Kerry for President [Seattle Times endorses sKerry/Editorial Barf]

Seattle Times ^ | 8-27-2004

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

I saw this earlier today. I just shook my head. It is obvious that their support for and editorial announcement have more to do with the upcoming gubernatorial race than it does with the presidency.

As I prefer to call these leftists:
what a bunch of Sea**holes!!!

[Inspectorette]

Jeez - Mr. Inspectorette and I are leaning toward moving up there when we retire to be closer to our daughter. It can't be any worse than California!

[Southack]

Total for this search: $2,390

Contributor	Occupation	Date	Amount	Recipient
KELLY, CAROLYN SEATTLE,WA 98119	SEATTLE TIMES	12/10/2003	$250	Murray, Patty
PETERSON, DALE SEATTLE,WA 98107	SEATTLE TIMES	6/8/2004	$1,000	Nethercutt, George R Jr
RUNNBERG, LAWRENCE MAPLE VALLEY,WA 98038	SEATTLE TIMES/ZONE ASSISTANT	2/15/2002	$240	Democratic Central Cmte of Washington
TILLER, ANNE SEATTLE,WA 98107	SEATTLE TIMES/ONLINE ART	2/9/2004	$900	Clark, Wesley

[radiohead]

The caller usually works for a phone bank, not the paper

Hmmm. I know these people on the phone are just trying to pay their bills like the rest of us and I try not to be too rude, but there's no thrill in giving 'heck' to some poor sap who's probably sitting in Boise, if not Calcutta. : )

[Beanhead40]

After reading this posting my phone rang....it was the Seattle Times. I had a wonderful conversation with the lady on the other other end. She was trying to get us to take the Times or PI for $1.95/week the lowest offer in the City. I told her she could offer it for free and I still would not take it. I told her that I have had conversations with the Editor about not offering a balanced paper especially when it comes to columnists and the Opinion page, she commended me for trying but explained that they have to produce a paper that the community will accept, I told her that was her problem and they need to be objective in reporting the news. I pointed out that I did see this article endorsing Kerry...it is obvious they are losing customers.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

In the Mesozoic era it was rumored that people formed their opinions in part by reading newspapers, and the communications models that tried to explain voter decisions labeled newspapers and radio stations as opinion leaders.

That theory went away in the late 1980's and early 1990's as cable news started to have an impact - and was completely blown away by the widespread impact of the internet. Today the editorial function of major newspapers is to make you ponder how the hell some of these people became editors. And no more.

[Southack]

Carolyn S. Kelly
President/Chief Operating Officer
Seattle Times

[p. henry]

Recently, I received a subscription offer from the New York Times. Since the Times had thoughfully enclosed a postage paid return envelope, I wrote across the subscription form that I could think of no reason to subscribe to Pravda on the Hudson and returned it to the Times using their own postal dollars.

It was the least I could do to thank them for their many contributions to unbiased journalism.

[Southack]

"Four years ago, this page endorsed George W. Bush for president. We cannot do so again — because of an ill-conceived war and its aftermath..."

...Even though Senator Kerry says that he'd make that same decision to invade based upon what he knows today.

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[jackbill]

We also agree with Sen. Kerry that Social Security should not offer private accounts.

Well, just what is your solution and what is Kerry's solution to this impending disaster?

It isn't enough to be against something. You've got to offer an alternative - if you want to he listened to.

[Southack]

"The first priority of a new president must be to end the military occupation of Iraq. This will be no easy task, but Kerry is more likely to do it..."

...Even though Senator Kerry has promised to send 40,000 *additional* U.S. troops into Iraq...and even though the occupation ended in June with the transfer of sovereignty...and even though pulling our troops out of Iraq will toss 26 million people into anarchy and massive civil war.

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[Southack]

"A less-belligerent, more-intelligent foreign policy should cause less anger to be directed at the United States."

...Such as the foreign policies held by the U.S. on 9/10/2001 and earlier...

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[Southack]

"Bush talked like the candidate of free trade, a policy the Pacific Northwest relies upon. He turned protectionist on steel and Canadian lumber. Admittedly, Kerry's campaign rhetoric is even worse on trade. But for the previous 20 years, Kerry had a strong record in support of trade, and we have learned that the best guide to what politicians do is what they have done in the past, not what they say."

...So because we know that Senator Kerry's words mean nothing, and because his wordy rhetoric is even worse on trade, we choose to endorse him.

< /mocking >

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[Southack]

"We also agree with Sen. Kerry that Social Security should not offer private accounts."

...Because we radical left-wing Whities know that Blacks don't live to the Social Security retirement age (65, versus average Black male lifespan of 62 years) and we certainly don't want Republicans to change this system so that SS funds can be passed on to their heirs via Privatization...

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[Southack]

"We disagree also with Bush's ban on federal money for research using any new lines of stem cells."

President Bush's ban doesn't touch the stem cells of animals, where early stem cell research should concentrate.

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[Gator113]

Ditto!!!!!!!!!

[Ravens70]

That is why these guys are F***ing idiots and this country would be so much better off if they relocated to France with the rest of the P**ssies.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

LOL...I'll have to keep that method in mind!

[TheBigB]

Oh no! This might help drive Seattle out of the Bush column! :^)

[Don Corleone]

They are pandering to their constituancy. The left coast is so left that any endorsement of a conservative would result in the cancellation of the three outstanding subscriptions.