Endorsement fallout

10 comments October 20th, 2008

I knew there’d be a lot of folks who would disagree with our endorsement of Barack Obama. I received one phone call and about a dozen letters (so far) telling me why we were wrong. I only received one call telling me we did the right thing.

Most were polite, and I thank those people for making their points in a civilized manner. Others resorted to name-calling, which is not surprising considering how passionate people are about this election.

Normally you hear from people who disagree; seldom do you hear from folks who agree with what you’re saying.

At last count 105 newspapers have endorsed Obama and 33 have endorsed John McCain. The Chicago Tribune, for the first time in its history, endorsed a Democrat for president.

I’d like to remind folks that our vote was not unanimous. It was 7-2. I’d also like to point out that we endorsed Republican Bob Dole over Bill Clinton in 1996 and we endorsed George Bush in 2000. We endorsed John Kerry in 2004.