Chicago Sun-Times endorses John Kerry!

[Norbert]

Endorsed the dim son in 2000.

...The president's handling of the past year in Iraq -- his dismissal of those who warned him about the difficulty of reorganizing the country, his neglect of deep problems that are costing American lives there -- made us doubt his ability to bring our involvement there to a successful conclusion. And we became concerned by the secrecy of his subordinates such as Dick Cheney and John Ashcroft, coupled with an unnecessary disregard for some of our most cherished civil liberties.

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.

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Thank You CST. :toast:

[Norbert]

1. bump

[Skinner]

2. Got a link for this? (nt)

[Norbert]

7. Damn, sorry about the lack of link

Thought I had it on there.

[JimT]

3. link

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

[Walt Starr]

4. Well now, my wife won't like it, but I'm going to now subscribe

My wife always liked the Tribune.

I'm now going for the Sun-Times. I'll never let the Tribune grace these eyes again.

[JimT]

5. same for me

I cancelled the Trib last week. I have not read the Sun-Times in years but I'm now going to give it a try.

[Slamby2002]

6. this is amazing

because I always thought of the Sun Times as the Chicago equivalent of the NY Daily News. I thought they were to the right of the Tribune. But then they come out with a somewhat thoughtful endorsement of Kerry. wtf?

I, too, cancelled my Tribune subscription last week when they endorsed the Chimp. But now maybe I'll give my business to the Sun Times.