in social trends, and in politics, I tend to support outliers, because we probably agree on many things.

2) Maryland taxes are laughably low. Artificially so. And we as a state can't progress if the means to fund the kind of programs we should be funding is kept artificially restricted. Our state and county tax rates should be at least double, at a minimum, to begin to approach a level where we could adequately fund some of the programs we should have in place.

3) there are lots of people who agree with Point #2, and for every racist who moves out of the state because a strong Black man was elected governor, a true progressive will move in to take their place. I applaud this. The fact is, there are plenty of people who will not balk at paying much more in taxes, because they know that that's how you build a successful socialist system. I would happily pay a twenty percent state and county rate, in addition to my 25 percent federal rate, because I know what that would mean to our state, and what it could offer us (in short, everything). That's a bargain to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Sun has a long and tragic history of racism. This is keeping in-kind with that history

There are a few of you who keep falsely accusing Hogan of racism. He is not racist. He has a black Lt. Governor. He has an Asian wife.

All the more proof. He's overcompensating, trying to hide behind his buddy and his wife.

"Oh, I just CAN'T be a racist - some of my BEST friends are Black! And my wife is an Oriental, too!"


Yeah no. He's as racist as trump.

No he's not. The only problem here is you and your fabrications. Your candidate of choice is a horrible political candidate. He has such a socialist agenda, but has shown absolutely no financial responsibility in discussing how to pay for his very expensive ideas. He would return us to the extremely expensive O'Malley days where we had 40 tax hikes over 8 years plus an increase in the state debt limit and a decrease in the state's credit rating. Jealous has even less financial acumen that O'Malley and could severely jeopardize the state's finances for decades to come. Under Jealous, the state is likely to see even more tax increases, even more wanton overspending, borrowing beyond our means and a further deterioration of the state's credit rating that could force us to pay a substantially higher amount in interest rates for decades. You could see an increase in taxes but a decrease in services because we're spending so much on paying down the deficit at a higher rating due to the dropping credit rating.

Voting for Jealous is voting for a financial disaster.

1) there is nothing WRONG with a socialist democracy. It works just fine in every country in Europe. It will work equally fine here, too. Jealous is ahead of the curve, that's all. Personally, as someone who's been ahead of the curve myself, in terms of intelligence, in academia, in social trends, and in politics, I tend to support outliers, because we probably agree on many things.

2) Maryland taxes are laughably low. Artificially so. And we as a state can't progress if the means to fund the kind of programs we should be funding is kept artificially restricted. Our state and county tax rates should be at least double, at a minimum, to begin to approach a level where we could adequately fund some of the programs we should have in place.

3) there are lots of people who agree with Point #2, and for every racist who moves out of the state because a strong Black man was elected governor, a true progressive will move in to take their place. I applaud this. The fact is, there are plenty of people who will not balk at paying much more in taxes, because they know that that's how you build a successful socialist system. I would happily pay a twenty percent state and county rate, in addition to my 25 percent federal rate, because I know what that would mean to our state, and what it could offer us (in short, everything). That's a bargain to me.

This is one of the most amazing posts I’ve ever seen on DCUM.

Congratulations in being so far ahead of the curve intelligence-wise!

[Anonymous]

Amazing

Yes let's see how it works to have one state taxing twice as much as the ones that neighbor ir

People that pay lots of taxes in exchange for very few social services will definitely not leave

And people that pay very little in taxes but consume a disproportionate share of services and welfare will definitely not move in

Damn it's just a perfect plan

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amazing

Yes let's see how it works to have one state taxing twice as much as the ones that neighbor ir

People that pay lots of taxes in exchange for very few social services will definitely not leave

And people that pay very little in taxes but consume a disproportionate share of services and welfare will definitely not move in

Damn it's just a perfect plan

Isn’t it? Very ahead of the curve in intelligence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Sun has a long and tragic history of racism. This is keeping in-kind with that history

There are a few of you who keep falsely accusing Hogan of racism. He is not racist. He has a black Lt. Governor. He has an Asian wife.

All the more proof. He's overcompensating, trying to hide behind his buddy and his wife.

"Oh, I just CAN'T be a racist - some of my BEST friends are Black! And my wife is an Oriental, too!"


Yeah no. He's as racist as trump.

No he's not. The only problem here is you and your fabrications. Your candidate of choice is a horrible political candidate. He has such a socialist agenda, but has shown absolutely no financial responsibility in discussing how to pay for his very expensive ideas. He would return us to the extremely expensive O'Malley days where we had 40 tax hikes over 8 years plus an increase in the state debt limit and a decrease in the state's credit rating. Jealous has even less financial acumen that O'Malley and could severely jeopardize the state's finances for decades to come. Under Jealous, the state is likely to see even more tax increases, even more wanton overspending, borrowing beyond our means and a further deterioration of the state's credit rating that could force us to pay a substantially higher amount in interest rates for decades. You could see an increase in taxes but a decrease in services because we're spending so much on paying down the deficit at a higher rating due to the dropping credit rating.

