The St. Louis Post-Dispatch endorses Obama. "A second term for a serious man"

[Drunken Irishman]

http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/the-platform/article_c5371a41-ab43-5724-96e2-2d23eaa56589.html#.UG9r2ObF3vQ.twitter

If more Americans were paying attention, this election would not be close. Barack Obama would win going away, at least 53 to 47, perhaps even 99 to 1.

But the atmosphere has been polluted by lies, distortion, voter suppression and spending by desperate plutocrats who see the nation's changing demographics and fear that their time is almost up. They've had the help of a partisan Supreme Court.

The question for voters is actually very simple. The nation has wrestled with it since its founding: Will this be government for the many or the few?

Choose the many. Choose Barack Obama.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

1. Excellent

(And a succinct and scathing assessment of Flim-Flam Mitt.)

[Cha]

2. Wow, St Louis! Thanks DI nm

[fugop]

3. Wow! Beautiful!

I sure hope we start getting some of these beauties on a regular basis from now until November. I don't know that they actually sway voters, but they sure warm my heart!

[jenmito]

4. I thought, "WOW!" and I see others had the same reaction. K&R. n/t

[DonViejo]

5. Wow!

From the editorial:

To expect Barack Obama to have repaired, in four years, what took 30 years to undermine, is simply absurd. He might have gotten further had he not been saddled with an opposition party, funded by plutocrats, that sneers at the word compromise. But even if Mr. Obama had had Franklin Roosevelt's majorities, the economy would still be in peril.

[ffr]

12. Yup! Wish all Democrats would vote this time around

LANDSLIDE, simply by the numbers. No more 'just say No, Rethugs!'

[rwheeler31]

6. Please thank them.

They will get horrible hate mail in this state.

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. The universal reaction seems to be Wow. Let me join in on that

Wow.

Come on, Missouri!

[identify]

8. beautifully put

Wow, so perfectly said. Thanks for sharing this.

[ailsagirl]

9. Wonderful!

[LTR]

10. Very well written!

Says all the things we've been thinking but didn't know how to put in the right words. I'll save this and refer back to it.

[Justice]

11. The endorsement captures Obama perfectly: a serious man. Powerful endorsement.

[TahitiNut]

13. It's so damned sad ...

... that such a sane, rational, and truthful editorial has to be an exception rather than the norm nationwide. Everything it says should be such common knowledge that it need not even be cited.

[pinto]

14. Clear and to the point.

[WI_DEM]

15. Excellent!

[Tumbulu]

16. Wow!!!

Fabulous!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. I can hardly praise this editorial enough.

Superbly written, well thought through, just amazingly good.

And it is just as good in its scathing assessment of Romney/Ryan.

Thank you, my dear Drunken Irishman, for posting this!

K&R

[BlancheSplanchnik]

18. "Being careful and thoughtful is a good thing in a president"

Wow, thanks for that, what an excellent essay.

I really appreciated the honest review of policy over the last 4 years. Not hero-worship--which I can fall into, actually--that's why I particularly appreciated the article. I haven't been up on everything (I'm a slow reader and I don't watch much teevee), so this filled in gaps too.

[cr8tvlde]

19. "Practiced the art of the possible."

As opposed to "firing" moderators on national TV.

[TroyD]

20. Good endorsement but do they normally endorse Democrats?

Just wondering what their history is. I'm not familiar with it.

What will be most impressive is if Obama can get endorsements from papers that don't normally endorse Democrats, or only seldom do.

That will give us clues as to who is winning the middle ground.

[SaintLouisBlues]

22. Yes normally Democrats. St Louis City votes 85% blue

Metropolitan St. Louis (2 million plus on the Missouri side) goes blue as well, close to 60 % I believe.

The Post-Dispatch has been mostly liberal going back to its founding by Pulitzer.

If the Globe-Democrat was still in business, they'd be all about the teabaggers.

[RBInMaine]

21. Spot on, but wish they had said more about his accomplishments.

[writes3000]

23. Great to see! Thanks for sharing, DI. I enjoy your posts.

[lunatica]

24. Thank you St. Louis Post-Dispatch for trying to pull us back from the cliff

This is much appreciated.

[frazzled]

25. Well, now I'm glad St. Louis won that one-and-done game last night

What a crazy call on that "infield fly rule" thing in the 8th. And all the cans and bottles and trash thrown on the field!

My husband was kind of rooting for Atlanta (just because, I don't know, his sister lives there and there isn't a better reason). But, in the end, this fine endorsement from St. Louis is probably what added to the Cards winning.

[rsweets]

26. well said

[madaboutharry]

27. "A serious man"

Yes.

[joanbarnes]

28. You're Welcome Nation (from a proud St. Louiswegian).

[SmittynMo]

29. I couldnt be more proud

Living in St Louis, I was pleased to see this make DU. I called all my so called republican friends and rubbed it in their faces. Go Obama. Go Cards!!!!

[progressivebydesign]

30. "A serious man." THIS I swear, came from that debate.

While other people were wringing their hands, the rest of us were noticing how OFF Romney looked.. how utterly deranged or high he came off.. and how ridiculous he was. The President? well he came off Presidential and serious. He has gravitas, Romney does not.

[mnhtnbb]

31. A very balanced editorial. Very well written. The character analysis of each man

is particularly important.

[Beartracks]

32. Well-written, St. Louis. You sum it up nicely. n/t

[reflection]

33. Wonderful read.

Would that more Americans read and understand it.

[JackN415]

34. Eloquent and so true. Excellent editorial.

[calimary]

36. Welcome to DU, JackN415!

Glad you're here, and you know we need you! This election is not won yet and we CANNOT allow the bad guys to gain ground.





Now get to work.

[calimary]

35. This is a Thing of Beauty!

I'm gonna print it out and give it to a couple of people who aren't so sure, one of whom uttered the ol' cop-out - "meh, he hasn't done anything."

I BEG TO DIFFER.

[Nancy Waterman]

37. kick

I don't want anyone to miss this.

[BlueMTexpat]

38. One of my most important takeaways:

Mr. Romney's business career is the only way to judge his foundational beliefs: He did not run a company that built things and created jobs and strong communities. He became fabulously wealthy by loading up companies with tax-deductible debt, taking millions out up front along with big management fees. Some companies were saved. Others went bankrupt. Mr. Romney's firm always got out before the bills came due, either in lost jobs, bankruptcies or both.

If the nation's most pressing issue is debt, why elect a president whose entire business career was based on loading up companies with debt?

The bolding is mine.

[benld74]

39. Comments to the Post Editorial

Carol Size · Top CommenterOMG - LOL - How the PDEB endorses this man after Thursday's debate performance is astonishing, but expected none-the-less. Some people clearly have no pride and harbor no shame in being poltical hacks. Well, as the saying goes, doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, is the definition of insanity.
· Top Commenter
Ladies and gentlemen, Betty Crocker has endorsed Romney.

[bushisanidiot]

40. Great article

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