Houston Chronicle regrets referring to "President Kerry"

[Newsjock]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/corrections/2668250

Corrections

... An editorial in Wednesday's Chronicle carelessly referred to Sen. John Kerry in one reference as "President Kerry." The Chronicle regrets the error.

[Tweed]

1. Well I don't! n\t

[cmf]

2. Hahahaha!

Freudian slip, I guess!

[JI7]

3. he has as much right o be called President as W. Bush does.

but kerry is the type of guy who will wait to actually be elected by the american people first.

[jobycom]

4. That's the Houston "Vote Tom Delay OUT" Chronicle?

The one that ran all the great stories on Bush's ties to JW Hinckley and Ken Lay and James Bath?

Hmmm. I may have to read them a bit more often.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

5. It happens

I called Kerry's plane Air Force one carelessly.

[zbdent]

6. 15 billion e-mails later, the Chronicle realizes the blunder

(14,999,999,990 e-mails from the same address)

[ET Awful]

7. And that address was. . .

[e-mail]

[zbdent]

8. Nope. Too technical.

He wouldn't know how.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

9. But it sounds SOOOOOOOOOOO good

Can't blame them a bit for betraying their enthusiasm and anticipation of a John Kerry Presidency.

[Solly Mack]

10. They need to get used to it now.

[Zen Democrat]

11. Here's the editorial:

Houston Chronicle
WED 07/07/04


RUNNING MATE / John Edwards a good - and expedient - choice

Staff

When Jimmy Carter campaigned for the presidency in 1976, he would ask audiences in the South, "Isn't it time we had a president without an accent?" Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts chose Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina in large part so he would have a running mate in whom Southerners would detect no accent. Since 1960, no Democratic ticket without a Southerner has won. During the same period, five of eight Democratic tickets that had a Southerner achieved the White House. Kerry, ever cautious, is just playing the odds.

-snip-

George W. Bush picked Cheney as his vice presidential candidate for his broad experience in the highest circles of government. President Kerry overlooked Edwards' slim political experience because the son of a mill worker is an effective campaigner who excites the party faithful and moves average Americans. Edwards makes no bones about taking the side of the have-nots over the haves. And few achievements exceed that of a person who is the first in his family to go to college, working his way through.

Like Edwards, President Bush had little foreign policy experience before moving into the White House. That fact and the usual deference of the vice president might mute such criticism from the Bush-Cheney campaign.

Edwards bears the burden of being a hugely successful plaintiff's lawyer, a profession conservatives have demonized over the years for bedeviling doctors and businesses. Trial lawyers, however, are a political and financial force to be reckoned with - "the people who brought you seat belts and safety glass" - and Edwards can fairly claim to have been on the side of the injured against the individuals and corporations whose behavior or negligence injured them. Championing the interests of poor, put-upon corporate executives in this post-Enron era can be risky business.

-snip-

[Vogon_Glory]

12. Someone's Precognition Kicked In While Typing n/t

[liberalitch]

13. If that's not a Freudian slip....

I don't know what is!

[Gothmog]

14. Chronicle has been a decent paper of late

I like the editorials for the most part. The last two elections, the Chronicle has endorsed Delay's opponent.

[zbdent]

15. Keep the copy with the original editorial

It may be worth as much as the New York Post declaring Gephardt as VP.