Salt Lake City Weekly Endorses Kerry for President.

[Sean Reynolds]

Not much talk about Kerry, rather just an attack on President Bush and the Salt Lake Tribune (who endorsed Bush Saturday).

Kerry for President

Yo, Brownie, this word is for you: Greece. Brownie tunes out every time I mention Greece. I could have put the word at the end of the column and tricked him into reading the whole thing, but it can’t be said I lack compassion. I had another great time in Greece, and Brownie, now that you have nothing to do, let me buy you a beer.

I’m convinced Greeks know more about us than we do. For example, last week, I was standing in front of one of the billion or so kiosks in Athens, locally called a “periptero,” reading the headlines in the newspapers that dangle from all sides of these handy little units, On one newspaper were the results of a survey of Greek citizens. It asked, if the U.S. election were held today, and if you could vote in that election, whom would you vote for?

SNIP:

I don’t think he’s a good guy. I don’t think he rides a white stallion. I think he’s made plenty of mistakes and is yet to fess up to any of them. I don’t think the world is safer today than even last year, let alone four years ago. I don’t think my taxes are really going down and my services up. I don’t think my kids are going to get a better education with a Bush administration. I don’t think stem cell research will ever save a single life or cure a single malady as long as people like George Bush can milk the issue for political leverage. I don’t think we needed to rush into Iraq. I don’t think we’re getting out of Iraq out anytime soon. I don’t think gays should be denied the same rights and privileges as all the rest of us, and if I were a lesbian, I think I’d ask Mary Cheney to marry me.

That’s not a ringing endorsement for Bush, but don’t tell The Salt Lake Tribune, which could surely spin it into one.

While I was still in Greece, I learned that The Salt Lake Tribune had endorsed Ellis Ivory for Salt Lake County Mayor. America really is the land of opportunity—the guy who was in the race for only five minutes and who wouldn’t fix my Ivory Home plumbing was being endorsed for mayor in my very own county! Yikes! Pass the plunger. This weekend, in an amazing piece of journalistic bigamy, the Tribune dissed Bush as president, yet endorsed him for president. It’s simple really: Dean Singleton calls the shots over there and Dean Singleton has some chits he needs to pay back.

MORE: http://www.slweekly.com/editorial/2004/priv_2004-10-28.cfm

At least ONE Salt Lake paper is smart.