I have to tell you, frankly, I'm just shocked! Who saw this one coming? I'm baffled.<br><br>The "conservative" (right Sean?) Newspaper of Record hasn't enorsed a Republican Presidential Candidate since ... since ... Dwight Eisenhower.<br><br>The New York Times has endorsed:<br><br>1972 - George McGovern<br>1976 - Jimmy Carter<br>1980 - Jimmy Carter<br>1984 - Walter Mondale<br>1988 - Mike Dukakis<br>1992 - Bill Clinton<br>1996 - Bill Clinton<br>2000 - Al Gore<br>2004 - John Kerry<br><br>****************<br><br>[color:blue]VOTE</font color=blue>[color:red] for President George W. Bush on November 2, 2004</font color=red>

3 out of 9 ain't bad!<br><br>

I find it amusing that they even attempt to provide a reasoning behind their rubber-stamped endorsment of the Democratic Candidate. <br><br>****************<br><br>[color:blue]VOTE</font color=blue>[color:red] for President George W. Bush on November 2, 2004</font color=red>

Exactly....they should just make it an automatic endorsement, like all the other liberal interest groups do. <br><br>

i get confused at to what you consider the media when you go on the attack.<br><br>i think the new york times does a wonderful job in their reporting of news (probably what you consider the media -- where people get the news). now, the editorial pages are not news in the way you'd define it (at least <a href="http://www.macminute.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=lounge&Number=183416&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1#Post183416"> according to what you've written in the past</a> -- "Again, Hannity & Colmes, Rush, Air America etc are not part of the news media."). the opinion page for the editors tends to lean left, though they have conservatives on board as well and they are more balanced than i'd like to read, fwiw. <br><br><br>--<br>one of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. -Plato