Chicago Sun-Times Endorses Sen. John Kerry For President

[NNN0LHI]

No link available yet. I am reading the print version of tomorrows paper. Here is an excerpt:

Time to shift command to Kerry

The Chicago Sun-Times endorses Sen. John Kerry for president. This represents a change in outlook for us. Four years ago, this newspaper endorsed George W. Bush.

more when a link becomes available.

[xultar]

1. WOWIE KA-ZOWIE!!!

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[maddezmom]

2. this is good....more folks changing their outlook, shifting to Kerry!!!!!!

[hlthe2b]

3. That's the paper that runs Roger Ebert's columns,right?

and Roepers as well. One would think that they would be more progressive. Thank heavens Chicago has one paper that is not a determined "sell-out."

I know the Trib has a good "news" rep, but geez, I can't read the Rocky Mtn News here in Denver because it has such a conservative slant. If the Denver Post doesn't come out for Kerry, I'm sunk.

[xray s]

4. whhhhheeeeeeeeee!

WOW! They must be trying to lure some of the thousands of people who cancelled the Trib after they endorsed The Worst President Ever for re-election.

[carpe diem]

27. i agree w/ this wholeheartely...

...i figured they would go for Bush but when the shit hit the fan for the Tribune, they went in the other direction...

[madrchsod]

5. going to hit 25 today????

ya this is rather large-newspaper wars in chicago!!

[Judi Lynn]

6. Omigod! Who could have predicted THIS? Unbelievable. Shocking!

Doesn't EVEN seem possible. Robert Novak's employer! Thank you.

[maddezmom]

15. No Facts is going to blow a gasket

Capital Gang is on now, wonder if he'll mention it. :)

[Skittles]

18. Novak is looking like a f***ing corpse

nt

[maddezmom]

25. did you hear him say he was over 70 and never needed a flu shot???

tuff guy :eyes:

[Skittles]

26. yeah - and like all selfish asshole conservatives

that is proof to him that no one else needs one

[kysrsoze]

16. Is this Opposite Month? The Tribune endorsed Bush!

I would have never guessed on either of these recommendations. If it weren't for the better format, I'd dump the Tribune.

[mark414]

17. opposite? hardly

the trib has endorsed every republican candidate since 1892

[cubsfan forever]

31. Very true, the Chicago Trib

owner of my beloved Cubbies, is one of the most reactionary RW papers in the country. It's soooooo hard being a Cubs fan!
My brother in law lives in Boston and is a huge Red Sox fan. Go Red Sox and go JFK!!!

Professor 2

[kysrsoze]

37. Understood, but they generally are more balanced than the Sun-Times

I just didn't think the Tribune would be stupid enough to continue that track record with this moron and how poorly things are going.

[leftchick]

7. Holy Crap!

this is HUGE!!! Take that NoFacts!!!

:bounce: :)

[Tesibria]

8. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is awesome.

:::sigh::: i'll have to start reading the Sun-Times instead of the Trib now ... :)

[Catt03]

9. Yeah...the Trib lost subsriptions and got over 2000

nasty letters for their endorsement of Bush.

Good move Sun

[AlinPA]

10. Wow. A right-wing paper !

[krkaufman]

11. Yes, bizzaro world. Trib eds for Bush, S-T eds for Kerry? n/t

[Voltaire99]

39. That the right wing warms to Kerry should tell us something.

Reading the editorial, I was rather depressed. The right wing editorial board clearly wants to transpose onto Kerry the fantasies it hoped for Bush to fulfill.

In other words, they think they've found a pretty good Republican in Kerry.

[rawstory]

12. can you post a longer excerpt?

[Cocoa]

13. Chicago's reality-based newspaper

:wow:

[AIJ Alom]

14. Isn't this Novak's paper ? The one that hosts his column ?

[NNN0LHI]

19. Yes. His column is sharing page 35A with the Sun-Times Kerry endorsement

Strange world we live in.

