Posted on 10/20/2012 9:43:26 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
One of Utah's largest newspapers, located in the heart of Mormon country, has endorsed President Obama over Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
The Salt Lake Tribune endorsed Mr. Obama on Friday in an editorial that praised the president for engineering passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to stimulate the economy and accused Mr. Romney of flip-flopping and being "willing to say anything to get elected."
The paper acknowledged that their choice may be surprising to some, considering Mr. Romney's Mormon faith and his leadership and financial turnaround of the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City.
The Tribune also endorsed Mr. Obama in 2008 and endorsed George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004.
The article made brief mention of Mr. Obama's handling of the economy — arguing that it minimized long-term damage from the 2008 financial meltdown — but most of its words were spent accusing Mr. Romney of betraying his record as a bipartisan governor and successful businessman in an effort to cater to right-wing Republicans and wealthy donors.
While Utah is a majority-Republican state, its capital city of Salt Lake is considered largely left-leaning.
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Mia is doing well according to the polls. She has $$ from outside of Utah.
Mormons love her. I am not a Mormon. But I think she would be a real thorn for liberals. My mother in law is a devout LDS and she really likes Mia.
A lot of liberals around Salt Lake that is how that paper survives.
There are more Mormons in California than in Utah.
I have Mormon neighbors and they are voting for Obama.
I have Mormon neighbors and they are voting for Obama.
Romney must have pissed off someone at that paper.. maybe a business deal of some sort? At any rate, I doubt that that newspaper’s endorsement is going to flip Utah to Obama, so one has to ask what’s the point?
Carl Rove went to Olympus High in Salt Lake County. Class of 69 I think.
Must be from the effects from all that Nuclear testing there in the 40’s 50’s.
Nuclear Tests during the 40’s 50’s makes people go all Liberal....
It’s from all those Nuclear tests out there in Utah.
It's the anti-Mormon newspaper and a lot of Mormons buy and read it along with the pro-Mormon newspaper.
I have a big white button that says:
I’ll take the MORMON
Over the MORON
The ‘R’ in MORMON is the ROMNEY red, white and blue ‘R,’ AND THE ‘O’ IN MORON is BHO’s stupid logo.
Word-for-word Dim talking points - might as well have Mahre or Whoopi working at the paper. Might be at odds with much of the readership.
Mormons are no different than Catholics or Evangelicals. A lot of them carry the name but don’t live the faith.
I read the Trib every day.
It’s really a hoot.
It must be run by a couple of tired, mad lesbians (but I repeat myself) who do little more than repost the latest talking points from the DU/DNC/LBGTZXY fax machine.
Its most accurate (and largest) section is the obituaries.
LOL No doubt!
Yeah. A friend of mine that went to Olympus sent me a picture of Rove when he went there.
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