I'm breaking my rule and endorsing Obama for president
The Concord Monitor | January 01, 2008
By Ken Burns
For nearly 30 years, I have been a proud citizen of the Granite State, no more so than when we conduct our first in the nation primary. Obviously, it's a chance to see the candidates face-to-face untethered from their handlers and minders, to kick the tires, as the cliché goes, of their philosophies and personae.
...Only this year, I have decided to wholeheartedly endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president. While I have from the start been drawn to Obama's vision of change, the Democrats have a strong field this season, with much to like about the others. But it was the wholly unacceptable, unbecoming negative campaigning of the last several weeks that finally flushed me out.
At a time when our politics has descended into cynical, slash-and-burn character attacks, Obama has steadfastly presented a positive, un-ironic agenda for this country. At a time when the political winds were pushing this country into an unnecessary and unwise war, Obama had the judgment - and the political and moral courage - to oppose it.
