’)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.
Wow. I had wondered if this would be the year that the Trib finally endorsed a Democrat, but I didn’t really believe it.
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.
The endorsement’s great, the reasons even greater. You don’t have to get into ideology at all.
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.
Run a principled conservative against
ObamaBiden in20122024. The Trib will come back.Fixed.
I do hope you mean the younger Biden, Duros. In 2024, Joe’s gonna be about 180 years old.
SpiderJ:
Principled conservative? There are any?
Does this mean the Cubs might win next year?
No, probably not.
I do hope you mean the younger Biden, Duros. In 2024, Joe’s gonna be about 180 years old.
Ageist.
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.