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The Boston Globe endorses Obama

boston.com — In the endorsement, the newspaper's editorial board says Obama isn't refighting the cultural wars of the 1960s; he's trying to get a nation to focus and to solve its economic woes now.

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  • WilliamCrandall, on 10/14/2008, -9/+52"With great enthusiasm, the Globe endorses Senator Barack Obama for president. The charismatic Democrat from Illinois has the ability to channel Americans’ hopes and rally the public together, at a time when the winds are picking up and the clouds keep on darkening."
    • Aadain, on 10/14/2008, -0/+12I think their point, "...has the ability to channel Americans’ hopes...", is the basis of his popularity. He isn't perfect and will not fix all our problems just by providing good plans. He actually inspires others to want to do better and will give people the opportunities to implement his plans. To me, that is the definition of a leader.
    • nutmac, on 10/15/2008, -0/+9With great reservation, I, a former McCain supporter, endorse Senator Barack Obama for president. The moronic Republican from Alaska has the ability to destroy Americas' hopes and alienate many Republican supporters, at a time when McCain had a legitimate chance of winning the election.
      • HenryJonesJr, on 10/15/2008, -1/+4I agree completely. I've always voted Republican but, this year, my vote's going to Obama thanks to Palin's complete lack of qualifications and McCain having given up on his principles. Not thrilled to be voting Democrat, but Republicans have fallen too far to justify another vote from me.
      • EarlOfLade, on 10/15/2008, -0/+5Let me be the first one to say: Thank you!

        We probably disagree on most political issues, but you have my respect, sir!
    • compdude32, on 10/15/2008, -1/+3Shocking one of the most Liberal newspapers endorsing a Liberal canidate, who would have thunk it.
  • mebble, on 10/14/2008, -10/+48The BG should have endorsed Obama a long time ago. But better late than never. The BG says Obama isn't immune to political calculation ... well, he is a politician after all. And what do you expect? Instant solutions? Instant brilliant recipes? This national craving for immediate gratification is childish and dangerous. Obama has shown his intelligence. He is highly trained. He understands and respects our Constitution. He will be a steady hand on the tiller and a man with the courage to voice unpopular opinions (see "the Iraq war", etc.) ... If anyone can be a president to all Americans and guide this Nation through the storm, with a sensibility for citizens of all colors and creeds, as well as the invaluable perspective of an American who was also raised abroad, it's Senator Obama.
    • Jackson0909, on 10/14/2008, -9/+2Wow. Just wow. It's your turn to jump off the cliff, lemming.
      • theaceoffire, on 10/14/2008, -2/+3I know!

        Liking someone who isn't a pathological lier is so conformist!
      • Jackson0909, on 10/14/2008, -7/+2Rev. Wright, Tony Rezko, William Ayers and ACORN. Barack Obama has lied about all of these.
      • brianjlowry, on 10/15/2008, -0/+4He lied about them? What are you talking about?
      • Jackson0909, on 10/15/2008, -5/+2He has lied about his relationship with all three of those men and that organization. In every instance, Obama has marginalized the involvement he has had with the four. He's a liar and has been allowed to skate by everytime he is exposed for the corrupt man and politician that he is.
      • redpickle, on 10/15/2008, -0/+5Care to explain what "lie" he told there Mr. Jackson?
    • jessehadden, on 10/15/2008, -1/+4That's very inspiring. Has Obama earned such an esteemed opinion? He has voted to continue funding the war he "opposes" every time except once. He blatantly betrayed us on FISA.

