And they not only endorse Hillary, but they point to exact examples and facts supporting their endorsement. They don't just resort to being a mouth piece repeating empty rhetoric and talking points handed over by a campaign.
And they also call out their fellow newspaper colleagues and reporters for their hollow rhetoric and projecting the same.
Those who have endorsed Obama have rhetorically swooned, too, designating him the future of American politics, while denigrating Clinton as a relic of politics past.How ironic, since Obama owes no small part of his success to the grooming and support of Chicago's old-line Daley political machine.
The Tribune acknowledges, as they put it, everyone "utters stupidities", yet
Everyone utters stupidities now and then. Yet taken together and uttered repeatedly, they sound like a pattern of thought in the Obama household. It's a pattern the nation can't afford in the White House.
But in the end,
In sharp contrast, Clinton is far more experienced in government -- as an engaged first lady to a governor and a president, as a second-term senator in her own right.She has a real voting record on key issues. Agree with her or not, you at least know where she stands instead of being forced to wonder.
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More important, she is extremely knowledgeable on crucial foreign issues. Meeting with Trib editors last month, she ticked off an impressive list of international challenges and the solutions. (In Wednesday's Philadelphia debate, Obama praised George H.W. Bush's foreign policy -- apparently not realizing that one of its architects was then-Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, a man he regularly excoriates.)
They do go on to say how Hillary just won them over. Starting with her not walking away from their offer to speak with them, after years of criticism from them.
As we noted at the time of that meeting, Clinton's decision to sit down with the Trib was courageous, given our longstanding criticism of her. That is no small matter: Political courage is essential in a president. Clinton has demonstrated it; Obama has not.
And they summed it up with:
She has a real record. He doesn't.
She has experience of value to a president. He doesn't.
Clearly, she's the wiser choice to represent Democrats this fall.
Pennsylvania, then on to Pennsylvania Avenue, President Hillary.
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