Six Major Newspapers Endorse Kerry - Bush Gets Zero

[siliconefreak]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000663359

Picking a President: Six Major Papers Make Their Choice

By E&P Staff

Published: October 10, 2004 10:00 AM EDT

NEW YORK Today, three more important papers endorsed Senator John Kerry, who has been on a roll this weekend in E&P's exclusive daily tabulation of newspapers throwing their support to one candidate or the other in the hard-fought race for the White House.

Today the threee largest papers in their respective swing states endorsed Kerry: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Portland PRess-Herald in Maine.

Yesterday Kerry also picked up the backing of three large papers: The Oregonian in the other Portland (which had backed President Bush in 2000), the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Bush has notched no major endorsements so far this weekend, that we are aware of, and the current official E&P count stands at ten papers for Kerry and five for Bush, with Kerry holding about a 5-1 advantage in the circulation of the newspapers backing him

[NMDemDist2]

1. woohoo!!

RWer's will just point to more "liberal media bias" but who cares?

:bounce:

[whistle]

2. There are 217 ADI's in the country 90% controlled by six media....

...giants. I can't see how any have an honest endorsement of Kerry regardless of what they claim in their editorials.

[janx]

3. Excellent news!

Let's hope it continues.

[FightingIrish]

4. The Oregonian endorsement is huge in Oregon

It may not be enough to make * cancel his trip to Oregon this week. I am hoping that our southen Oregon daily, the Mail Tribune, comes out for Kerry on Thursday when numbnuts is in town. Someone just might read it to him.

[siliconefreak]

5. Oregon

Oregon seems to be getting more and more democratic/liberal by the day. I don't think Chimpy has a chance there at all, regardless of it being a so-called "swing state".

I would also love to see that anti-same sex marriage amendement defeated in Oregon. I know it's an uphill battle, but it can be done!

[shivaji]

52. Unfortunately Oregon also has the 2nd highest UNemployment

rate in the country. Our gov is a democrat (Kulongowski) and
our legislation is split.

[Mary0505]

9. I live in Portland.

Funny, I was out driving yesterday and I noticed all houses close to downtown and around the Portland area have Kerry signs. The only place I see Bush sign is out in the country roads of Oregon. Oregon city folks are for Kerry. We are really concerned over environmental issues here.

[siliconefreak]

15. Absolutely

Portland will vote for Kerry by at least a 2-1 margin, if not 3-1. It's almost getting to be like San Francisco. :)

And I have no doubt that Eugene and Corvallis will also go heavily for Kerry.

[kaitykaity]

19. That's why I live here.

The con part of the state hates the metro part of the
state because we let people run around here with tattoos
and dreadlocks and don't give them any shit about it.

[FightingIrish]

17. This is what the rural Oregon signs look like

On our ranch outside of Jacksonville.

[siliconefreak]

18. Great!

It's so nice to see Kerry/Edwards signs in rural America because it goes against what everyone expects.

My interest in Oregon is strong because I think it might be my future home. :D

[ZombieNixon]

47. You too, huh?

I'm living in New Mexico now, but I'm heading off to college next August, and after that I want to move to Portland.

[siliconefreak]

49. yep

It's becoming clear that Portland is an excellent place for lefties, and compared to California, it's still very affordable.

[Mary0505]

53. Its wonderful

It is the most beautiful city in USA. Clean air, great tasting tap water, wonderful hiking trails with gorgeuous waterfalls along the gorge. Great wonderful city full of lefties. YOu would love it and we would welcome you. The more the merrier.

[Mary0505]

31. "This is what the rural Oregon signs look like"

That is Awesome!!

[Cha]

37. NICE! SWEET!

Love that Big Sign!:D

[DoYouEverWonder]

44. Nice touch with the barbed wire

Gives it that rustic feel and deters freepers at the same time.

[Tsiyu]

46. God's Country

and I love the defensive barbed wire around the posts. HA! :yourock:

Seriously, folks, these endorsements are great news. The Atlanta Journal? Hello? Cox owns it I believe, as well as WSB Freeper AM, so there's an interesting bifurcation of Corporate support...

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

54. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also endorsed bush in 2000

[Tsiyu]

57. you know those Georgia Freepers are going wacko!

What fun!!!!!