      Just like with the GOP, when voting for a Democrat, you are electing a *party* -- not a person. Obama is an excellent PR face for a corrupt war-mongering institution. But does declaring him our leader mean that the party is going to change its stripes, once it has power again?
  • threat42, on 10/14/2008, -26/+12I could understand this, but did anyone ever expect a publication like The Boston Globe to endorse anyone else? Come on. Mebble's post above mine illustrates this point.
    • zyklon, on 10/14/2008, -1/+5Well people tend to endorse the presidential candidate who's NOT endorsed by the worst president in history.
  • vampyroteuthis, on 10/14/2008, -5/+18has a single legitimate newspaper endorsed old man, grumpy-pants? i sure haven't seen one....
    • OffPiste, on 10/14/2008, -28/+8When is the last time that the MSM ever supported the Republican candidate in the Nationals? What's shocking is that Libtards actually don't see the bias in the MSM.
    • TheInformer, on 10/14/2008, -9/+14Huffingtonpost, the legitimate news source for Digg, endorses Obama. I think that says enough.
    • EntropyFan, on 10/14/2008, -21/+8Seriously, are Obama supporters so desperate?
      Newspapers are, to put it politely, a fading media. They have little real power, and their 'endorsement' is meaningless.
      But this is Digg, so anyone supporting Obama is praised and shown to be 'so important'. Regardless.
      • sockpuppets, on 10/14/2008, -1/+9Country Kitchen Buffet endorsed McCain earlier today, that's got to be press worthy.
      • EntropyFan, on 10/14/2008, -1/+5Well, it is about as press worthy as this.
      • martalli, on 10/15/2008, -0/+2Indeed, newspapers as actual paper rags are fading into history. If you would prefer "Web 2.0" or whatever, I submit to you that the once rabidly libertarian digg now seems to have swung completely behind Obama. Obama's supporters and Ron Paul's supporters are not necessarily the same people, but the shift is certainly reflective of what is going on in the greater world.
      • Atmandk, on 10/15/2008, -0/+3Did you just read that article from the Globe on paper or on your computer screen? Underestimating the weight of an endorsement from a paper like the Boston Globe is pure ignorance, at least in the functioning world of politics.
  • uppitydiggers, on 10/14/2008, -4/+20Is this really a surprise?
    • adjustafresh, on 10/15/2008, -0/+8About as surprising as Sean Hannity endorsing McCain.
  • OffPiste, on 10/14/2008, -55/+7Barrack Hussein Obama. Nuf said.
    • sulthernao, on 10/14/2008, -3/+35William Timmons, former lobbyist on the behalf of Saddam Hussein, is leading the McCain transition team. Nuff said.
    • gnocchi1442, on 10/14/2008, -6/+26Stupid Racist Republitard.

      Nuf said.
    • LeviTheSmith, on 10/14/2008, -2/+24I hate ignorant ***** like yourself
    • cadmiumpaint, on 10/14/2008, -2/+23racist bigots like you are a disgrace to America. Please leave ASAP
    • turpialito, on 10/14/2008, -2/+20Tool
    • TruthinessHurts, on 10/14/2008, -4/+17Nuf said?

      Only if your politics revolves around racism, intolerance, and lies.

      Thanks for illustrating the character of Republicans. It's just as vile and un-American as I thought.
      • noelsusman, on 10/14/2008, -11/+5Yes that's right... every Republican is vile and un-American...

        *sigh* you guys are pathetic... (you as in pretty much everybody on Digg)
      • gnocchi1442, on 10/14/2008, -2/+4Sure noel. And a few Nazis and Klansmen were ok too.


      • theaceoffire, on 10/14/2008, -1/+10@Noelsusman
        You have to admit that the extremists are running the Republican train now.
      • malex, on 10/14/2008, -0/+11So... you counter an overgeneralization with another overgeneralization?

        I don't think that every Republican is vile and un-American. Just the ones that pretend that having a foreign name is somehow a reason not to trust someone.

        ... And also the ones who try and deny that xenophobia and prejudice are not major factors in the Republican resistance to Obama.
      • HenryJonesJr, on 10/15/2008, -1/+2Malex, I'm pretty sure that a much greater factor in Republican resistance to Obama is that he's a liberal Democrat, not that he's black. I would bet that Obama has a much more favorable standing among Republicans than Hillary Clinton does. Further, if Condoleeza Rice or Colin Powell were running, I believe they would have very strong support. It's ideology, not race, that is the major factor. Not to say race doesn't factor in, but I don't believe it's a major one.

        Back to the original subject though, OffPiste is an ignorant fool.
    • zyklon, on 10/14/2008, -1/+7Stop feeding that troll, boys and girls.
    • zenbud, on 10/15/2008, -3/+1Pure ignorance - why are you filled with so much anger? I pray for you.
    • wacked, on 10/15/2008, -1/+2You racist moron. Somebody needs to be taught what a lynching really means and how it must feel.
  • BigPapi, on 10/14/2008, -5/+17Globe for Obama, Herald for McCain. Same as always. Will the Herald ever wake up?
    • TheInformer, on 10/14/2008, -11/+5Only after the Globe does.
      • enclaved, on 10/14/2008, -0/+8You don't even make sense, why don't you think and then not say anything instead.
  • algaeturd, on 10/14/2008, -7/+10Digg, digg and dugg. What took you so long, Globe?
  • tbredofsin, on 10/14/2008, -3/+12Obama's merits as a candidate aside, doesn't it bother anyone else that newspapers are coming out and blatantly endorsing candidates they're supposed to be reporting on impartially?
    • infantrygrunt, on 10/14/2008, -6/+8Don't be naive. The drive by media in this country is anything but impartial. They are all in the tank for the annointed one.
    • leontes, on 10/14/2008, -2/+10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editorial

