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The Houston Chronicle Makes Obama/Biden Their Choice (Endorsement)
Houston Chronicle ^ | Oct. 18, 2008 | Houston Chronicle editorial staff

Posted on 10/19/2008 8:42:38 PM PDT by gab1279

...Obama appears to possess the tools to confront our myriad and daunting problems. He's thoughtful and analytical. He has met his opponents' attacks with calm and reasoned responses. Viewers of the debates saw a poised, well-prepared plausible president with well-articulated positions on the bread-and-butter issues that poll after poll indicate are the true concerns of voters. While Arizona Sen. John McCain and his running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin have struck an increasingly personal and negative tone in their speeches, Obama has continued to talk about issues of substance.

It is true that Obama has served less than a term in the U.S. Senate and that his previous elective experience is confined to the Illinois Legislature. However, during that public service and his previous role as a community organizer on the streets of Chicago, he has developed an appreciation and understanding of the real-life concerns of middle- and low-income Americans.

On the Iraq war, Obama was an early voice of opposition to the initial invasion and his plan for a phased withdrawal of combat forces has been embraced by American and Iraqi policymakers. His partner on the ticket, Biden, is one of the leading foreign policy experts in Congress. They pledge to rebuild America's diminished standing in the world and restore our reputation as the leading defender of democracy and human rights...

(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2008electionbias; 2008endorsements; bluezone; bo; democrat; democrats; endorsement; houston; houstoncomical; liberalmedia; obama; starkravingsocialism; texas
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To: fortheDeclaration

The Comical partnered with Ken Lay to achieve the slim margin of victory on the stadium referendum.

Then the Houston Chronicle expressed “shock” when the Enron debacle was exposed under their very noses.


41 posted on 10/20/2008 8:42:44 AM PDT by weegee (In honor of Joe the Plumber, at noon, we should all lower our trousers to half mast.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“Where were these whiny bass turds when Camp Obama was crucifying Trig Palin for have Down’s and Bristol Palin for being pregnant?”

The Houston Chronicle was silent.

Just another branch office of Pravda.


42 posted on 10/20/2008 8:45:48 AM PDT by TexanToTheCore
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“Where were these whiny bass turds when Camp Obama was crucifying Trig Palin for have Down’s and Bristol Palin for being pregnant?”

The Houston Chronicle was silent.

Just another branch office of Pravda.


43 posted on 10/20/2008 8:46:18 AM PDT by TexanToTheCore
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To: Allegra
I wish I had a subscription to the Chronic-Ill so I could cancel it.

Call them up anyway and say "thanks for the reminder as to why I don't subscribe to your rag."

I canceled my subscription over a decade ago over the political bias. I told them so as I canceled. I still got "resubscription" calls. I told them no that their paper had a liberal bias (and that was very apparent in the local coverage even if they were endorsing Bush). One time when I told the caller this, I hung up and he (or she I don't recall) called back and stayed silent (I could hear the phone banks in the background that I had just heard).

44 posted on 10/20/2008 8:46:22 AM PDT by weegee (In honor of Joe the Plumber, at noon, we should all lower our trousers to half mast.)
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To: gab1279
Quick! Post the pic of Claude Rains in the casino from Casablanca.
45 posted on 10/20/2008 8:51:21 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte
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To: gab1279
"Perhaps the worst mistake McCain made in his campaign for the White House was the choice of the inexperienced and inflammatory Palin as his vice-presidential running mate. Had he selected a moderate, experienced Republican lawmaker such as Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison with a strong appeal to independents, the Chronicle's choice for an endorsement would have been far more difficult."

In other words, McCain made a choice to place a true conservative on his ticket and that pissed the Houston Communist off.

Kay Bailey would make a great choice for VP... on Hillary's ticket!!! But that hag is no conservative.

46 posted on 10/20/2008 8:55:09 AM PDT by Double Tap
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To: weegee

Add me to that ping list would ya..
I was unaware there was a Houston PL.


47 posted on 10/20/2008 9:01:10 AM PDT by DirtyHarryY2K (Proud Father of 2 US Marines. Support our troops!)
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To: Sans-Culotte

This is also appropriate:


48 posted on 10/20/2008 9:06:34 AM PDT by weegee (In honor of Joe the Plumber, at noon, we should all lower our trousers to half mast.)
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To: weegee

The Houston Chronicle NEEDS a messiah and they’re hoping this is him. That paper is a totally liberal rag. I don’t understand that. If you look at the map Harris County is red with a little blue in the middle. You’d think they’d play to the masses but they don’t.


49 posted on 10/20/2008 9:09:57 AM PDT by Terry Mross (O)
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To: EagleUSA

They point out “his well thought out positions” but don’t say they’re all lies.


50 posted on 10/20/2008 9:13:58 AM PDT by Terry Mross (O)
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To: gab1279

I’ve for the past 30 years or so chosen to support the candidate that the Comical decided not to endorse. The Comical usually picks the most left wingnut canddate that they can find so I usually just choose the opponent in those races to vote for.


51 posted on 10/20/2008 9:40:37 AM PDT by Ron H. (October 3, 2008 - the day we morphed into the 'United Socialist States of America')
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To: weegee
Let's see if they endorse Hillary supporter, Queen Sheila Jackson Lee!

..or

52 posted on 10/20/2008 10:07:21 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: gab1279; weegee
Perhaps the worst mistake McCain made in his campaign for the White House was the choice of the inexperienced and inflammatory Palin as his vice-presidential running mate. Had he selected a moderate, experienced Republican lawmaker such as Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison with a strong appeal to independents, the Chronicle's choice for an endorsement would have been far more difficult

If only MeCain would have only picked a RINO, pro-abortionist, pro-Comprehensive Immigration reform Republican, then the Chron would have had a difficult choice.

53 posted on 10/20/2008 10:32:07 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: gab1279

The only experice Obamah has is giving away other people’s money!


54 posted on 10/20/2008 10:33:04 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: weegee

Ahhh, yes, the low-angle Steven Spielberg shot...

Makes you feel like you must look up at the deity from a position of subserviant peasantry...


55 posted on 10/20/2008 12:41:54 PM PDT by stevie_d_64
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To: Lexinom
<yawn> Yeah, really big surprise there...
56 posted on 10/20/2008 6:51:32 PM PDT by wysiwyg (What parts of “right of the people” and “shall not be infringed” do you not understand?)
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To: gab1279

The comical isn’t worth much more than what my parrot craps on now days. They do have a good TV Guide though.


57 posted on 10/20/2008 6:56:17 PM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: gab1279

Houston, we have a problem!


58 posted on 10/20/2008 6:57:01 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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