[Tamzee]

Tony Day, who served as editorial page editor from 1971 to 1989, said Otis Chandler, the former publisher, had wanted to steer the paper away from its "ferociously Republican" roots and toward a more mainstream approach, so he stopped presidential endorsements after 1972. "At the time, it was the best thing to do because the paper was able to break with the past and continue what I think was a rather long march toward a more sophisticated, and dare I say more liberal, newspaper," Day told E&P.

ROFLMAO!

Go ahead, dare to say liberal... that's like daring to state that a mile is longer than an inch ;-)

[Paleo Conservative]

ROFLMAO!

Go to the article and read the paragraph preceding the one I quoted.