      Most major newspapers have a strict policy of keeping "editorial" and "news" staffs separate.
      • badqat, on 10/14/2008, -3/+5Riiiight! Here, have another glass of kool-aid!
      • tbredofsin, on 10/14/2008, -0/+3Are you suggesting that people reporting for the Boston Globe are not aware of who the newspaper is endorsing for President? Or that they are not hired by the same directors?
      • theaceoffire, on 10/14/2008, -0/+2@tbredofsin
        My boss knows who I like, and I know who he likes.

        But he doesn't fire me for not agreeing with his political views (Unrelated as they are to our job), because that would be unethical.
      • malex, on 10/14/2008, -1/+3The media wasn't always run like Fox News, badqat.
      • tbredofsin, on 10/14/2008, -0/+2That's the thing, though. Politics are very related to a newspaper's job as a whole. And not every boss is ethical; even if they are consciously, their decisions can still be swayed unconsciously by their opinion of you. Of course it's not as clear-cut as "if you don't write this I'll fire you", but that doesn't mean there's no pressure exerted or felt.
    • bsmang, on 10/14/2008, -1/+2Only if they endorse the wrong candidate!
  • infantrygrunt, on 10/14/2008, -9/+20Wow, I never saw that one coming, color me shocked. A newspaper from the most liberal state in the country endorsing the most liberal senator. Who'd a thunk it.
    • Reynardine, on 10/14/2008, -3/+4Every election republicans say the democratic nominee is the "most liberal canidate ever". Too bad it's never true.
      • infantrygrunt, on 10/14/2008, -1/+10Look at his voting record and tell me again. Funny thing about the truth, isn't it?
      • tbredofsin, on 10/14/2008, -0/+9Actually, a number of independent organizations confirmed (via studies) that he is or has been the most liberal senator based upon voting record; certainly, he is one of them.
      • IllBeBack, on 10/14/2008, -5/+4When did it become bad to be liberal and good to be conservative?

        Why isn't it the opposite? It seems like liberals care about people and help them out when they fall on hard times, whereas conservatives strike me as being unsympathetic, selfish, and uncaring about others. If people fall on hard times, conservatives would tell them that they were on their own.

        It seems like nothing bad must ever happen to conservatives, because if it did, I doubt that they would want to be treated as they would treat others in their same predicament.
      • tbredofsin, on 10/15/2008, -1/+2It is considered neither good nor evil to be conservative or liberal, in general, at least among polite company (read: not the internet). Also, your generalizations are pretty ridiculous. Just because conservatives don't want the *government* to help people when they fall on hard times that doesn't mean they're against helping them all together--maybe they donate thousands of dollars to charity. Point is, how would you know? It's just an ideology.

        What is usually considered bad is to be *extreme* in your political views, though. In the U.S. we value moderation (or at least used to value it, before polarization and partisanship became so ridiculous). This is what people are referring to when they call Obama the "most liberal" senator.
      • Dicaearchy, on 10/15/2008, -2/+1@tbredofsin

        Where is the evidence of these "extreme" political views? Why are those views bad? When people call Obama the "most liberal" senator they never give examples. Who cares if he votes "liberal" if we don't know the issues he voted on. Without examples "most liberal senator" is just as bad a generalization as those IllBeBack made about conservatives.
      • infantrygrunt, on 10/15/2008, -0/+3Liberals ENABLE the "disadvantaged". They are the welfare party. Rather than encourage people to raise themselves up, they nanny state them so there is no movitation to improve. Why work when you can live off the government? Why stay in school and get a good job when the government will take care of you? Why work when you can have a half dozen babies from a half dozen different fathers and get welfare money for each of them?Conservative are not uncaring, they demand people start taking responsiblity for their own conditions, rather than blame others and want them to work to improve them. They do not enable people and encourage to continue to milk the system.
      • IllBeBack, on 10/15/2008, -0/+3I'm definitely NOT for people living off of the government. There must be a balance somewhere such that this can't happen.

