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huckleberry Donating Member (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 08:00 PM
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Barack Obama for President (NYT editorial)
Source: New York Times

Hyperbole is the currency of presidential campaigns, but this year the nation’s future truly hangs in the balance.

The United States is battered and drifting after eight years of President Bush’s failed leadership. He is saddling his successor with two wars, a scarred global image and a government systematically stripped of its ability to protect and help its citizens — whether they are fleeing a hurricane’s floodwaters, searching for affordable health care or struggling to hold on to their homes, jobs, savings and pensions in the midst of a financial crisis that was foretold and preventable.

As tough as the times are, the selection of a new president is easy. After nearly two years of a grueling and ugly campaign, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois has proved that he is the right choice to be the 44th president of the United States.


LOTS more - three pages long!!

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/opinion/24fri1.html
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chimpymustgo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 08:01 PM
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1. Let me K & R first - then read.
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 08:02 PM
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2. They Finally Made Up Their Mind
Must have been difficult, but I think they made the correct choice.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 08:12 PM
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3. right behind you...I decided 4yrs ago that Obama was the man for the job.
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huckleberry Donating Member (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 08:20 PM
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4. Me too!
When I saw him give the keynote speech at the DNC in 2004, I was in tears. I didn't even know who he was then but I was just spellbound listening to him. I can't wait until he becomes President!

This proud Arlington communist will be voting for Barack Obama tomorrow in fake Virginia! Yay!!
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 08:27 PM
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5. My God then I'm not nuts...me too it was reliving 1968.........
Edited on Thu Oct-23-08 08:29 PM by Historic NY
blank out the picture it was RFK......it was better than anything I've heard in 40 yrs.

Rooting for the only NY team..I see.....Go BILLS.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 08:35 PM
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6. Not unexpected - but comprehensive! Great to see.
Kudos, Grey Old Lady.
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Lancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 08:46 PM
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7. I knew we were looking at our future president on 08/28/04
I wasn't the only one!

Glad the NYT caught up with us. :patriot:
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pettypace Donating Member (695 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 08:47 PM
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8. Just curious, what happened on Aug 28th?
I had my Obama for Pres sticker on 10/26/04.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 08:48 PM
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9. Keynote, Dem convention.
Thank you, Sen. Kerry, for picking him to speak.
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 08:56 PM
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11. Me too. I told several people he was going to be president after I saw his 2004 speech.
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BunkerHill24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 08:49 PM
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10. Better late then never .....Thanks for sharing with us, huckleberry
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Danmel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 06:28 AM
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12. Barack Obama for President- NY Times Endorsement
Source: NY Times

Hyperbole is the currency of presidential campaigns, but this year the nation’s future truly hangs in the balance.


The United States is battered and drifting after eight years of President Bush’s failed leadership. He is saddling his successor with two wars, a scarred global image and a government systematically stripped of its ability to protect and help its citizens — whether they are fleeing a hurricane’s floodwaters, searching for affordable health care or struggling to hold on to their homes, jobs, savings and pensions in the midst of a financial crisis that was foretold and preventable.

As tough as the times are, the selection of a new president is easy. After nearly two years of a grueling and ugly campaign, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois has proved that he is the right choice to be the 44th president of the United States.





Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/opinion/24fri1.html?hp



Yes I know, that liberal rag!
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 06:28 AM
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13. I know they won't mention their own blame for keeping illegal spying secret before the 2004 vote!
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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 06:28 AM
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14. There was never any doubt, but this just adds to the Obama juggernaut.
Obama is riding a TIDAL WAVE.
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Joe Bacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 07:40 AM
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15. Well, this does a little bit to restore the Times tarnished image.
I still look on the Screw York Times with a great deal of contempt for fabricating Whitewater, trashing Al Gore and lying us into war. This does do a little bit to restore their tarnished reputation. They still have a long way to go to get back to being a newspaper!
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