Buffalo News Endorses Obama: Voters should seize the chance to elect a transformative leader

[TankLV]

Source: Buffalo News

The only thing we have to fear, a great president once said, is fear itself.

Barack Obama is not afraid.

Concerned. Alert. Maybe even a little alarmed. But the Democratic candidate for president of the United States is not afraid and, of perhaps even more importance, he does not seek to be elected by making us afraid.

If Americans want a future where our leaders respond to challenges with judgment and principle, rather than panic and rashness, they will elect Barack Obama president. We recommend they do so.

Read more: http://www.buffalonews.com/opinion/editorials/story/467867.html

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Way to go my place of birth!

[bkkyosemite]

1. Nice!

[Judi Lynn]

2. Oh, really great endorsement, too! Can't get much better!

Next two paragraphs after your posted ones are worth quoting too:

Our preference for Obama is not based only on matters of character, intelligence and calm. It also flows from his superior positions on such basic issues as war and peace, energy and environment, the economy and taxation, health care and justice.

Fundamentally, Obama does not want us to fear the future, the ever smaller, ever more complicated world, the problems we face and the choices we must make. He most certainly does not want us to be afraid of one another. And Obama does not even want us to be afraid of his rival candidate.

This is excellent.

Yay, Buffalo News, and thank you TankLV.

[JimDandy]

3. Yup, that's the best part of the endorsement! n/t

[TankLV]

7. OK, ok, how do you pick just four paragraphs out of a basketfull of goodies - it's hard...

I just did the first four in order - to keep with to posting rules...

we have such a "problem" in the "riches" we mine today, don't we!

tough to choose just one...!

I miss the "Courier Express" the paper of the famous painting fame...

Imagine having two whole sections of comice from EACH local Sunday Newspaper to read when I was a kid...!!!

...sigh...

[huckleberry]

9. Wow! Courier-Express and Buffalo Evening News!

What great memories! We got both of them - Courier-Express in the morning, News in the evening. Those were the good old days, growing up in Buffalo (actually Kenmore, NY).

[Nambe]

4. Meritorious!

[jumptheshadow]

5. The News is owned by a Warren Buffett company

Although that doesn't mean that the editorial board reports to him. It's a thoughtful, well-written editorial.

[Judi Lynn]

6. Have never considered the view of Warren Buffett having a political axe to grind.

Never heard a word to suggest he's an idealogue, not once.

[jumptheshadow]

8. Actually it turns out he doesn't interfere

I looked up a quote from an old News editor I once knew and respected deeply and he said that Buffett had not once interfered in newsroom coverage.

[ACTION BASTARD]

10. I love this...

Everything about Obama is smooth. Nothing they do rattles him, while McSame runs around whining about everything.

[Not Me]

11. Their editorial board is typically Republican leaning as well.

nt

[bean fidhleir]

12. "elect a transformative leader"? Too late.