        People must work if they are able to.
    • brsteve88, on 10/14/2008, -0/+3Not only that, but the Globe is the liberal newspaper of Boston, as opposed to the "conservative" Herald.
    • diggduggDOOM, on 10/14/2008, -2/+3Most liberal state? What about California? Hell, Vermont elected a self-described socialist (officially listed as independent) to the Senate.

      (and you probably bought that BS about Obama being the most liberal senator)
      • infantrygrunt, on 10/14/2008, -0/+3Look at how many red counties there are in California and look at how many there are in Taxxachusetts. Not a single one for yankee state. The blue counties in California are located around LA, San Francisco and the other large cities but apart from that it's all red. Do a little research before you look foolish.
      • tbredofsin, on 10/14/2008, -1/+2California elected a Republican governor, and while it is safely blue, it is far from the most liberal state. Some of its residents may be among the nation's most vocal liberals (Hollywood), but that doesn't mean much when it comes to voting.
      • infantrygrunt, on 10/14/2008, -1/+3It's not just me who says he's the most liberal senator. Read here

        http://nj.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/

        http://www.npr.org/blogs/news/2008/01/obama_ranked ...

        Once again, do some research before you look uneducated and uninformed. I actually do read stuff like this, you might try it.

      • NonLeftistDiggr, on 10/15/2008, -0/+2CA is pretty liberal, but keep in mind we have severely gerry mandered districts too, one reason our state is dominated by blue, one reason our state has been in massive financial trouble for a decade, one reason our education budget has doubled in a decade and education is worse. Yes we elected Arnold, and he is republican, and he is conservative like Diane Feinstein is conservative.
      • diggduggDOOM, on 10/15/2008, -0/+1Fair enough on the responses regarding California. Schwarzenegger won in no small part to his celebrity, though that's not to say that California hasn't elected other non-celebrity Republicans to Governor.

        No responses regarding Vermont.

        Right, the National Journal's determination of Obama as most liberal senator. The same referenced by the NPR story. There are some legitimate concerns regarding their analysis.

        Here's one (which admittedly puts Obama as 10th):

        http://voteview.com/sen110.htm

        Reminds me of that UCLA study that showed the WSJ as a liberal newspaper. Very questionable.

    • gordigor, on 10/15/2008, -1/+2and why is being the most liberal senator a 'bad thing'?
    • herrferret, on 10/15/2008, -0/+0Its a bad thing gordigor, when large segments of the population are uneducated hicks. Look at the responses to this thread, many uneducated and sometimes just plain scared people think liberal = baby killing tax mafia.
  • leontes, on 10/14/2008, -11/+7The Obama is Awesome newsletter has also endorsed him.

    I'm not surprised boston globe would endorse Obama: It's a liberal newspaper in a liberal town. Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if conservative papers also endorsed Obama. He's really the only responsible choice.
  • zaldoe, on 10/14/2008, -3/+13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_endorsement ...

    Endorsements for Obama over McCain
    25 vs. 7
    • Eugenitor, on 10/14/2008, -2/+6What's really telling is the '04 Bush switches.
      • akchrs, on 10/14/2008, -7/+5What's really telling is how the liberal media newspapers are going out of business.
    • Jackson0909, on 10/14/2008, -2/+4And that is suppose to tell us something?
      • redpickle, on 10/15/2008, -1/+2You sound upset. Cookie?
      • Jackson0909, on 10/15/2008, -1/+2Not at all. I would be ashamed if a piece of filth like the Boston Globe endorsed a candidate I supported.
  • GregFD3S, on 10/14/2008, -6/+17Massachusetts, the smartest state.
    • Hiltonizer, on 10/14/2008, -0/+6except, the Boston Globe is owned by the New York Times.... and I'm from Boston.
      • zyklon, on 10/14/2008, -0/+3Dammit, so you're the one bringing down my average :(

