By Ramesh Ponnuru Bloomberg News Let’s assume that Russia tried to swing the election to Donald Trump. Newspaper reports say that intelligence officials have reached that conclusion. Did Russia’s efforts succeed? Trump backers, and even some conservatives who didn’t back him, are defensive about that point. But Trump’s margin in the electorally decisive states was […]
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Election results truly scary
Why are president-elect Donald Trump’s supporters trying to stop the recounts? What are they scared of? But then, this letter is not about that. The nation lost a great opportunity when President Obama took office. Had Congress worked across the aisles for the best interests of the nation, instead of political pandering and trying to […]
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Accepting election results
The election is over. I suggest that those of us who are not happy with the results, including myself and my classmate, Gov. Paul LePage, man up and accept the results. In a democracy, the most votes win. On another matter, I think the city of Lewiston is foolish not to meet national standards for […]
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Cal Thomas column about hatred
On Thursday, Nov. 10, the Sun Journal was full of beautiful reminders that this nation is a strong democracy and that after an acrimonious campaign season people can come together as citizens of this great country and that we all wish success for the president-elect. The headline at the top of the front page read, […]
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Voting strong, steady in greater Franklin County
FARMINGTON — Town clerks reported a strong, steady flow of voters coming out Tuesday to polling places to cast votes in the greater Franklin County region. “It’s actually my first time voting and it was terrifying that this was the first election I voted in,” Samantha Doucet, 19, of Farmington said, referring to the election […]
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Bernie needs a hard dose of reality
“You can’t always get what you want.” — The Rolling Stones A few words in defense of pragmatism. That ideal has taken quite a beating lately, mostly at the hands of Bernie Sanders and his supporters. The Vermont senator faces a virtually impossible deficit in his battle with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. […]
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Hillary had her chance
Now that she wants to elevate herself to being president of the United States, Hillary Clinton promises to solve this country’s problems, but why hasn’t she done that already in all the years she has been in Washington? There is a famous saying that goes something like, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and […]
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Make America a more just nation again
WASHINGTON — The first rule in elections is: Go for the votes you can get. By that measure, Hillary Clinton is right to try to put the old Obama coalition on steroids. Donald Trump will expand the Democrats’ opportunities among non-white Americans, and produce Clinton landslides among Latinos. They have good reason to fear and […]
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I will vote for Bernie Sanders
When looking at the choices in the November election, many people might be more than a little frustrated. I was, too, until I realized that while the Democratic primary system may be rigged with bought politicians and lobbyists as super delegates, they still have no control over who I vote for in November. I am […]
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I have had it
All my life, I have followed presidential election races. The current one takes the cake. I have never seen such childish behavior coming from adults. The last debate was so outrageous that I finally came to the conclusion that I would no longer watch this year’s race. I no longer care to watch adults make […]