The Dallas Morning News hasn't endorsed a Democrat for president in nearly 20 election cycles, but this year they're bucking the trend.
"There is only one serious candidate on the presidential ballot in November," the DMN Editorial Board wrote. "We recommend Hillary Clinton."
Despite some of Clinton's flaws, the Board said there was no real choice between the candidates. Many of the charges from the right that Clinton is corrupt, it said, have been slung by "political hyenas" who "refuse to see anything but conspiracies and cover-ups."
We've been critical of Clinton's handling of certain issues in the past. But unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has experience in actual governance, a record of service and a willingness to delve into real policy. [...]
Trump's values are hostile to conservatism. He plays on fear — exploiting base instincts of xenophobia, racism and misogyny — to bring out the worst in all of us, rather than the best. His serial shifts on fundamental issues reveal an astounding absence of preparedness. And his improvisational insults and midnight tweets exhibit a dangerous lack of judgment and impulse control.
After nearly four decades in the public spotlight, 25 of them on the national stage, Clinton is a known quantity. For all her warts, she is the candidate more likely to keep our nation safe, to protect American ideals and to work across the aisle to uphold the vital domestic institutions that rely on a competent, experienced president.
Hillary Clinton has spent years in the trenches doing the hard work needed to prepare herself to lead our nation. In this race, at this time, she deserves your vote.
And there you have it—an exercise in critical thinking that led to the only logical choice in this race: the candidate who's been in the arena of public service, trying to help people for her entire career.