Q-Notes endorses John Edwards

[MelissaB]

After a series of meetings between the editors, the staff and the publisher, Q-Notes has endorsed John Edwards for President.

Our method for arriving at this decision began late last summer with a simple question: who’s best on LGBT issues. In years past, this alone often narrowed the field to a single contender. This election cycle, however, has been decidedly different from years past.

Each of the Democrats vying for the nomination passed muster on our suitability test. They all support the Matthew Shepard Act and a transgender-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act. They all oppose “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and the Defense of Marriage Act. They all back legal recognition of same-sex relationships.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich earned bonus points for being the only candidate to support full marriage rights. Again, this alone might have sealed the deal in previous elections. However, the stakes today are too high for that. Two terms of President George W. Bush have America teetering on the brink of economic collapse, while the disastrous “War on Terror” expands and our precious civil liberties shrink.

Under these conditions, viability trumps degrees of support. Following the Jan. 3 Iowa caucus, it was down to John Edwards and Hillary Clinton.


More: http://www.q-notes.com/top2008/top04_011208.html

FYI:Q-Notes is a Bi-weekly GLBT newspaper fro North and South Carolina

[AlertLurker]

1. Gotta LOVE garbage like this:

"Under these conditions, viability trumps degrees of support."

Translation: "Kucinich is clearly the better candidate, but Edwards has a shot at the nomination."

[MelissaB]

2. Sometimes the truth hurts.

I'd love to see Kucinich as president, but it ain't going to happen.

[Milo_Bloom]

5. It's about as likely as Edwards as President at this point.

[MelissaB]

6. I'm not going to disagree strongly, but disagree anyway.

Edwards is getting a lot more votes than Kucinich. I wouldn't mind seeing either of them as president.

[Milo_Bloom]

7. But logically, Edwards doesn't have a chance.

I would LOVE to see Kucinich as president, but he doesn't have a chance at this point.

I wouldn't want Edwards anywhere near the oval office, but at this point, I don't have to worry about it because he is too far behind in popularity and money to compete on any serious level.


However, my point is that Edwards lack of viability makes their endorsement kinda strange, when they say that viability trumps and then they pick a candidate who is no longer viable.

[MelissaB]

8. Well, he seems to have good numbers in the next couple of states.

It's a wait and see game to me.

[smokey nj]

3. K&R!!!

[CorpGovActivist]

4. K&R n/t