Don

[gottaB]

20. link about the editorial--

October 23, 2004 — Though President Bush initially faced the war on terrorism head-on, he has lead the country on a course that "feels wrong," and Sen. John Kerry's leadership could give the United States a fresh start, the Chicago Sun-Times said in its Sunday editions.

The newspaper endorsed Kerry and applauded his leadership style, saying he is not a weakling and his moderate views would close the rifts Bush has intensified.

"The course America is on today feels wrong -- our attempts to defend ourselves have somehow drawn the contempt of the world, and we think much of that is due more to style than to substance -- not to what we've done, but how we've done it," the endorsement said.
"The course America is on today feels wrong -- our attempts to defend ourselves have somehow drawn the contempt of the world, and we think much of that is due more to style than to substance -- not to what we've done, but how we've done it," the endorsement said.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/102304_ap_ns_tribune.html

[NNN0LHI]

22. Thank you for locating a link. I searched earlier but couldn't find one n/t

[Inland]

21. Surprise, SunTimes one of the backers of Pres on Iraq, Permanent War

[6th Borough]

23. Wow...that's almost like the NY Post endorsing Kerry.

I have yet to read it...is it a "cloaked endorsement"? I.E. a veiled excuse to appear non-partisan while attacking Kerry's record?

[progressivedancer]

24. Thank God

The Tribune is still paying a heavy price for its stupid actions. Hundreds are being added to Those 2000 "furious" letters that they have already received.

[Skinner]

28. Anone got a link yet? (nt)

[gottaB]

29. Time to Shift Command to Kerry

Time to Shift Command to Kerry

....

Kerry offers a different leadership style that would give us a new start internationally -- an awareness of the world outside our borders, an acknowledgment that the United States is a world leader, not a rogue state, and as such we have responsibilities to treat those who we would count as friends in a certain manner. Bush has mocked this as kowtowing to France. We see it as diplomacy.

At home, Kerry's moderate view on a range of hot-button social issues -- abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research -- would help close the rifts that Bush, in playing to the far right wing of the Republican Party, has accentuated. Kerry would also repair the harm done by Bush's big tax break to the wealthy, a costly misstep in a time of war.

We also like how Kerry thinks -- his thirst for information, his ability to judge situations on their merits. Yes, he sometimes changes his mind, but what the Republicans tar as waffling strikes us as flexibility. We want leaders to stay the course only when the course is a good one.

Perhaps that is the ultimate reason for endorsing John Kerry. The course America is on today feels wrong -- our attempts to defend ourselves have somehow drawn the contempt of the world, and we think much of that is due more to style than to substance -- not to what we've done, but how we've done it. Kerry is no weakling. He fought for his country in Vietnam, and no amount of fault-finding over his medals can undo that. He served for 19 years in the Senate, where he faced problems head-on -- though Vietnam was a vulnerable issue for him, because of his later opposition to the war, he took on the question of whether U.S. prisoners were still there and headed the government's effort to get at the truth....

[Skinner]

32. Thanks. (nt)

[poyke]

35. Link

http://www.suntimes.com/output/commentary/cst-edt-edits24x.html

[hyphenate]

30. Wow.....

Considering they're owned by Hollinger, that's great news.

[Walt Starr]

33. This former Tribune reader knows which paper to read now!

I'm a Sun-Times man from this day forward. I'm even going to pick up a copy this morning!

[goforit]

34. Way to go Chicago!!!!!

[Eloriel]

36. Here's how Kerry stacks up --

Kerry now leads Bush 112-69 in endorsements in E&P's exclusive tally, and by about 14.4 million to 8.6 million in the circulation of backing papers.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2533920
Article: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000683265

[fujiyama]

38. Quite a surprise

It will be funny to see Novak's reaction.

[davidinalameda]

40. what's going on

the Trib endorsed Bush and the S-T endorsed Kerry

did someone get their wires seriously crossed