[doni_georgia]

63. Nah, they hate the AJC anyway

We used to have two papers in Atlanta - the morning Constitution with a liberal editor and the afternoon Journal with a conservative editor. The two papers merged a few years back and the two editors are now co-editors. Depends on who's writing the paper's editoral for the day on whether it will be conservative or liberal. Atlanta conservatives HATE the AJC, because it isn't a tabloid for their side.

[Arugula Latte]

20. Although, I have to say

I live in Portland, but on the edge of Beaverton. Whenever I have to go to the 'burbs (well, if I HAVE to go to Target, let's say), I always see some W04 or BC stickers -- more than is comfortable. There are always lots of Kerry stickers, too, but I always get a little jolt of anger when I drive past a big-ass SUV with a * sticker. Assholes!

On the other hand, the show of support for Kerry in Portland proper is simply UNBELIEVABLE. It's a sea of Kerry signs and stickers everywhere you go.

[siliconefreak]

22. SUVs / Target

Hey now! Target is my favorite store and I have a medium-sized SUV. Don't demonize us! Besides, hybrid SUVs are coming onto the market all the time now. ;-)

And don't forget Teresa Heinz Kerry has 3 SUVs! I loved her response when Barbara Walters asked her about them. She responded point-blank, "Oh yeah! They're really good in the snow." :P

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

48. Yeah but just across the river in Vancouver their paper endorsed * today

They say they support Bush reluctantly but then spout the BS that even without WMDs Iraq was a threat.

Hey I know the Columbian is not a major newspaper. It just seems that every nutcase that can't stand Portland's liberalism moves to Vancouver WA. Frankly these people are an embarassment to my state (I live just outside of Everett).

http://www.columbian.com/10102004/clark_co/198312.html

[siliconefreak]

50. that's fine

They're in Washington. It's highly unlikely that Bush will win there. The harsh reality of the electoral college system is that their votes won't even count.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

51. I can guarentee * will not take Washington

Along with Oregon we were riding the crest of the high tech wave under Clinton. These days were have one of the worst unemployment rates in the country.

[senseandsensibility]

14. They might read it to him

but I have a feeling that they shield him from anything upsetting. I'm so proud of Oregon. I'm a native Oregonian, and although my relatives there in the rural part are conservative, I'm happy to hear that the majority aren't!:)

[Cha]

35. Let them spend their TIME &

MONEY in Oregon!

[JimmyJazz]

6. P.S. the Philadelphia Inquirer is going to run pro-Kerry

editorials every day for the next 21 days, outlining, in detail, his plans and backing why those chose Kerry. Cool by me!

[demokatgurrl]

26. Thanks, are you from Philly? I'll have to buy it now! n/t

[JimmyJazz]

41. southern chester county, but we get the Phila Inq.

you should read the editorial in today's paper, it was really good.

[KellyPaDem]

56. Endorsement of Kerry

Here is Philadelphia Inquirer's endorsement of Kerry--excellent read.

The choice is vivid. The stakes are vast.

Our nation is threatened by jihad warriors who scoff at boundaries. It stumbles toward a fiscal ruin that will punish our children. The rules that protect our air, water and health are weaker than we know. When 45 million of our neighbors fall ill, they have no insurance card to hand to the doctor.

We boast of exporting liberty and rule of law, yet watch them erode at home. A hooded prisoner on a box has replaced a soaring lady with a lamp as the global icon of America's intentions. Our national discourse has grown peevish, choking on distortion and bile.

On Nov. 2, we can return to office the man who, since 2001, has spawned some of those ills and shown a shaky touch at healing the others.

Or we can go a new way, one alert to fresh global challenges yet rooted in the approaches that made the 1990s so productive. We can elect Democratic nominee John F. Kerry.

Dear fellow citizen, this is as important an election as any in which you've had a chance to vote.

The Inquirer's urgent, deeply felt recommendation: Cast that ballot on Nov. 2 for JOHN F. KERRY.

The case for Kerry has two parts. The first is the record of George W. Bush. The evidence is compelling, though tallied in sorrow: His was a presidency of high promise that lapsed into multiple disasters.

