Press shows GOP bias

The Press endorsed incumbent Republican Rep. Frank LoBiondo over his challenger, Viola Thomas-Hughes. The Press' reasoning came down to the fact that she is not articulate enough to bloviate at length over political issues and that she parrots her party's basic positions. The fact that she would certainly be a sure vote for changing the disastrous course our nation is on — and that LoBiondo would not be — apparently means nothing to The Press. The case for Thomas-Hughes is that every vote in the House of Representatives is crucial to the liberal and progressive cause, as you well know. The Press has also endorsed the Republican challenger Tom Kean Jr. over incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez. The justification is about as picky as you can get: Menendez's going to bat for a charitable nonprofit agency that was his tenant, and his opposition on philosophical grounds to consolidation of control of the broadcast media while holding stock in a company in that field. It's sort of like accusing a patriotic American of an unethical conflict of interest because he holds a U.S. savings bond. Again, in this instance, the fact that control of the U.S. Senate by Democrats may well be the only way to stop the hemorrhaging of young American blood and the living standards of non-affluent Americans is overlooked by The Press. Henry Marcus, Smithville - Atlantic City Press, November 2, 2006