Slog - Comments on 24 Little Hours http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours What a difference a day makes... Sunday the Seattle Times endorsed Mike! McGavick, the Republican running against Dem incumbent Maria Cantwell. McGavick is, as Josh pointed out yesterday, for everything the Seattle Times is against and against everything the Seattle Times is for. But McGavick is for repealing the dreaded estate tax, which has been playing White Whale to Frank Blethen's Ahab for more than a decade now. Today the Seattle Times endorsed Dem challenger Rodney Tom over incumbent state senator Luke Esser. Why? Because Tom is pro-stem cell research, pro-choice, and pro-gay rights, positions the Seattle Times' ed board... Copyright 2008 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:38:51 -0800 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:27:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by huh ... and today the PI endorsed Luke Esser. WTF? Every editorialist in this town is on crazy pills this fall.

]]> huh http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479785 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479785 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:56:20 -0800 Comment by Fnarf It would be easier for me to defend my "newspapers still matter" position if the newspapers in this town didn't act like total knobs.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479792 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479792 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:16:15 -0800 Comment by seattl98104 lsd. the problem is lsd.

]]> seattl98104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479795 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479795 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:21:50 -0800 Comment by Gitai Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds, or some such bullshit.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479811 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479811 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:50:09 -0800 Comment by Phenics They seem to know who signs the paychecks and what is important to him. Brown-nosers vs. good employee, ketchup vs. catsup. Is all the same.

]]> Phenics http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479812 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479812 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:52:45 -0800 Comment by matthew fisher wilder Sounds like the papers are doing a fine job of showcasing their variety of opinions and riling people up. I can't think of any other paper in town that does that. Innovative.

]]> matthew fisher wilder http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479822 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479822 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:07:58 -0800 Comment by hee
Obviously the Stranger, otherwise it wouldn't receive so many posts every single day. (And I can't help but notice this isn't exactly your first post, Mr. MFW)

]]> hee http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479838 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479838 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:34:15 -0800 Comment by K X One
It is definitely NOT the LSD
That's gone the way of the Dodo bird :(

]]> K X One http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479854 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479854 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:07:19 -0800 Comment by socialarsonist okay, so let me get this straight:

the more conservative paper, the times, endorses mcgavick, reichert, and rodney tom?

but the PI endorses burner and esser? will they endorse maria?

i am all confused-- the editorial boards have all gone nuts.

]]> socialarsonist http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479855 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479855 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:08:04 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Dudes, let's stop pretending. The Editorial Board had nothing to do with the endorsement on the Senate. That was all a certain owner's choice.

They serve at his pleasure and endorse as he dictates. They may not admit it in public, but that's their mandate.

Ask Santorum, he'll tell you about their mandate.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479865 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479865 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:15:47 -0800 Comment by Andrew It’s the most blatantly corrupt Congress in history, guilty of so many crimes and disasters that they have to be listed alphabetically, and those grotesque fools at the Seattle Times are squealing for more. One has to wonder what a Republican would have to do to lose their endorsement.

Years from now, future generations will still be suffering from the fiasco of the current Republican Party and they will plaintively ask “where were the good Americans?”

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479873 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479873 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:21:44 -0800 Comment by Chris socialarsonist,

The PI endorsed Maria yesterday.

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479886 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479886 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:44:54 -0800 Comment by Geni The Times' editorial board has officially either lost its collective mind, or its collective spine. (I rather suspect the latter.) Even the Tri-Cities Herald - not exactly a bastion of far-left thinking - endorsed Cantwell. The Times' endorsement of McGavick was an amusing example of cognitive dissonance. "McGavick believes this and we disagree - Cantwell feels this and we agree - but we're endorsing McGavick."

All so Ryan Blethen and the other Young Parasites can inherit unearned millions. Because, after all, we wouldn't want them to only inherit FIFTY million dollars instead of SEVENTY million dollars (for example), now would we?

Want a really good exemplar of why the estate tax should be retained? The only reason that asshole James Sensebrenner had the money to buy himself a seat in Congress is because his grandfather invented Kotex.

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479913 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479913 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:19:42 -0800 Comment by DOUG. Frank has veto power. He used it.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479920 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479920 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:23:42 -0800 Comment by Fnarf The editorial board of the Times should resign. God, I wish Frank Fuckhead would sell that paper and leave for Utah where he belongs.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479983 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/24_little_hours#c479983 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:27:31 -0800