[SJackson]

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[Grampa Dave]

It must be snowing in hell, again!

[7 x 77]

The Tribune is a very liberal paper, but they occassionally take somewhat conservative editorial positions to preserve circulation.

For instance, although almost every political article and editorial had been pro-Gore for months, the paper ended up officially supporting Bush on the one day they gave their selections. This gave them cover in the suburbs. Knowledgable conservatives have preferred the Sun-Times for years.

[Sodbuster]

"For 12 years, the world's solution to Iraq's lethal menace has been to kick the can down the road and hope nothing bad happens."

The phrase 'kick the can down the road' is one that Clinton used somewhere around 1994-1996. I forget in what context he used it, but I remember that that his cavalier attitude really upset me at the time. The fact that this particular phrase is remembered and thrown back at the Clinton administration is gratifying.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

conclusion today echoes the final two sentences of the editorial that appeared here in 1990: "If there is a war, the U.S. and its allies will pay a heavy price.

Nice of them to come on board against terrorism/brutal dictatorshipos that threaten the U.S. but what "heavy price" did we have to pay for the 1991 Gulf War? Too bad they didn't explain that whopper...

[Torie]

Counterpoint FWIW.

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