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LVZ Donating Member (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 10:19 AM
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Phony Las Vegas Review-Journal endorsement - not fooling locals
Edited on Wed Jan-16-08 10:21 AM by LVZ


Jon Ralston, Las Vegas Political Columnist

http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/ralstons-flash/2008/jan/16/barack-obama-least-likeable/

Jon Ralston, Las Vegas Sun

They could have been more patronizing. They could have been more disingenuous. They could have been more cynical (Just read the opening sentence.).

But I don’t see how.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s endorsement this morning of Barack Obama is an exemplar of intellectual bankruptcy, designed to be an attack on Hillary Clinton by using a phony embrace of Obama. It is likely to have the opposite effect because Democratic activists loathe the RJ — and they are who will be voting Saturday.
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ursi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 10:21 AM
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1. Democrats don't like the LVRJ as it is deep in the pockets of the GOP
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skipos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 10:24 AM
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2. Such sour grapes over endorsements. Jesus.
You know, people and papers are going to endorse candidates you don't like. So what? Get over it.
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LVZ Donating Member (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 10:28 AM
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6. misguided comment - I am a Nevadan supporting Obama but I know BS when I see it.
Edited on Wed Jan-16-08 10:40 AM by LVZ
If you were a local you would know better about the motives of the right-wing Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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mnhtnbb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 10:25 AM
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3. So that means they'd like Repubs to run against Obama?
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Skwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 11:26 AM
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9. A Republican paper which Democrats don't like endorses Obama.
That would hardly make Democrats flock to Obama - so what do you think?
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sunonmars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 10:26 AM
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4. Obamas getting endorsements you wouldnt want to

touch with a ten foot bargepole to be honest.

Some of them would make me run screaming for the door.
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Colobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 10:27 AM
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5. Hillary supporters don't like the endorsement? It should be good then!
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LVZ Donating Member (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 11:14 AM
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7. As a local Obama supporter, we know this is just the right wing R-J trying to fool outsiders.
Edited on Wed Jan-16-08 11:18 AM by LVZ
I support Obama but the right wing Las Vegas Review-Journal's so-called "endorsement" is worthless.



Jon Ralston, Las Vegas Sun The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s endorsement this morning of Barack Obama is an exemplar of intellectual bankruptcy, designed to be an attack on Hillary Clinton by using a phony embrace of Obama.


http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/ralstons-flash/2008/jan/16/barack-obama-least-likeable/
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RichGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 11:25 AM
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8. Oh please!
Edited on Wed Jan-16-08 11:26 AM by RichGirl
I'm a Hillary supporter. If Fox News is singing her praises, I'm not thinking "oh gee, they must really like her". I'm thinking: they want her as a candidate because they think they can beat her. Same applies to Obama's republican endorsements. Your suspicion should go to them, not fellow democrats.
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Skwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 11:27 AM
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10. But Republican endorsements DON'T help in the primaries.
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