flashback: Chicago Tribune endorses Bush in 2000

[Cocoa]

i.e., an endorsement by the Tribune has no credibility, they reflexively endorse republicans, their justifications are a joke.


http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:UqmalWY3VCwJ:www.dfrw.org/XcNewsPlus/XcNewsPlus.asp%3Fcmd%3Dview%26articleid%3D20+%22chicago+tribune+endorses+bush%22&hl=en


Chicago Tribune Endorses Bush
The Chicago Tribune says of Bush:

"Bush has offered solutions to problems. He has, to his credit, not given the impression that he has the last word on every problem to confront government. He would listen."

"This is an election about honesty, about restoring bipartisanship, about fostering government that will nurture a booming economy without getting in the way of American ingenuity. There is one candidate for president who will do that, and it is George W. Bush."

[No2W2004]

1. yeah, but look

1) The Trib ALWAYS (look it up) endorses the Republcian Presidential canidate

2) It doesn't matter because Illinois (and especially the city of Chicago...not some of the burbs) will be voting for Kerry.

3) I wanna see the Trib endorse KEYES! Yeah, lets see how far that Republican "loyalty" goes!

[Cha]

5. I like your # 3!

I noticed the Houston Chronicle endorsed Richard Morrison — A Democrat!

<snip>"DeLay's misplaced priorities were most evident in his previous ban on federal rail transit funds for Houston, causing the funds to go to other cities. DeLay was behind the redistricting effort in Texas that displaced badly needed property tax relief and school finance reform as the Austin leadership's top priorities.

Morrison faces an uphill battle in this race. The Houston region and the entire country will be better off if he succeeds."


http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/editorial/2850084

[Was_Immer]

6. CAN anyone confirm if the Tribune endorsed Dole in 96

[Cocoa]

11. no question about it

[No2W2004]

14. I could only bring up the preview for free, but here ya go:

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/

Such reflection, we feel confident, would lead the vast majority of American voters to this conclusion: Bob Dole should be president of the United States and Bill Clinton should not.

[Cha]

2. Does that mean TAX CUTS to the

Fucking top 1%?

"nurture a booming economy without getting in the way of American ingenuity."]/b]

I have nothing against being Very Very Rich..but I would be willing to pay taxes for my Country just like WArren Buffet!

[Minimus]

3. They should be embarrased!

honesty, restoring bipartisanship, booming economy... LOL

Didn't they bother to research why they endorsed him in 2000? :eyes:

[Cocoa]

4. more...

this is incredible. They even include the "invented the Internet" thing, which Gore never said.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/9/21/175515/075


showed a grasp of detail on both domestic and foreign affairs, and told the public what kind of administration he wanted to run.

That would be an administration dedicated to Republican principles of limited government, low taxes, free enterprise, personal rights and personal responsibilities. But it would be one shorn of the unfortunate vitriol that accompanied the GOP revolution in 1994. It would be an administration that trusts people to make their own decisions, but would not forget that some people need the government's help.

It would be an administration that recognizes a president doesn't succeed by browbeating, lecturing or intimidating Congress. A president succeeds by setting broad goals, leading by example, and recognizing that the perfect should not be the enemy of the good.

snip


Bush has offered solutions to problems. He has, to his credit, not given the impression that he has the last word on every problem to confront government. He would listen.

snip

There is, finally, the question of basic honesty.

Gore, unlike his boss in the White House, has by all accounts lived a life of probity. There's no doubt that he is a decent man. But his penchant for enhancement has become something of a running joke. Created the Internet? Discovered Love Canal? While he may not have explicitly laid claim to those events, the fact is that Gore has a natural inclination for evasion that is deeply troubling. His explanations of his creative fundraising techniques--"No controlling legal authority"?--suggest that the public will grow disenchanted with yet another White House that can't tell the whole truth.

The White House has seen enough of that. The nation has seen enough of that. It's time to move on.

[Placebo]

7. My English Professor Works At The Chicago Tribune...

and she knows the people who actually WROTE the endorsement for bush. They are total liberals, but have to write whatever it is the higher-ups tell them to.

Could you imagine being paid to write an endorsement for bush, being a liberal? OUCH.

She says most of the people she knows who work there are liberals, but the owners and execs are conservative republicans.

[Was_Immer]

9. what school do you attend?

UIC
Loyola
DePaul
U of C

Just curious which school your professor teaches at

[Placebo]

10. DePaul

:hi:

[MetaTrope]

12. Liberal endorsement

"Could you imagine being paid to write an endorsement for bush, being a liberal?"

Gives a whole new dimension to the term "wage slaves".

[No2W2004]

8. and lets not forget THIS little gem from the Trib

[barb162]

13. LOL, they are right on the mark again and again with the LOSER

[Cocoa]

15. Tribune has a lot in common with Bush

can't admit, let alone learn from, its mistakes...

Bush showed a grasp of detail on both domestic and foreign affairs, and told the public what kind of administration he wanted to run.

That would be an administration dedicated to Republican principles of limited government, low taxes, free enterprise, personal rights and personal responsibilities. But it would be one shorn of the unfortunate vitriol that accompanied the GOP revolution in 1994. It would be an administration that trusts people to make their own decisions, but would not forget that some people need the government's help.

It would be an administration that recognizes a president doesn't succeed by browbeating, lecturing or intimidating Congress. A president succeeds by setting broad goals, leading by example, and recognizing that the perfect should not be the enemy of the good.

snip


Bush has offered solutions to problems. He has, to his credit, not given the impression that he has the last word on every problem to confront government. He would listen.

snip

There is, finally, the question of basic honesty.

Gore, unlike his boss in the White House, has by all accounts lived a life of probity. There's no doubt that he is a decent man. But his penchant for enhancement has become something of a running joke. Created the Internet? Discovered Love Canal? While he may not have explicitly laid claim to those events, the fact is that Gore has a natural inclination for evasion that is deeply troubling. His explanations of his creative fundraising techniques--"No controlling legal authority"?--suggest that the public will grow disenchanted with yet another White House that can't tell the whole truth.

The White House has seen enough of that. The nation has seen enough of that. It's time to move on.