        But seriously, while that's true, they operate independently from the mothership.
    • NorthMass, on 10/15/2008, -1/+3LOL, I live there and I think that is the most silly comment I have ever seen.
    • goon5000, on 10/15/2008, -3/+1You guys are really smart. We're kind of smart in Kentucky, my 3br house on 3.5 acres cost 150k, and I telecommute to HQ in Boston.
    • greggyogre, on 10/15/2008, -0/+0*commonwealth
  • TheInformer, on 10/14/2008, -3/+12And, The Boston Herald supports and endorses John McCain.
    • DavidGuetta9, on 10/15/2008, -3/+4The Boston Herald isn't really a newspaper. But don't tell them that.
  • BrendanSheehan, on 10/14/2008, -5/+15Next up: McCain endorses Obama :)
    • badqat, on 10/14/2008, -2/+4For dog catcher of Cook County?
      • zacharytelschow, on 10/15/2008, -0/+2Based on what I've read about Obama, Stroger, and the Cook County government system, I think its safe to safe Obama could get anyone any job in that county.
  • akchrs, on 10/14/2008, -5/+8Who cares?
    • yevkasem, on 10/15/2008, -0/+6I VOTE FOR WHOEVER THE NEWSPAPERS SAY TO VOTE FOR.

      UNLESS MY FAVORITE CELEBRITIES DISAGREE.
  • harris, on 10/14/2008, -3/+4Way to go, only weeks before the election. Obama could have used this endorsement sooner, not when he is clearly ahead in the polls.
  • Jackson0909, on 10/14/2008, -3/+9Wow. What a surprise.............
  • ImTheDuke, on 10/14/2008, -7/+5yeahh, hooray. Now I know who to vote for. A fish wrap endorses Obama!!!! Up until this I didn't realize I couldn't think for myself! Awesome!!!
  • rock774, on 10/14/2008, -10/+7wonder if acorn visited the Boston Globe ?
  • kalvinb, on 10/14/2008, -8/+4Well, I'm now officially an Obama supporter. How can I question the judgement of Massachusetts?
  • gibbwake, on 10/14/2008, -20/+4McCain and Obama are both fully owned tools of the establishment working for the same objectives. Stop buying into the left right paradigm, just because you know one is bad doesn't mean the other crook represents any change.

    "The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to the doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can 'throw the rascals out' at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy."

    -Carrol Quigley, Tragedy & Hope. Quigley is the history professor at the Foreign Service Schools of Georgetown University
    Member of the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

    With McCain and Obama being members, do you really expect any real change? We are being played by the left/right paradigm.

    Fascist pattern.

    populist -> change -> not so popular -> more change -> dangerous.

    Bailout in Senate passes as Obama and McCain lend their support. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/meltdown_candidates;_yl ... Obama not only voted for it, he lobbied house reps to vote for it as well. Democrats say Obama key in bailout vote switch http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081003/pl_afp/usfina ...

    "The danger from Iran is grave, it is real, and my goal will be to eliminate this threat," -Barack Obama http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=61626§ion ...

    "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." -Obama 7/2/2008 Colorado Springs. If this isnt a stasi, this is a draft!

    Obama: Women Should Register for Draft http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08287/919582-470.st ...

    Obama is just as insane as McCain, dont vote for either if you have any dignity left. He is a demagogue, he will say anything to get elected. Stop buying his BS. The stasi quote above was removed from his official transcript, but is in the video.

    McCain and Obama both have the same foreign policy - they both are going to keep troops in Iraq bases and put more troops in Afghanistan. Obama wants to dramatically increase the size of the military. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqMhBEYGrXU

    Obamas even a fan of the surge: "I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated," Obama said while refusing to retract his initial opposition to the surge. "I’ve already said it’s succeeded beyond our wildest dreams." -Barack Obama September 4, 2008

    Barack Obama is a deeply troubled personality, the megalomaniac front man for a postmodern coup by the intelligence agencies, using fake polls, mobs of swarming adolescents, super-rich contributors, and orchestrated media hysteria to short-circuit normal politics and seize power.

    Obama comes from the orbit of the Ford Foundation, and has never won public office in a contested election. His guru and controller is Zbigniew Brzezinski, the deranged revanchist and Russia-hater who dominated the catastrophic Carter presidency 30 years ago. All indications are that Brzezinski recruited Obama at Columbia University a quarter century ago. Trilateral Commission co-founder Brzezinski wants a global showdown with Russia and China far more dangerous for the United States than the Bush-Cheney Iraq adventure.

    Obama's economics are pure Skull & Bones/Chicago school austerity and sacrifice for American working families, all designed to bail out the bankrupt Wall Street elitist financiers who own Obama. Obama's lemming legions and Kool-Aid cult candidacy hearken back to Italy in 1919-1922, and raise the question of postmodern fascism in the United States today. Obama is a recipe for a world tragedy. No American voter can afford to ignore the lessons contained in this book.

    http://www.bravenewbookstore.com/product_info.php? ...


