Alaskans for Obama

Posted on October 26, 2008 by goesdownbitter

In an election campaign filled with strange twists and turns, one of the strangest twists has to be yesterday’s endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama for president by the Anchorage Daily News.

Alaska enters its 50th-anniversary year in the glow of an improbable and highly memorable event: the nomination of Gov. Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential candidate. For the first time ever, an Alaskan is making a serious bid for national office, and in doing so she brings broad attention and recognition not only to herself, but also to the state she leads.

Gov. Palin’s nomination clearly alters the landscape for Alaskans as we survey this race for the presidency — but it does not overwhelm all other judgment. The election, after all is said and done, is not about Sarah Palin, and our sober view is that her running mate, Sen. John McCain, is the wrong choice for president at this critical time for our nation.

Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, brings far more promise to the office. In a time of grave economic crisis, he displays thoughtful analysis, enlists wise counsel and operates with a cool, steady hand. The same cannot be said of Sen. McCain.

Sen. McCain describes himself as a maverick, by which he seems to mean that he spent 25 years trying unsuccessfully to persuade his own party to follow his bipartisan, centrist lead. Sadly, maverick John McCain didn’t show up for the campaign. Instead we have candidate McCain, who embraces the extreme Republican orthodoxy he once resisted and cynically asks Americans to buy for another four years.

It is Sen. Obama who truly promises fundamental change in Washington.

Yet despite her formidable gifts, few who have worked closely with the governor would argue she is truly ready to assume command of the most important, powerful nation on earth. To step in and juggle the demands of an economic meltdown, two deadly wars and a deteriorating climate crisis would stretch the governor beyond her range. Like picking Sen. McCain for president, putting her one 72-year-old heartbeat from the leadership of the free world is just too risky at this time.

Sincerely,

Bitter Hinterlands

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5 Responses to “Alaskans for Obama”

  1. Mike O, on October 26th, 2008 at 9:59 am Said:

    A shock! An MSM source endorses Obama!

    Have any of you ever seen such a concerted effort to actively support one candidate over another by the Imperial News Media? When far more investigators and dumpster divers are sent to Walissa and a plumber’s front yard than to Chicago? When there is more written about a VP’s candidate’s shoes than massive ecommerce and voter fraud going on with the Chosen One’s campaign?

  2. girldujour, on October 26th, 2008 at 10:39 am Said:

    Mike O, has it ever occurred to you that they are endorsing Obama because he is a better candidate for the job?

    I just saw the Anchorage Daily News endorsement and I now have a HUGE smile on my face.

  3. Mike O, on October 26th, 2008 at 11:45 am Said:

    Oh, Obama has such a proven record of being the better choice. The unanimity of opinion (probably 95-5, vs. 50-50 in the public) based on his one-page resume is downright scary.

  4. jack3566, on October 26th, 2008 at 2:32 pm Said:

    And now Mike is claiming the Anchorage news is MSM.

    LOL

  5. Benjamin Rush, on October 26th, 2008 at 7:32 pm Said:

    You all still don’t get it. The enemy has you fighting each other while ignoring the quickening slide into total depravity and totalitarianism. Liberty and Freedom have been increasingly in short supply since FDR. And all you can do is argue about which dirty rag endorses who!!!

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