On his watch, useful surpluses have become a sea of red ink. The economic rebound he bought with tax cuts is mild, barely more than would have occurred in the natural cycle. Those slanted tax changes have left society more unequal, its safety net frayed. His team's habits of ignoring science and punishing dissent hamper the search for solutions.

His plan for a second term is not to repair those mistakes, but to expand and entrench them.

Most worrisome, his response to the stunning blows of 9/11 has gone fatefully awry. He has left Americans less safe than they could be and America less admired than it should be.

Those are strong words. You deserve to see them documented thoroughly.

That is why, beginning today, we present a 21-day editorial series. It will review the facts of the Bush record on an array of issues, from homeland security to Head Start, contrasting it with Kerry's ideas. The first appears below. Most days, on the facing page, a prominent supporter of President Bush will provide a contrasting view.

You deserve a fair and frank debate.

You also deserve a fair picture of the second half of the case for change: the record and views of John Kerry.

This, very few of you have gotten during a petty, dispiriting campaign. Some blame rests with the Democrat. He has not framed the debate with the force and clarity he must master to be an outstanding president.

More blame, though, rests with Bush. Awash in millions from the corporate donors to whom his White House caters so avidly, the President has spent more time ridiculing Kerry through distortions than presenting his own plans.

Bush backers cling to a tired, tiresome slogan of elections past: Kerry is a clueless liberal, out of touch with the American mainstream.

Here is what Kerry thinks, and what his record as a U.S. senator, lieutenant governor and prosecutor underscores:

John Kerry thinks government should pursue solutions to problems that haunt American lives, but must pay for each initiative as it goes - not stick the nation's children with the tab. Robert Rubin, the superb Treasury secretary under Bill Clinton, praises Kerry as a senator who stood tall on the tough votes that tamed deficits.

He thinks work is better than welfare; he voted for welfare reform.

He thinks it's unacceptable that 45 million Americans lack health coverage; he has a smart plan to shrink that number dramatically.

He wants science to do all it can to speed cures for illnesses.

He knows that protection of America's air, land and water can't be left to the whims of corporations.

He doesn't just shrug when he sees American children slipping into poverty, or more paychecks losing buying power.

If those aren't mainstream American values, then God help America. But of course these are American values.

If you're an undecided voter, consider this: As president, Kerry will have to work with a Congress where at least one chamber is Republican. Checks and balances, a prescription for moderation. A vote for Bush risks one-party rule, with Congress under the control of aggressive conservatives and reelection concerns no longer checking Bush's impulses.

You've heard - eight gazillion times - that John Kerry is a flip-flopper. No doubt, he's a man who relishes nuance. His penchant for thinking out loud is ill-suited to a sound-bite culture. He'll have to curb that, seeking a more disciplined clarity. But the flip-flop label rests mainly on one sound bite. All together now: "I voted for the $87 billion before I voted against it."

Muddy words, but a defensible vote. The Bush campaign's incessant mockery of it relies on voters' unfamiliarity with the workings of the Senate, where two or more versions of a bill often come up for votes. Kerry voted for a Democratic version of this Iraq appropriation, which would have rescinded tax cuts for the affluent to pay for body armor, etc., for the troops. The GOP version, which passed easily, added to the ever-growing load of debt we are leaving to our kids.

Let's deal with another pack of poisonous distortions: Vietnam.

Kerry served, showed courage, won medals, then raised an honorable, if hyperbolic, alarm about a misguided war. Case closed. Perhaps the Boston convention overdid the allusions to those facts, but that doesn't justify the baseless Swift-boat assaults of August.

Kerry doesn't talk much about his Senate record, a curious omission. That record isn't spectacular, but it is solid and qualifying. Names on bills are just one road to effectiveness. Kerry took the less glamorous path of investigation. He had major successes.

He was one of the first to spot and expose the scandal that came to be known as Iran-contra. He took the lead in unraveling the criminal deeds of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, which financed drug cartels and terrorists. Finally, he worked well with John McCain and others to resolve the emotional issue of Vietnam MIAs.

Not flashy, not easy. Just important.

The BCCI probe showed Kerry spotting early on a key thread in the global web of terror.

Thwarting terrorism is a president's core job in these haunted times. Kerry's approach is more thorough than that of Bush, whose two main tools seem to be bombs and bombast. Bush's reckless missteps in Iraq have cost a painful toll in lives, credibility, alliances, Islamic anger and lost opportunities.

