Notoriously conservative LA Daily News endorses Kerry

[Beaverhausen]

Kerry for president

It's time to reunite America


With the presidential election just nine days away and polls showing a dead heat, the country appears as divided as it was four years ago, when George W. Bush eked out a victory over then-Vice President Al Gore.
And that's no place to be.

With the nation at war against terrorist radicals, there has never been a greater need for unity. We found that unity after the terrible 9-11 attacks, but under President Bush's leadership we have become dangerously polarized.

To wage an effective war on terrorism, we must restore national unity and repair our damaged international alliances.

And the candidate best able to do that is Sen. John Kerry.

In fairness, there is much to admire about Bush's four years in office. In the aftermath of 9-11, he applied a steadying hand that helped unite the nation and focus Americans on the enormity of the task we faced. He crafted a sound vision for what it will take to wage the war, and he has shown the resolve necessary to win it.

But for all the leadership Bush showed in those first days, the record has been far more troubling ever since.

more here:
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~25405~2487608,00.html

[nikatnyte]

1. "Much to admire" about Bush? WTF?

If Chimpy had a "sound vision" I sure as hell didn't know it. Well, at least they came through for the right guy where it counts.

[kostya]

2. Aren't newspaper endorsements really a contrary indicator?

In 2000 Bush had about twice as many endorsements from newspapers as Gore did.

[chaumont58]

3. Sweet Hay_sues! Debra Saunders used to work for this paper

Back IN '92, I lived in the LA area and read this paper(in addition to the LA Times) every day. The good Debra hated Clinton. I wonder if anyone has told her that her old paper has endorsed a Dem.