Indy Star Endorses Libertarian Over Burton

[mrjarrell]

Colour me surprised! That the Indy Star would go out of their way to endorse the Libertarian candidate, (Chard Reid) over Burton is one of the most surprising things I've ever seen. Of course they also mentioned the dem candidate, too. Maybe it's an "anyone but Burton" endorsement.

U.S. House endorsements | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

 

[Hiram2005]

So far it looks as if they have endorsed mostly Democrats. Big surprise there!

 

[miguel]

I have decided to vote for him, despite having voted for Burton every time I've been eligible to vote.

Not because of this endorsement, but because it's time to shake things up and I broadly agree with Libertarian principles.

 

[henktermaat]

And he trumpets this on his website like they made him. I would not vote for anyone the Star touches.

 

[mrjarrell]

You'd rather vote for Burton? Seriously? I know he's decent on 2A, but he's been nothing but an embarrassment to the district and missed quite a few important votes so he could pursue his golfing addiction. He's also gone out of his way to alienate one of the largest employers in the Indianapolis area, using junk science. Oh, well. To each his own, I suppose.

 

[henktermaat]

You'd rather vote for Burton? Seriously? I know he's decent on 2A, but he's been nothing but an embarrassment to the district and missed quite a few important votes so he could pursue his golfing addiction. He's also gone out of his way to alienate one of the largest employers in the Indianapolis area, using junk science. Oh, well. To each his own, I suppose.

What is the Star doing? Any friend of theirs is an enemy of mine. Chard's stances seem to be in line with mine, but that endorsement has me jumpy.

 

[mrjarrell]

Chard didn't ask for the endorsement, they freely gave it. Can't hold that against him.

 

[henktermaat]

Chard didn't ask for the endorsement, they freely gave it. Can't hold that against him.

Sure I can, go look at his website. It's the largest text on the page. He puts a whole lot of value and importance on it.

 

[mrjarrell]

Sure I can, go look at his website. It's the largest text on the page. He puts a whole lot of value and importance on it.

I would, too. It's the largest newspaper in the state. That actually means something in terms of publicity. Shoot, this thread advertises the endorsement. Unless the news is about a scandal, there's no such thing as bad publicity.

 

[dross]

There have been several reports around the country of democrat issues groups pouring money into conservative third party campaigns.

This smacks of similar hijinks.

 

[mrjarrell]

There have been several reports around the country of democrat issues groups pouring money into conservative third party campaigns.

This smacks of similar hijinks.

Naw, this is just the Star being the Star. If the republicans hadn't gone out of their way to throw ringers into the primary he'd have been beaten there, but the gop decided to play games with it and made it so he had too many opponents in the primary for him to lose. Chard certainly hasn't made any money off of this. It would have been nice if he had.

 

[henktermaat]

...There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Seriously?

 

[henktermaat]

There have been several reports around the country of democrat issues groups pouring money into conservative third party campaigns.

This smacks of similar hijinks.

Something is up. I like Libertarians as much as the next guy, but I haven't drunken too much kool-aid to see this.

 

[mrjarrell]

Seriously?

That's what they say.

 

[henktermaat]

That's what they say.

I know you're smarter than that.

 

[mrjarrell]

I know you're smarter than that.

Hey, it's not like the Klan or StormFront endorsed him. It was just the largest paper in the state. To hear conservatives say it the Star is so far left they take marching orders from the ghosts of Lenin and Marx. To hear the lefties say is the Star is so far right they hold sabbats for McCarthy and Reagan. My guess is the Star is just slightly left of centre on most days and somewhere in the middle on others. There are worse news organs in this state.