    Obama The Dummy - Brzezinski The Ventriloquist
    By Webster G. Tarpley
    5-19-8
    http://www.rense.com/general82/obm.htm

    WASHINGTON, DC -- In my book Obama The Postmodern Coup: The Making of a Manchurian Candidate, I argue that presidential candidate Barack Obama is a wholly owned puppet of Zbigniew Brzezinski and his associates of the Trilateral Commission, founded by David Rockefeller. As some have noted, Brzezinski has been attempting to conceal his actual domination of the Obama campaign, for which he is the chief guru and controller. Now a rhetorical outburst by Obama on the campaign trail in Oregon has once again pointed to the reality that Obama is a ventriloquist's dummy, with the Russia-hating fanatic Brzezinski, a barbarous relic of the Cold War, acting as the ventriloquist.

    At a recent campaign stop in Oregon, Obama stated:
    "We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK," Obama said. "That's not leadership. That's not going to happen," he added. If India and China's "carbon footprint gets as big as ours, we're gone." (AFP)

    This remarkable statement reveals the true program of a future Obama administration: savage austerity, brutal economic sacrifice, and a massive further reduction in the standard of living of the depleted and exhausted US population as demanded by David Rockefeller, George Soros, and Obama's Wall Street backers. This will be done under left cover through a global warming tax, a third world solidarity tax, and other demagogic frauds, with the revenue going to bail out Goldman Sachs, Citibank, and JP Morgan Chase. The tired, discredited post-9/11 "war on terror" slogans will be dumped.
    ..continued here http://www.rense.com/general82/obm.htm

    This jives perfectly with Biden calling for a draft and a New World Order:

    http://100777.com/node/1291

    THE United States would "have to face" a painful dilemma on restoring the military draft as rising casualties saw the number of volunteers dry up, a senator warned today.

    Joseph Biden, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the prediction after new data released by the Pentagon showed the US Army failing to meet its recruitment targets for four straight months.

    "We're going to have to face that question," he said on NBC's Meet the Press TV show when asked if it was realistic to expect restoration of the draft.

    "The truth of the matter is, it is going to become a subject, if, in fact, there's a 40 per cent shortfall in recruitment. It's just a reality," he said.

    Also see "How I Learned To Love The New World Order" article by Biden.

    Obama advisors:
    -Zbigniew Brzezinski- U.S-led hegemony...control of Eurasia by any means neccessary...probably war with Russia
    -Anthony Lake- Supported invasions of Haiti, IMF/World Bank supporter, UNICEF, in Govt since 1962
    -Susan Rice- Brookings Institute, Rhodes Scholar, UNICEF, CFR.."use globalization to bring down U.S"
    -Richard Clarke- You know him.
    -Gen. Merrill McPeak- Planned Operation Desert Storm, supports various foreign occupations
    -Dennis Ross- MAJOR Israeli supporter, policy planner for both Bushes and Clinton.
    • brsteve88, on 10/14/2008, -0/+2I rarely if ever say this, but TLDNR
    • malex, on 10/15/2008, -0/+4Hey, here's an idea. Why don't you submit all those articles as new stories, rather than trying to shoehorn them into a completely different discussion thread, and just let the social network do what it's supposed to do?

      Think you can handle that, gibbwake?
  • atact88, on 10/14/2008, -2/+9And I care about the Boston Globe why? Isn't this the same city that was terrorized by Aqua Teen Hunger Force?

    Don't get me wrong, I'm voting for Obama. But who gives a dick about who's endorsing him? I'm endorsing him, and that's all I need to know.
    • atact88, on 10/14/2008, -4/+3Big Pharma's also endorsing Obama ("Pharma Recalculates." Chemical & Engineering News, Sept. 22, 2008). Doesn't mean I care. Maybe some of you will.
  • VoodooPunk, on 10/14/2008, -11/+9The Boston Globe and Hamas have something in common then.
  • SAR2009, on 10/15/2008, -7/+6Oh geeze, the beantown glob owned by the ny slimes, situated in the enemy territory of massholia and slightly to the left of Pravda circa 1974, has endorsed the ∅bammunist . . . man, what a surprise. That rag is so filthy liberal, fish guts run for the sink rather than be touched by it . . . but then, the ∅bamination and its drooling myrmidons are several orders of magnitude lower on the scale than putrefying fish innards.
    • gordigor, on 10/15/2008, -2/+4Anger therapy not quite working?
      • SAR2009, on 10/15/2008, -1/+2Truth have your panties knotted painfully knotted, laddie ?
  • Jeffler, on 10/15/2008, -2/+2Damnit, Obama has lost the election now. Why do I say this?
    http://wbztv.com/sports/Super.Bowl.Pats.2.640796.h ...
  • return2sender, on 10/15/2008, -5/+2VoodooPunk, yeah.. the Globe wants to bomb Jews.