Kerry is right to press hard on: tracking down loose nuclear material in Russia and elsewhere; repairing alliances that can help spot terror cells and roll up financing networks; better securing our chemical and nuclear plants and ports.

It is absurd to claim that, had Kerry been president on that awful day in 2001, he would merely have shrugged and sent a strongly worded memo to the World Court. Any president would have done much of what Bush did in late 2001 - with less soaring eloquence perhaps. But few would have raced as he did into the deadly detour of Iraq.

John Kerry isn't perfect. He has things to learn. One thing Americans should have learned by now, though, is that the incumbent lacks the realism, judgment and ability to adjust to events that the United States needs in its commander in chief. In this perilous moment, the safer choice, the wiser choice, is John F. Kerry.

[St. Jarvitude]

60. My uncle works for them

He works at the Inquirer's research department. It's so cool that he might be helping out with this... I'll have to ask next time I see him :D

[flordehinojos]

7. Have the Miami Herald and the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel come out with

their endorsements already? Wanna bet who they are going to be endorsing if they haven't already? I will be surprised if either one goes for (or has already endorsed) Kerry. I wonder if they are one of the five which has already endorse Bush. I am also surprised that so many Cuban/Americans in Miami, the sons and daughters many of Spaniards who left Spain long ago because of the Francisco Franco Fascist Regime and went to Cuba looking for to breath the oxygen of freedom and opportunity, are themselves now supporting the fascist regime of George Walker Bush...

[siliconefreak]

12. Miami/Ft. Lauderdale

Both the Sun-Sentinel and Herald endorsed Gore in 2000. I can't imagine that they'd switch to Bush this time around.

No presidential endorsements yet, but the Palm Beach Post has endorsed Betty Castor over "extremist" (their word) Mel Martinez. :)

[flordehinojos]

43. Good! -- Thanks a lot

:)

[Carla in Ca]

58. Isn't Martinez a trial lawyer? I thought repugs hated them.

[kaitykaity]

8. He he he. Sent to my favorite fuktard FReeper.

:bounce:

[senseandsensibility]

10. This seems like a major story

Is cable news covering at all? I think we know what they would be doing if * was racking up endorsements.

[gauguin57]

13. When Tweety hears the Inky has endorsed Kerry, you'll see a whole

new Tweety!

[demokatgurrl]

28. Honestly, no one should be surprised-

I have lived here all my adult life and never recall the Inky going for a Republican for President. For other races, yes. (I could be wrong though- unlike Bush I know I make mistakes!)

[mvd]

33. The Inky says they don't like "one party rule"

Many of their Repuke endorsements are on Repuke incumbents. They usually get the biggest races right. The editorial board tends to be moderate to slightly left, but they really examine and use common sense.

[ikojo]

11. Kerry being endorsed by the St Louis Post Dispatch is a

given. The right-wingers around here call it the Red Star or Pravda. Anyone remotely leaning right could care less about the PD endorsing Kerry.

[Pithy Cherub]

16. This is most excellent!

* is not even able to collect the endorsement of the Crawford, TX papers. More in the press to come for Kerry! Let's hope that it is well reported how many are changing from their 2000 lapse in judgement and admitting a mistake.

[Misunderestimator]

21. "Kerry Takes Lead Over Bush... in Newspaper Endorsements"

http://199.249.170.220/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000662145

Excellent... add those new ones to these:

JOHN KERRY
Detroit Free Press: 354,581
The Seattle Times: 237,303
The Philadelphia Daily News: 139,983
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson): 109,592
The Day (New London, Conn.): 39,553

Total Daily Circ: 881,012

GEORGE W. BUSH
Las Vegas Review-Journal: 170,061
The Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain: 52,208
Amarillo (Texas) Globe-News: 51,105
The Sun (Lowell, Mass.): 50,369

Total Daily Circ: 323,743

[0007]

23. The newspaper in Crawford Texas with a cirulation of 458 endored

John Kerry.

Does that tell ya how how bad junior sinks?

[Carla in Ca]

59. Oh, the poor Iconoclast...they had to know

but they did it anyway. Guess they wanted to show * the meaning of integrity.

