Barack Obama for president-the competent, confident leader who represents the aspirations of US

[kpete]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Endorsement
Barack Obama for president
He is the competent, confident leader who represents the aspirations of the United States.
11:01 AM PDT, October 17, 2008

It is inherent in the American character to aspire to greatness, so it can be disorienting when the nation stumbles or loses confidence in bedrock principles or institutions. That's where the United States is as it prepares to select a new president: We have seen the government take a stake in venerable private financial houses; we have witnessed eight years of executive branch power grabs and erosion of civil liberties; we are still recovering from a murderous attack by terrorists on our own soil and still struggling with how best to prevent a recurrence.

We need a leader who demonstrates thoughtful calm and grace under pressure, one not prone to volatile gesture or capricious pronouncement. We need a leader well-grounded in the intellectual and legal foundations of American freedom. Yet we ask that the same person also possess the spark and passion to inspire the best within us: creativity, generosity and a fierce defense of justice and liberty.

The Times without hesitation endorses Barack Obama for president.

Our nation has never before had a candidate like Obama, a man born in the 1960s, of black African and white heritage, raised and educated abroad as well as in the United States, and bringing with him a personal narrative that encompasses much of the American story but that, until now, has been reflected in little of its elected leadership. The excitement of Obama's early campaign was amplified by that newness. But as the presidential race draws to its conclusion, it is Obama's character and temperament that come to the fore. It is his steadiness. His maturity.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-endorse19-2008oct19,0,5198206.story

[leftchick]

1. imagine them stealing it after

Obama is endorsed by 99% of US Newspapers. What then?

[GhostofRichardRorty]

2. We will need all the help we can get

Bravo to an eloquent and well-reasoned endorsement from the LA Times. Given the brazen efforts going on to steal the election, we need to all the endorsements and turn out we can get. It won't be 99% and papers like WaPo, LA Times, & NYT, are mostly preaching to the choir. Let's hope that fair-minded editorial staffs across the country will find the arguments persuasive and add to the momentum we need in these final two weeks. As Obama said, we can't afford to get complacent.

[robertpaulsen]

3. Endorsement: Barack Obama for president (Los Angeles Times)

Source: Los Angeles Times

It is inherent in the American character to aspire to greatness, so it can be disorienting when the nation stumbles or loses confidence in bedrock principles or institutions. That's where the United States is as it prepares to select a new president: We have seen the government take a stake in venerable private financial houses; we have witnessed eight years of executive branch power grabs and erosion of civil liberties; we are still recovering from a murderous attack by terrorists on our own soil and still struggling with how best to prevent a recurrence.

We need a leader who demonstrates thoughtful calm and grace under pressure, one not prone to volatile gesture or capricious pronouncement. We need a leader well-grounded in the intellectual and legal foundations of American freedom. Yet we ask that the same person also possess the spark and passion to inspire the best within us: creativity, generosity and a fierce defense of justice and liberty.

The Times without hesitation endorses Barack Obama for president.

Our nation has never before had a candidate like Obama, a man born in the 1960s, of black African and white heritage, raised and educated abroad as well as in the United States, and bringing with him a personal narrative that encompasses much of the American story but that, until now, has been reflected in little of its elected leadership. The excitement of Obama's early campaign was amplified by that newness. But as the presidential race draws to its conclusion, it is Obama's character and temperament that come to the fore. It is his steadiness. His maturity.



Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-endorse19-2008oct19,0,5198206.story

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Pretty strong endorsement, I'd say.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. ...and they've been moving right for decades.

I'll give it a sideways thumb.

[CANDO]

5. If this were a football game....

the refs would throw a flag for piling on! The endorsements are piling up for Senator Obama!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. I've been reading their editorials over the last few days...

And it appeared to me that they were nearly endorsing him every day.

So, this one doesn't surprise me at all.

It is beautifully written, and with the force of facts and logic behind it.

K&R

:patriot:

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. He was endorsed by The Times in London today as well. A Murdoch paper!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7490658&mesg_id=7490658

[machI]

8. Kick