    There are several occasions when I'm proud to be from Boston, and this is one of these prideful occasions.
    • SAR2009, on 10/15/2008, -3/+4Nothing good has come from Boston since the very early 1800s.
  • Bannedx5, on 10/15/2008, -6/+6A breath of fresh air, impartial press. oh wait...... buried.
  • hinchb, on 10/15/2008, -2/+6Newspapers shouldn't endorse political candidates.
    • drgkstep, on 10/15/2008, -1/+2guess you don't have much of a sense of history, always have and always will.

      Newspaper 19th Century: POMEROY'S DEMOCRAT. "Democratic at all Times and Under all Circumstances."
  • kushin, on 10/15/2008, -1/+3One more day left to register in Mass:
    To vote in the 2008 election, you must register by Oct. 15, 2008. You can register by:
    Visiting your local registration office. Mass. town clerks by city and town.
    http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleclk/clkidx.htm
    Visiting the Registry of Motor Vehicles
    By mail. If you register by mail, your form must be post-marked by Oct. 15.
    To request a form by mail, visit this website.
    http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elestu/stuidx.htm


  • iamghost, on 10/15/2008, -1/+5Newspapers are supposed to deliver unbiased news. They shouldn't be endorsing candidates. At least not openly.
    • lululiu, on 10/15/2008, -1/+1if they're going to endorse a candidate they'd BETTER do it openly.
    • drgkstep, on 10/15/2008, -0/+2Said it before:

      Newspaper 19th Century: POMEROY'S DEMOCRAT. "Democratic at all Times and Under all Circumstances."

      Poughkeepsie Eagle Weekly 1860-1880
      The Poughkeepsie Eagle was published by various members of the Platt family. Staunchly Republican and anti-slavery, it was a strong and influential voice in Poughkeepsie affairs.
    • Ymeg, on 10/15/2008, -0/+1It just makes it easier to pick through what papers you wan to read.


      It's like a a "No objective news here" sign.
  • NoCommies, on 10/15/2008, -8/+6I noticed that Obama has spent a lof of time meticulously writing out his plans to save us all.

    I also noticed that the tax payers have been paying Obama for the past 2 years where he has not reported to work to do his job which is to write laws to save us all.

    Who in their right mind would vote for someone who has not done their job for 2 years.
    • zacharytelschow, on 10/15/2008, -0/+6Those who wish the same for themselves.
    • johnsna2, on 10/15/2008, -1/+7Senator McCain had the poorest attendance record in the Senate, I suppose you should be asking why we pay him too.
      • NoCommies, on 10/15/2008, -1/+3I did not say anything about McCain nor did I say I was voting for him. Amazing how you justify Obama's laziness by trying to compare to McCain.

        But in McCains defense, he has 40 years of service to our country so we can let him slide a little bit. Dontcha think he has earned a little time off.

        Overall record since first taking office:
        http://www.govtrack.us/data/us/110/repstats/novote ...
        John McCain missed 18% since Feb 4, 1993.
        Barack Obama missed 24% since Jan 6, 2005.

        Obama has been running for president for half his time as senator. Does he think being president will also be a part time job where he can slack off and do nothing. Maybe he thinks he will have lots of time to write another self serving book.

