Our opinion: Obama for president (Courier-Express/Tri-County Sunday: DuBois PA)

[struggle4progress]

10/25/2008

... Since American voters must make this choice between flawed candidates, we take a deep breath, utter a prayer, and offer ours: Barack Obama.

Obama is not aligned with the Republican executive branch members who have shredded the Constitution, prolonged and mismanaged the war in Iraq, failed abjectly to find Osama bin Laden despite a seven-year search, and presided over the collapse of the nation's housing and banking systems.

An Obama administration will get more incumbents out of executive branch positions than will a McCain administration. The Republicans blew it during the past eight years; they do not deserve re-election.
Obama is praised in some quarters as a compelling speaker - and derided in other quarters as not much more than a booming voice. But there is something to be said for Obama's calm, professorial approach and ability to inspire.

We think Obama's selection of Delaware Sen. Joe Biden was more presidential and less political than was McCain's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who is bright, articulate, energetic - and unqualified to fill the Presidency should the need arise. ...

http://www.leader-vindicator.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20178101&BRD=2758&PAG=461&dept_id=572980&rfi=6

I only quoted the most palatable portions, but if you read this whole editorial, you will get a better sense of the political climate into which the editorial is launched. You probably won't much enjoy reading comments and LTTEs on the website, which include someone (currently working on a song "Obama rhymes with Usama") who is convinced Obama will be a dictator and another someone (convinced Obama is promising to pay $1000 per week to everyone earning less than $100K annually) who warns that Democrats always raise taxes, as well as a proudly self-proclaimed Fascist weighing in on the economy

The Courier-Express/Tri-County Sunday (DuBois PA), Jeffersonian Democrat (Brookville PA), and Leader-Vindicator (New Bethlehem PA) are all published by the same person. The "opinion" link on the CETCS home page links indirectly to this editorial on the LV website, while the LV or JD "opinion" links on the home page link respectively to editorials discussing a local school renovation or bashing ACORN

[BlooInBloo]

1. hahahah! Worst. Endorsement. EVER!

:rofl:

And now for some of the rest of it...

"We do not support Barack Obama for President.... As we said above, our choice of Obama is a selection, not an endorsement. It represents our considered opinion, nothing more."

[struggle4progress]

3. "I really feel I have to endorse Obama but don't want my tires slashed"

[AlCzervik]

2. this part here-

Some among us worry about Obama's Socialist tendencies, non-mainstream associates, etc. We see those as concerns, not as crises.

what the hell ever.

[struggle4progress]

4. Warned ya. Small town newspapers in a conservative part of PA.

Much of the editorial is garbage, of course, including the part you quote. But it's interesting that the editorial manages a few clear central paragraphs