On the utterly unimaginative and predictable endorsement of New York Times of Obama, I can't help but completely agree with one of the letters to editors (see below):
To the Editor:
In 2000, The New York Times, in its presidential endorsement of Al Gore, said of him, “We today firmly endorse Al Gore as the man best equipped for the presidency by virtue of his knowledge of government, his experience at the top levels of federal and diplomatic decision-making.”
In that same endorsement, in contrast, The Times wrote of George W. Bush: “But his résumé is too thin for the nation to bet on his growing into the kind of leader he claims already to be. He does have great personal charm.”
In its 2008 general-election presidential endorsement, The Times could have aptly recycled these aforementioned quotes nearly verbatim, this time substituting John McCain’s name for Al Gore’s and Barack Obama’s for George W. Bush’s.
One can only conclude that the only difference this time around is that the eminently more qualified but less charismatic candidate happens to be a Republican.
Nicole Samura
Chelsea, Mass., Oct. 24, 2008
That precisely sums up how I feel.
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