[meganmonkey]

24. Oh, that wacky liberal media!

;)

[IronLionZion]

25. I think the Crawford weekly paper endorsed Kerry

It's hilarious that the black Democratic mayor of Crawford is actively supporting Kerry instead of their "local boy".

On the flip side the right-wing Boston Herald seems to hate Kerry. And governor Romney supports Bush.

[PartyPooper]

27. Ironically, Bush probably won't even notice.

Cuz he doesn't read newspapers. None. Zilch. (possible exceptions: the comics and sports sections.)

:dunce:

[grace0418]

29. That rocks!

Although, I would WET MY PANTS if the fucking Chicago Tribune actually supported a Democrat. It's so weird, Chicago is totally Democrat, but the Tribune is so not. I wish I didn't dislike the Sun-Times so much because sometimes I really hate giving the Trib my money. Unfortunately, I also hate not having a morning paper.

[DemFromMem]

30. Web site shows who got endorsed in 2000

http://www.gwu.edu/~action/natendorse5.html

[Poiuyt]

32. Does anyone know which papers have endorsed Bush?

The article states that Kerry has picked up endorsements from 10 major newspapers while Bush has 5. I haven't heard yet who has endorsed Bush.

[napi21]

36. This is all I found so far.

NEW YORK The Democratic candidate for president appears to have an early lead in major daily newspaper endorsements. In the past two days, Senator John Kerry has picked up the backing of the Detroit Free Press and Tucson's Arizona Daily Star.

Other metro papers backing Kerry so far include The Seattle Times and The Philadelphia Daily News. The Las Vegas (Nev.) Review-Journal and the Amarillo, Texas, daily have picked Bush, as E&P noted previously. The Lowell (Ma.) Sun and Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain both went for Bush in the past week. Few papers have endorsed either candidate so far

http://209.11.49.220/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000652424

[Misunderestimator]

39. LV Review, Pueblo Chieftain, Amarillo Globe-News, The Sun (Lowell, MA)

http://199.249.170.220/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?v...

JOHN KERRY
Detroit Free Press: 354,581
The Seattle Times: 237,303
The Philadelphia Daily News: 139,983
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson): 109,592
The Day (New London, Conn.): 39,553

Total Daily Circ: 881,012

GEORGE W. BUSH
Las Vegas Review-Journal: 170,061
The Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain: 52,208
Amarillo (Texas) Globe-News: 51,105
The Sun (Lowell, Mass.): 50,369

Total Daily Circ: 323,743

[Cha]

34. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer..

is that the rw paper in Seattle?

This is great..keep 'em comin'!

[Cats Against Frist]

40. The P-I endorsed Gore, last election

The Times, Bush

Now, Kerry has them both. I, personally always thought the P-I was less conservative -- and I think it was because of the Gore thing, but lots of people think the Times is liberal.

[Cha]

42. Thanks, I had the Intelligencer mixed

up with the Times..but you say the Seattle Times is endorsing Kerry, too? I have never heard of the Times being "liberal".

[jono]

45. Yep, the Times has endorsed Kerry too

and you're right - Blethen's editorial page is by no means a liberal one!

Four years ago, this page endorsed George W. Bush for president. We cannot do so again — because of an ill-conceived war and its aftermath, undisciplined spending, a shrinkage of constitutional rights and an intrusive social agenda.

The Bush presidency is not what we had in mind. Our endorsement of John Kerry is not without reservations, but he is head and shoulders above the incumbent.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/endorsements/2002016659_kerryed27.html

[Cattledog]

38. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Endorses Kerry

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution endorsed Kerry today! I bet all the Bushies down here are going NUTS!

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/1004/10edprez.html

[Bozita]

55. the Detroit Free Press endorsed Kerry

October 4

[bling bling]

61. St. Louis Post Dispatch Endorsement Link

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/story/F58CE5B41453A97F86256F280039FBBA?OpenDocument&Headline=DECISION+2004%3A+Kerry+for+president

They endorsed Gore in 2000. Missouri elected Bush (although there was serious voter fraud issues here that were overshadowed by the Florida fiasco).

[Dcitizen]

62. Thanks for this great news and paper editors

[Rhiannon12866]

64. Thank you for giving us hope!

This is terrific!:kick: