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Posted on 05/07/2010 9:23:43 AM PDT by Al B.
The editors at the biggest newspaper on the West Coast, who were expected to endorse Sen. Barbara Boxer in her primary campaign against token opposition, have decided to remain neutral, saying the California Democrat doesn't display enough intellectual firepower.
The Los Angeles Times on Friday declined to offer endorsements in all Democratic and Republican primaries for governor and Senate, saying the races have been undermined by politics and money.
But the newspaper's decision to sit on the sidelines for the Boxer race could prove to be the most damaging of all, given the newspaper's criticism of the three-term senator.
"On the Democratic side, we find that we're no fans of incumbent Barbara Boxer," the newspaper said in an editorial Friday. "She displays less intellectual firepower or leadership than she could."
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Someone beat me to it. This is a duplicate. Please remove. Thanks.
Oh, that one’s going to leave a mark.
This from the LASlimes? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
Yes, she's an idiot...but I wouldn't expect she's capable of increasing her low IQ. Maybe they mean that she displays less intellectual firepower than she SHOULD...for her office.
translation dumber than a box of rocks. (but probably is representative of the people who voted for her)
Yep, says a lot about intellectual firepower at LA times that it took this long for them to get it.
I wonder if it signals a glimmer of rational thought returning to the newspaper?
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