NY Times (Grudgingly?) Endorses Corzine For NJ Gov

2009_10_joncorz.jpg The NY Times endorsed incumbent NJ governor Jon Corzine for re-election, but not before going through his flaws: "Most New Jersey voters find him astonishingly inarticulate, and his credentials as a former co-chairman of Goldman Sachs do not seem as impressive as they did before the financial meltdown in 2008. He has poured lots of his personal wealth into this race, far too much of it for biting — and sometimes juvenile — attacks on Mr. Christie. In his second term, we would like to see him back away from the state’s unions."

However, the Times added that he "is a decent man with a laudable set of goals for his state." Corzine has been catching up in the polls, with Republican challenger Chris Christie leading by a point in a recent Quinnipiac poll—and Corzine will be aided by Vice President Joe Biden in a campaign event today, former President Bill Clinton in two events tomorrow, and President Obama on Wednesday.

The Star-Ledger endorsed third-party candidate Chris Daggett.

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From what I can tell of the 2 major candidates, the Times didn't have much of a choice.

Another option: NONE OF THE ABOVE.
If the NYT cannot boldly endorse someone, don't bother.
I don't need someone telling me if hospital food is better than airplane food.

Ousting a bad, entrenched incumbent is the lesser of two evils.
Corrupt filth Rangel, Silver, and Espada stay in power this way.
Better to (gasp) have a Republican for one term....an enema, so to speak, to clear the pipes.

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Only professional writers care whether a politician is 'articulate'. They flatter themselves that skill with words is the summit of human achievement.

Nicely said, he commented without a trace of irony.

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The Times never met a Democrat it didn't like. Get some cojones and think independently.

In a follow-up op-ed piece, the Times wrote that Chris Christie is so fat, if he climbed the NYT Tower, the Port Authority Terminal would finally have covered parking on the roof.

But seriously folks............ I'll be lame all week. Uhh, I mean here all week.

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