        What a shiftless lazy man you have chosen to vote for. I fear for America. Hey, why don't you try missing work every 4th day and see where you get in life. Better yet, do it in your first 2 years on the job.
      • johnsna2, on 10/15/2008, -1/+2The time periods you picked are incompatible to compare seeing as there is a large difference between the two, what you would need to take into consideration is how many votes took place during each period. A better way to compare the two would be out of a set number of votes, like 20 or 50, how many did each miss. There were probably periods of time of the same length in McCains career where he missed close to as many as Obama has. As for calling him lazy, I doubt that you have any idea what he was doing when he wasn't there, government jobs often require a lot of traveling.
    • martalli, on 10/15/2008, -1/+4"My friend", Senator McCain has the poorest attendance record in the Senate.
    • zenbud, on 10/15/2008, -2/+1We've been paying one for 26 years and a shrub for 8 - seems like a paltry sum for hope, change and an America where we can actually thrive.
  • Pantslesswonder, on 10/15/2008, -1/+4I have a feeling that newspapers are going to be giving him a number of endorsements. Like the Chicago Tribune. And before you spout some ***** about him being from Illinois, know that the Tribune hasn't endorsed a Democrat EVER. In its 160 year existence. That would be saying something.
    • Trekhawk, on 10/15/2008, -2/+1Isn't he from Hawaii?
    • martalli, on 10/15/2008, -1/+3He has lived in Chicago since graduating from school. Let's see...went to high school in Hawaii, college out East, and adult life in Chicago. Hmm, that's like a lot of folks, moving from one place to another as life goes on. I wonder how many people there are anymore who have never left their county, etc.
  • SethEllis, on 10/15/2008, -3/+4Wow I am absolutely stunned. I had no clue that the Boston Globe was going to endorse Obama. This is huge game changing news that will make people change their minds!

    /sarcasm
  • NonLeftistDiggr, on 10/15/2008, -4/+5SHOCKING NEWS: the Boston globe likes the patriots and the red sox. Buried as lame, for real.
  • ProUSADigger, on 10/15/2008, -5/+5There are liberals in and around Boston?

    /s
  • Crackberri1, on 10/15/2008, -6/+4Mickey Mouse endorses Obama.
    • basicben, on 10/25/2008, -0/+1And registered to vote 13 times through ACORN to prove it.
  • Trekhawk, on 10/15/2008, -2/+2"Solve its economic woes now"

    That explains the pork-laden fail-out he so ardently advocated.
    • zenbud, on 10/15/2008, -2/+1Who else voted for the fail out??? Uh, uh, THAT ONE (McSame for the attention challenged).
  • SyntaxErr0r, on 10/15/2008, -2/+4http://i33.tinypic.com/2nu26mp.jpg
    http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm27/i_s2_nismo ...
  • matthughes, on 10/15/2008, -1/+3is this supposed to surprise anyone?
  • RRJackson, on 10/15/2008, -1/+3The funny part is that it took them this long.

    "Look, he's the Democrat nominee. We've gotta endorse him! I know, I know...but what choice do we have?"
  • goon5000, on 10/15/2008, -1/+3The only new england state that picked Hillary
  • SSAG, on 10/15/2008, -4/+2Newspapers are so dishonest. Barry Hussein ***** CAUSED the economic woes.
  • drgkstep, on 10/15/2008, -2/+4Since so many of you are woefully ignorant and I'm getting tired of replying to your comments...
    Newspapers in this country were blatantly partisan until rather late in this century. Many had the words "Democrat" or "Republican" in their names. This is nothing new, and as any talk radio or FAUX News fan can tell you fair and balanced is in the eye of the beholder.
  • broncfan23, on 10/15/2008, -1/+3an east coast paper from Massachusetts endorsing Obama? what a shocker.

    Say it ain't so Joe
  • beadyeye, on 10/15/2008, -0/+1Newspapers are endorsing candidates? So much for impartial journalism. Boston Globe is fishwrap. Not so newsworthy considering the FACT main stream media has been corrupt for years.
  • Obermeister, on 10/15/2008, -0/+1Funny thing about that: I think the cultural wars of the 60's are still unresolved. It's a large part of what separates the blue states from the red states. You can try to ignore it but it's still there.
  • PrivateGuy, on 10/15/2008, -1/+1If everyone was telling me to vote for McCain then I'd probably vote for Obama. I hate being told what to do. I hate going along with the crowd.
  • Smaug52X, on 10/15/2008, -0/+1Don't you believe it! Every "colored" person in America will be struttin', and schuckin' and jivin' to no end.
    There is a vast majority of intelligent, sophisticated "black" people who have gotten over any of last centuries crap.
    They are not all voting for Obama. Just as not all WASPS will vote for McCain.
    Endorsements are only candy, to be given to little minds with no thoughts of their own.
  • scottfo, on 10/21/2008, -1/+0Explain the relevance of the Boston Globe?
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