Winston-Salem Journal endorses Obama: Obama is best choice for president

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Winston-Salem Journal endorses Obama: Obama is best choice for president (endorsed McCain in '08)

Americans have a clear choice between two presidential candidates with starkly different ideas for spurring the economy, providing for the health of our people, defending our interests abroad, educating our children and protecting our environment. We believe that President Barack Obama’s progress on these issues merits him a second term in the White House.

Four years ago on this page, we endorsed Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona over Obama. We wrote that we were impressed with Obama, but McCain would “bring the Iraq war to a successful conclusion, work to end American dependence on foreign oil, reduce America's output of climate-changing gases and begin the rebuilding of our economy.”

The Democratic president has done all those things and more. He is calm under pressure and courageous in standing up for the rights of all Americans, including the poor, veterans, the elderly, women, gays and immigrants. In contrast, we’ve sometimes found it hard in the last few weeks to tell just what Obama’s challenger, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, really stands for.

 

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[peach174]

Right.
Standing up for the rights of all Americans? As long as you not a Conservative or a rich person.
He is starving the elderly and poor and freezing them this winter with very expensive utility bills.

 

[Mr. H.]

Obama is a cigarette smoking witch, allright.

 

[courseofhistory]

This is the first time since 1964 (LBJ) they have endorsed a dem for president!

 

[The Rabbi]

Oops.
RealClearPolitics - Election 2012 - North Carolina: Romney vs. Obama

 

[Intolerant]