Chicago Tribune Endorses Obama

3:07 pm EST October 17th, 2008 | News | 10 Comments

The Tribune has never endorsed a Democrat for President.

On Nov. 4 we’re going to elect a president to lead us through a perilous time and restore in us a common sense of national purpose.

The strongest candidate to do that is Sen. Barack Obama. The Tribune is proud to endorse him today for president of the United States.

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McCain failed in his most important executive decision. Give him credit for choosing a female running mate–but he passed up any number of supremely qualified Republican women who could have served. Having called Obama not ready to lead, McCain chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. His campaign has tried to stage-manage Palin’s exposure to the public. But it’s clear she is not prepared to step in at a moment’s notice and serve as president. McCain put his campaign before his country.

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10 Responses to “Chicago Tribune Endorses Obama”

  1. Ray Radlein says:
    October 17, 2008 at 3:26 pm

    Wow. I had wondered if this would be the year that the Trib finally endorsed a Democrat, but I didn’t really believe it.

  2. KXB says:
    October 17, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    Problem is, the recently re-formatted the paper. People may not be able to find the endorsement. I’ll have to dig it out when I get home.

  3. anotherbozo says:
    October 17, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    The endorsement’s great, the reasons even greater. You don’t have to get into ideology at all.

  4. SpiderJ says:
    October 17, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    The comments section, however, is hilarity itself. Obama supporters stunned that a paper which has always, always endorsed the Republican decided to go for the Democrat, and Republicans who insist that they saw this coming, that of course the Trib’s liberal bias would have led them to Obama.

    I think the Trib’s case is very clear–we endorsed Republicans when the Republican Party acted like principled conservatives, not like a bunch of privileged brats and con men.

    Run a principled conservative against Obama in 2012. The Trib will come back.

  5. Duros Hussein 62 says:
    October 17, 2008 at 5:24 pm

    Run a principled conservative against Obama Biden in 2012 2024. The Trib will come back.

    Fixed.

  6. Quaker in a Basement says:
    October 17, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    I do hope you mean the younger Biden, Duros. In 2024, Joe’s gonna be about 180 years old.

  7. Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle says:
    October 17, 2008 at 10:12 pm

    SpiderJ:
    Principled conservative? There are any?

  8. BrianZ says:
    October 17, 2008 at 11:41 pm

    Does this mean the Cubs might win next year?

    No, probably not.

  9. Duros Hussein62 says:
    October 17, 2008 at 11:48 pm

    I do hope you mean the younger Biden, Duros. In 2024, Joe’s gonna be about 180 years old.

    Ageist.

  10. SpiderJ says:
    October 18, 2008 at 2:10 am

    Calvin -

    I believe they’re out there, but I think Duros has a point–it will be 2024 before we see one gain any prominence. The GOP needs to have the self-awareness to look in the mirror and say “I have a problem” before it can fix it.

    The modern GOP is addicted to power and bullying. If it decides to kick this habit, it might be ready to rejoin society again.