The newspaper endorsements are different this time.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

Most of the time when a newspaper endorses a candidate, it's something like,"The Diddlesville Bombast endorses Senator Freebish for president. We believe that while his opponent, Congressman Moonbat, has a feasible program for reducing health care costs, Senator Freebish has a more comprehensive vision for improving America's economy while controlling spending." And blah, blah, blah.

Not this time. The newspapers that have endorsed Kerry are basically saying, none too subtly, that Bush sucks enough to bend light and that if he gets a second term we will be screwed until we bleed. I've never seen anything like it. Anybody else notice this?

[naufragus]

1. I did

[naufragus]

14. they said their hearts where nearly breaking

when the NYT says they are nearly weeping, thats BAD!

[The Traveler]

2. "Bush sucks enough to bend light"

Damn you. I just sprayed beer all over my monitor again! LOL!

Well said!


:toast:

[cheshire]

4. It was pretty funny. You need to stop drinking while looking at screen LOL

[The Traveler]

7. I keep making that mistake

while surfing DU. :)

[kaitykaity]

11. I almost inhaled a cough drop.

lol.

[rndmprsn]

17. good one!

LMAO too.

[The Doctor.]

18. I will be using that on other boards as my signature...

May I quote you Ocelot?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. Yes.

It's not original - see #19. Best way I know of to express extreme sucking.

[Liberal Gramma]

3. I've also noticed that most of the large circulation

papers are endorsing Kerry, and the Three Corners Weekly Review type of papers are endorsing Bush.

[Philostopher]

10. I imagine it was quite the editorial struggle for

the Dayton Daily News -- their circulation isn't enormous. They will, however, apparently endorse Kerry. I'm sure there will be a loathsome dissenting editorial, but at least the DDN keeps our subscription for the time being. They'd already endorsed some shitty local (GOP) pols who are incumbents, I was a little afraid they'd stick with their 'back the incumbent' policy and endorse Bush* -- but they didn't let us down this time. They are the Cox Publishing flagship paper, though -- I suspected when the Atlanta Journal Constitution (probably the largest circulation paper in the Cox hierarchy) endorsed Kerry, the DDN probably would, too. Don't know how others in the chain have gone, though the Austin-American Statesman seems a likely Kerry endorsement, and probably with less editorial push-me-pull-you than the Dayton and Atlanta papers.

[aquart]

13. Except for the one in Crawford.

[madmax]

5. Yes... isn't it great!! n/t

[Pax Argent]

6. "Bush sucks enough to bend light "

LMAO!!! Best line tonight, hands down!!!
:yourock:

[demwing]

16. type it up, send it to yourself FedEx

and never open it.

Its a priceless line, and you should save it for posterity.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. There are many firsts that have

happened over the last four years. This is just the latest of them

[donheld]

9. Indeed i have

The St Louis Post Dispatch, Philadelphia Inquirer and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution are the last ones i saw. They laid out reasons for their endorsements. They went into a good amount of detail about it. Their endorsements were not weak endorsements, but very strongly telling voters how important it is to get rid of the Bush cabal.

[Cha]

12. And this Country is different

this time..so I'm really happy that the newspapers' endorsements are reflecting that.

[Bluebear]

15. SUCKS ENOUGH TO BEND LIGHT!!!! OMG!!!!!!!

Can I steal that?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. Of course.

I read it somewhere myself awhile ago (not referring to Bush), just can't remember where. It sort of expresses the ultimate in suckingness.

[Bluebear]

35. It's brilliant.

[requiem99]

21. "Bush sucks enough to bend light" -- Best line of the last few months.

[NightOwwl]

22. Agreed. Philly Inquirer endorsement pulls no punches:

"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.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/special_packages/endorsement/9878518.htm

[Gloria]

23. My, isn't the Philly Inquirer in a snit!! My local rag will help calm them

down...it says the KNOW Mr. Bush, he's grown TREMENDOUSLY, and yes, the burdens of the job have aged him, but he is still a YOUNG MAN and can continue his fine work....

I will post tomorrow...It's a Gannett paper, here in Las Cruces, New Mexico....the paper I will unsubscribe from as soon as we win...and then give my money to the weekly that actually does decent reporting! (I still subscribe simply to see what they are spinning). Of course, if I unsubscribe I'll lose all the fun of writing them letters and calling the Sound Off line.

[Cha]

37. This is priceless...bush is a "spawn"..all right!

"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."

[tedzbear]

24. The NYT has just endorsed Kerry!

Wow.

[tedoll78]

25. My big question..

will Kerry see any sort of appreciable bounce from this wave of endorsement? I've been noticing these endorsements for the past 24 hours, and they're quite impressive.. especially when one considers that some of these periodicals endorsed the Chimp in 2000.

[KittyWampus]

34. It Will Help Seal The Air Of Inevitability Of Kerry's Win

[deadmessengers]

26. Do newspaper endorsements really matter?

Has anyone ever studied whether anyone is really swayed by newspaper endorsements? My intuition says no.

[VOX]

27. Yes, they do. They are media endorsements, and they are invaluable.

It's how they add up that may sway people. When they see that, to date, the following papers have endorsed Kerry:

The Albuquerque Tribune
The New York Times
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Portland Press Herald (Portland, Me.)
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Seattle Times
Detroit Free Press
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Ariz.)
The Philadelphia Daily News

An undecided voter can see the common sense in voting for Kerry. This also allows other media appeals to state that "this-or-that paper" backs Kerry.

They matter a great deal.

[DaveSZ]

28. What is the split on Bush/Kerry endorsements this year?

In 2000, Bush took most of them by far.

[Pithy Cherub]

29. Excellent observation!

The newspapers are still applying aloe vera lotion to their chapped and chafed backsides based on their 'sucking enough to bend light' performances too!. LOL!

[BlueCollar]

30. Fort Worth "Startlegram" was almost apologetic in its endorsement of Bush

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/9936250.htm?1c

on edit: To clarify who was actually endorsed...

[annerevere]

31. I've noticed it big time--they don't just endorse Kerry

They intensely, even vehemently endorse Kerry as if it's critical that he be elected. I'm a long-time media follower (former metro daily reporter) and I've never seen this before.

[gristy]

33. welcome to DU, Anne!

:hi:

[KittyWampus]

32. Nominate For Homepage... This Is Really Well Written

[Nancy Waterman]

36. I noticed this too

I have never seen newspapers blast the opposing candidate to their choice, especially a sitting president, to this extent.

[Cha]

38. It's Surreal when People in the newspapers

"get it"!

[Generator]

40. Isn't it surreal when what's real seems surreal?

[Cha]

42. Gyes!

:D

[Generator]

39. Vote like your life depended upon it

Vote like it actually mattered. Vote like what every damn Democrat has been saying for a year, anybody is better than this lousy ass excuse for a President. Oh, yeah and I happen to think Kerry is going to be an incredible president.

And I voted for him as well as against *, so eat that.

Imagine! Journalists rising above partisan hackery without rose colored glasses and noses wiped of brown, telling the way it is.

[Catt03]

41. I think they had to take some responsibility

not only as print media but as Americans. They know it like we know it, the country is in critical condition.