Slog - Comments on McEndorsement http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80 Yesterday, in response to the Seattle Times Mike McGavick endorsement, I listed a number of McGavick's positions—from pro-drilling in ANWR to pro-Constitutional Amendment banning gay marriage to lax media regulations on the Internet to pro teaching Intelligent Design in public schools(!?!) —and pointed out that the Seattle Times (on its recent editorial pages) actually disagrees with their candidate of choice, McGavick, on these signature issues. This raises the question: Where's the list of issues that the Seattle Times and Mike McGavick agree on? Indeed, in its McGavick endorsement itself, the Seattle Times indicates it disagrees with him on two other... Copyright 2008 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:18:14 -0800 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:46:28 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Phenics So, the question remains: What does the Seattle Times like about McGavick?


Repubs are natural born followers... Blethen coughs "republican value": money, they listen. Those folks know which side of the bread has the butter.

]]> Phenics http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479919 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479919 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:22:29 -0800 Comment by Monique The Seattle Times has been a joke for a LONG time. Talk about worthless journalism. When most of the paper is poorly written AP articles and the articles the actual "staff" write usually read like a freshman's term paper....this whole "McGavick" endorsement seems to fit their style.


When will we find out they are endorsing Foskett?

]]> Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479923 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479923 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:26:20 -0800 Comment by Rocktober So the Seattle Times "ineptly failed" according DJ Feit. I say the song he's playing has "adroitly failed" to make me dance.

Pheonics-- Hey, let's butter 'em up. At least the Republicans are finally on the same 'page' (wink-wink)

]]> Rocktober http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479925 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479925 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:33:05 -0800 Comment by Sean Nice post, Josh (no, I'm not being sarcastic). The legwork you did here makes it pretty damn clear what's behind this endorsement. The oped folks at the Times must be frustrated by this - maybe some would talk on record about it anonymously.

BTW - your recent article on Cantwell was a good read. I hope to see more stuff like this.

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479926 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479926 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:36:18 -0800 Comment by SeMe Feit, way to go after them. Cheers.

However, I wouldnt be too surprised, after all, this is the same "newspaper" that endorsed Dubya.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479927 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479927 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:38:08 -0800 Comment by Rocktober Actually, look at Josh's entire sentence:

"Unfortunately, they ineptly failed to tell readers what “most of it” is."

Read it closely, it's a trip.

]]> Rocktober http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479929 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479929 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:42:06 -0800 Comment by Andrew Doublethink: The act of holding two mutually contradictory beliefs simultaneously, fervently believing both and being unaware of their incompatibility.

"To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just so long as it is needed, to deny the existence of objective reality and all the while to take account of the reality which one denies—all this is indispensably necessary."

-Wikipedia

See also: Seattle Times Editorial Board

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479937 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479937 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:54:47 -0800 Comment by My guess
Estate tax aside, my guess is that it's because he's a white, male CEO.

American culture has this weird love of CEOs, despite all the Enrons and others, the CEO has a special place people's hearts. They can't resist it.

]]> My guess http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479939 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479939 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:00:10 -0800 Comment by Rocktober Josh, are you admitting that you made the change in the sentence?

]]> Rocktober http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479954 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479954 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:38:01 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit Rocktober,

You pointed out a goofy usage error I made. I gladly fixed it. Thanks for the catch.

Um....are you okay?

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479957 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479957 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:45:24 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Keep after 'em, Josh. I want everyone on the Times editorial board to know that their bullshit has been exposed. This was a Blethen call, pure and simple.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479974 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479974 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:09:14 -0800 Comment by libbertine People, if I'm not mistaken, I believe we are in the presence of an actual...REPORTER. Alert the media!

]]> libbertine http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479994 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c479994 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:40:11 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Josh, just a note - hate the new haircut.

Love the stories, tho.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c480029 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c480029 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:17:15 -0800 Comment by truth and justice Simple answer, Mr. Feit- gravitas. The opponent, though a female, has no gravitas and treats her campaign and staff as high schoolers for senior class president.

]]> truth and justice http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c480036 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c480036 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:26:50 -0800 Comment by Soupytwist Maria Cantwell is sincere. Mike McGavick is schmooze.

Gravitas? WTF?

]]> Soupytwist http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c480152 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c480152 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:57:17 -0800 Comment by Timothy Josh...you've never been better than what you've outlined here...good work.

]]> Timothy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c480220 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/post_80#c480220 Politics Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:46:28 -0800