Chicago Tribune - yes the freakin’ Chicago Tribune! - endorses Obama

Some take it as a sign of the apocalypse

Our top story is the Chicago Tribune endorsing Obama.  So what, you say?  Just this: in 163 years, this is the first time they’ve endorsed a Democrat.  You’d have to be a regular Trib reader to understand what a big deal this is:

...Many Americans say they’re uneasy about Obama. He’s pretty new to them. We can provide some assurance. We have known Obama since he entered politics a dozen years ago. We have watched him, worked with him, argued with him as he rose from an effective state senator to an inspiring U.S. senator to the Democratic Party’s nominee for president.

We have tremendous confidence in his intellectual rigor, his moral compass and his ability to make sound, thoughtful, careful decisions. He is ready…

The Trib hasn’t gone all flaky-liberal, believe me. Go read their whole post. The last paragraph, in particular, is amazing.

Updates:

Posted by George on 10/18/08 at 09:19 PM

  1. What they said.

    Posted by gerry rosser  on  10/19/08  at  05:06 AM

  2. Colin Powell just gave his endorsement too which is weird cause I didn’t see any pigs fly…

    Posted by webs05  on  10/19/08  at  12:35 PM

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