NY Times: Clinton e McCain
Posted on January 15, 2008
Filed Under Política
O conselho editorial do New York Times declarou o seu apoio as candidaturas de Hillary Clinton e de John McCain. A pouco mais de uma semana da Super Tuesday, com primarias em cerca de 20 estados, incluindo Nova Iorque e California, o anuncio de apoio a Clinton por parte do jornal preferido dos liberais (=liberals) – nao confundir com liberaaais (=libertarians), com acentuacao na ultima silaba para enfantizar a pronuncia portuguesa – e um momento relevante da campanha. No campo republicano, o apoio a McCain e menos determinante ate porque o New York Times e confiscado nos postos fronteiricos dos “red states” – basta ler o primeiro paragrafo do editorial sobre os candidatos republicanos (ver mais em baixo) para perceber porque.
Sobre Hillary Clinton:
“When we endorsed Mrs. Clinton in 2006, we were certain she would continue to be a great senator, but since her higher ambitions were evident, we wondered if she could present herself as a leader to the nation.
Her ideas, her comeback in New Hampshire and strong showing in Nevada, her new openness to explaining herself and not just her programs, and her abiding, powerful intellect show she is fully capable of doing just that. She is the best choice for the Democratic Party as it tries to regain the White House.”
Sobre John McCain:
“We have strong disagreements with all the Republicans running for president. The leading candidates have no plan for getting American troops out of Iraq. They are too wedded to discredited economic theories and unwilling even now to break with the legacy of President Bush. We disagree with them strongly on what makes a good Supreme Court justice.
Still, there is a choice to be made, and it is an easy one. Senator John McCain of Arizona is the only Republican who promises to end the George Bush style of governing from and on behalf of a small, angry fringe. With a record of working across the aisle to develop sound bipartisan legislation, he would offer a choice to a broader range of Americans than the rest of the Republican field.”
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