Voting for Jealous is voting for a financial disaster.

1) there is nothing WRONG with a socialist democracy. It works just fine in every country in Europe. It will work equally fine here, too. Jealous is ahead of the curve, that's all. Personally, as someone who's been ahead of the curve myself, in terms of intelligence, in academia, in social trends, and in politics, I tend to support outliers, because we probably agree on many things.

2) Maryland taxes are laughably low. Artificially so. And we as a state can't progress if the means to fund the kind of programs we should be funding is kept artificially restricted. Our state and county tax rates should be at least double, at a minimum, to begin to approach a level where we could adequately fund some of the programs we should have in place.

3) there are lots of people who agree with Point #2, and for every racist who moves out of the state because a strong Black man was elected governor, a true progressive will move in to take their place. I applaud this. The fact is, there are plenty of people who will not balk at paying much more in taxes, because they know that that's how you build a successful socialist system. I would happily pay a twenty percent state and county rate, in addition to my 25 percent federal rate, because I know what that would mean to our state, and what it could offer us (in short, everything). That's a bargain to me.

Your 2nd statement proves to me you don't have a clue wtf you're talking about. MD is one of the most taxed states in the US.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Sun has a long and tragic history of racism. This is keeping in-kind with that history

The Sun endorsed Anthony Brown four years ago.

The Sun is one of the most liberal newspapers in America. Endorsing a Republican is no easy thing for them to do. Anyone who's grown up reading the Sun knows this. I wouldn't be surprised if the last time the Sun endorsed a Republican for the governorship was in the 1950s....

You're simply pissed off because they took a long, hard look at Jealous and finally decided they couldn't do it. And it has absolutely nothing to do with skin colors involved. Jealous is just not a valid candidate.

Exactly. It’s on the Maryland Democrats that they could not field a decent, competent alternative to Hogan.

This! Seriously, the Democrats have just gone off the rails. And, Jealous was the best they could come up with?

Glad to see that the Sun didn't just go along with liberal/conservative thought lines.

NP. I'm a Democrat who is voting for Hogan. I can see beyond party lines, and he's done a great job.

That said, the Democrats knew no candidate was going to unseat Hogan, so they did put up anyone who had a serious shot. They'll do that next time around. No use throwing away a good candidate/tons of money on a locked-in election.

If this is really the attitude it is absolute garbage and the reason the Democrats keep losing over and over again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amazing

Yes let's see how it works to have one state taxing twice as much as the ones that neighbor ir

People that pay lots of taxes in exchange for very few social services will definitely not leave

And people that pay very little in taxes but consume a disproportionate share of services and welfare will definitely not move in

Damn it's just a perfect plan

If other surrounding states would just raise their own tax rates in-kind, this wouldn't be an issue. But even without that, it's a very effective way to peacefully "cleanse" the state of racists and others who would move away because of higher contributions. We don't want these people here to begin with, so if this would incentivize them to leave, then that's even better.

I agree, many high tax contributors will NOT leave, because they understand the importance of what they contribute.

People will move in, yes. And as they make use of programs provided to them, they will become better educated, live a better quality of life, and earn more money, allowing them to contribute more in taxes.


This really isn't rocket science. It works just fine in Europe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amazing

Yes let's see how it works to have one state taxing twice as much as the ones that neighbor ir

People that pay lots of taxes in exchange for very few social services will definitely not leave

And people that pay very little in taxes but consume a disproportionate share of services and welfare will definitely not move in

Damn it's just a perfect plan

If other surrounding states would just raise their own tax rates in-kind, this wouldn't be an issue. But even without that, it's a very effective way to peacefully "cleanse" the state of racists and others who would move away because of higher contributions. We don't want these people here to begin with, so if this would incentivize them to leave, then that's even better.

I agree, many high tax contributors will NOT leave, because they understand the importance of what they contribute.

People will move in, yes. And as they make use of programs provided to them, they will become better educated, live a better quality of life, and earn more money, allowing them to contribute more in taxes.


This really isn't rocket science. It works just fine in Europe.

MD lost 1.7 billion when 31,000 left during O'Malley's millionaire tax from 2007 to 2010. So if they lost money, that proves the people who did come to MD didn't fill the gap. Also when he taxed smokes and alcohol, there was a shortfall in the projected revenue.

It stands to reason a small state which borders less expensive states will lose money when such short sighted taxes are raised.

You want high taxes? Move to California. And with all large amount of homeless in Frisco and LA on the streets, that should be a clue higher taxes is not the answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just read the endorsement. Pretty amazing that they endorsed him after he cancelled the red line

Did the Sun editorial board support the Red Line? I don't recall.