Stop the insanity | New Jersey Jewish News About Us About Us Contact Us Letters to the editor Advertise with us Advertise with us Facebook Twitter email Print Stop the insanity search Home News News Greater MetroWest Middlesex and Monmouth Counties Princeton Mercer Bucks World Torah Sports Special Sections Spotlight Opinion Op-Eds Editorial Editor's Column Kahntentions Blog Letters To The Editor Write a letter to the editor Arts Events Events Calendar Submit an Event Lifecycles Births B'nei Mitzvah Engagements Weddings Obituaries Submit a lifecycle event Synagogues Greater MetroWest Middlesex County Monmouth County Princeton Mercer Bucks Partners AtlantaAtlanta Jewish Times North New JerseyThe Jewish Standard PittsburghJewish Chronicle United KingdomThe Jewish News AustraliaThe Australian Jewish News For PublishersBecome a Times of Israel Partner search home page Stop the insanity By Kristin Byrne October 27, 2016, 12:00 am Facebook Twitter email Print I’m astonished at the bias of the editorial writers, columnists, and Jewish readers of your newspaper concerning Donald Trump. How can anyone even consider the candidacy of Hillary Clinton, who is a liar and will say and do anything to get elected? President Barack Obama has said that he wanted a fundamental change to the institutions of this country and now Jews are considering electing a woman who will be another Democratic Party disaster. Donald Trump is the only candidate who has the vision of making this country great again and stop the insanity of the Democratic Party in changing this country to one resembling Europe and its failed policies. We do not need eight more years of an Obama clone who is totally incompetent and dangerous to the security of the United States. 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