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The Economist Endorses Obama


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2012 Nov 1, 8:34am   5,416 views  4 comments

by rooemoore   ➕follow (0)   💰tip   ignore  

This is a well-balanced and interesting take on the two choices. I think even Romney supporters will agree with most of the article -- not the endorsement of course.

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21565623-america-could-do-better-barack-obama-sadly-mitt-romney-does-not-fit-bill-which-one?fsrc=scn/rd_ec/which_one_

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1   FortWayne   2012 Nov 1, 8:58am  

Terms conservative or liberal have been used too loosely lately. They have no meaning anymore in the media.

2   curious2   2012 Nov 1, 9:00am  

The article makes an amusing contrast between Reagan the great communicator v Romnesia "the great flipflopper."

It politely avoids mentioning the awkward fact that his party has become "an apocalyptic cult."

Clearly, as a major international newspaper with choices effectively limited to the incumbent and the other major party, The Economist made the right choice. As a voter, I still think the independent candidates deserve consideration. I understand people who say we have to choose the lesser of two evils, but sometimes I just can't limit myself to that, and it's better to vote for something than not to vote at all.

3   curious2   2012 Nov 1, 9:26am  

Melmakian says

I didn't see the word 'Romnesia' in that article at all.

The quote was, "the great flipflopper." Quotation marks matter. Also, the exclusion of indepedent parties from the presidential debates was decided by the corporation that owns the debates; the corporation is owned equally by both major parties, which are owned equally by other corporations.

4   Ceffer   2012 Nov 1, 11:07am  

All in all, the Economist opinion was well balanced, but scarcely a ringing endorsement of Obama.

It is hard to disagree that whack a fringe Republicans give conservatives a bad name.

"The devil they know" isn't exactly saying they love Obama.

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