FIRST TIME EVER: No Republicans ENDORSED BY NYT

This makes the little hairs on the back of my neck stand up: For the first time in its 155-year history, The New York Times is endorsing NO Republicans for election on Tuesday. None. As in Nada. As in “not one.”

“On Tuesday, when [the New York Times Editorial Page] runs the list of people it has endorsed for election, we will include no Republican Congressional candidates for the first time in our memory. SNIP

“[T]he Republican [Congress, with] its tax-cutting-above-all-else has wrecked the budget, hobbled the middle class and endangered the long-term economy….

SNIP “[The Republican Congress has shown] a shocking disregard for the most minimal ethical standards. SNIP

“[O]ver the past two years, the White House has made it clear that it claims sweeping powers that go well beyond any acceptable limits. SNIP

“Congress, in particular the House, has failed to ask probing questions about the war in Iraq…. Then, it quietly agreed to close down the one agency that has been riding herd on crooked and inept American contractors…. SNIP

“On the eve of the election, and without even a pretense at debate in the House, Congress granted the White House permission to hold hundreds of noncitizens in jail forever…. SNIP

“It is frightening to contemplate the new excesses [George Bush] could concoct if he woke up next Wednesday and found that his party had maintained its hold on the House and Senate….”

From The New York Times Editorial Page, this morning. For the whole article, go HERE>>>>

People, the Mother Goddess loves you, but She needs your help here. Tell me if I'm wrong, but I don't think The NYT uses words like "shocking" and "frightening" very often. If you haven’t already, please vote. And record what you see at the polls. Even if only in a notebook.