Texas Gov. Bush is the clear choice to restore our...

Texas Gov. Bush is the clear choice to restore our values

The Sun's editorial endorsing Vice President Al Gore was right on one point only: The choice between the candidates is clear ("Gore is best choice for president," Oct. 29).

Vice President Al Gore harkens back to the liberal solutions of yesterday's heroes: Presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson and John Kennedy. All were proponents of centralized, federally run programs devised and implemented by an elitist political minority.

Many programs were noble in their intent; most were also abysmal failures.

Mr. Bush and the Republicans are for returning control to local jurisdictions and the budget surplus to individuals. This is a return to our political roots.

The Sun's assertion that Mr. Gore and the Democrats will exercise the fiscal discipline to actually use the surplus to reduce federal debt is laughable.

Mr. Bush's extensive experience in the private sector makes him eminently qualified. Mr. Gore has been immersed in the Washingtonian political morass since birth; he knows no other existence.

Thomas M. Neale

Baltimore

Endorsement of Gore comes as no surprise ...

Much to my surprise, I picked up my copy of the Oct. 29 Sun and read that The Sun is endorsing Al Gore for president ("Gore is best choice for president Nov. 7," editorial, Oct. 29).

My surprise is that The Sun didn't endorse him eight years ago.

As blatantly anti-Texas Gov. George W. Bush as the paper has been, the endorsement of Mr. Gore should come as no surprise to anyone.

William Loeffler

Forest Hill

Is The Sun's endorsement of Al Gore was supposed to be a big surprise?

The Sun's biased coverage of this election made it very obvious whom the paper backed from the beginning.

It's a shame The Sun has no competition in this one-paper town because otherwise its subscribership would plummet.

Gail Householder

Marriottsville

So The Sun has finally admitted to backing Vice President Al Gore.

What took you so long? Everyone else knew who The Sun's candidate was. I applaud The Sun: admitting to liberalism is hard to do, but the only one The Sun was fooling is itself.

Dan Holler

Union Bridge

What a surprise that a liberal paper such as The Sun would endorse Vice President Al Gore.

I find it interesting that The Sun thinks its responsibility is to tell readers its opinion. Shouldn't it be The Sun's responsibility to report unbiased information?

The entire editorial was filled with biased and slanted information. Please cancel my subscription.

If The Sun stands for this type of one-sided analysis, I'll get my information from a more reliable source.

Barbara Cosgrove

Baltimore

... but it overlooked vice president's failings

The Sun cited Vice President Al Gore's direct involvement in campaign fund-raising scandals and his "tendency to exaggerate" as less "grave" than Texas Gov. George W. Bush's lack of experience and "vagueness" ("Gore is best for president Nov. 7," editorial, Oct. 29).

So we should vote for the compulsive liar rather than the novice?

Jo Asher

White Hall

The Sun's endorsement highlighted Al Gore's supposed ability to get things done. If Mr. Gore is the one who can remedy problems with Social Security, Medicare, education or health care, why hasn't he done it during the past eight years?

Christopher F. Callaghan

Sparks

The Sun's obvious lack of objectivity in endorsing Al Gore is apparent than in its statements that "our schools are failing ... environmental cleanups have slowed to a crawl ... health care is deteriorating ... gun violence and drug-related crimes are destroying communities."

These things have occurred on the Clinton-Gore watch.

As Texas Gov. George W. Bush said, "They have had their chance."

Richard E. Geyer

Mt. Airy

Is Vice President Al Gore the clear choice on foreign affairs because of his secret negotiations to allow Russia to send arms to Iran? ("U.S. officials defend Gore-Russia arms deal," Oct. 26).

Joe Kelly

Baltimore

Readers should be left to make their own choice

As a faithful reader, I was saddened by The Sun's endorsement of Vice President Al Gore ("Gore is best choice for president Nov. 7," editorial, Oct. 29).

As an undecided voter, I'm still balancing my opinion. I don't need the media telling me who the better candidate is.

Report the news; don't try to make it.

Sean G. Somers

Baltimore

If The Sun's translation of "offering readers a dispassionate look at the choices they face" includes describing one of the candidates as "an untested neophyte," then I clearly am misunderstanding the meaning of the term dispassionate.

I find it difficult enough sorting out the facts through the rhetoric of the candidates and their associated political affiliates. We don't need the media jumping in and contributing to the rhetoric.

List the facts and let the voters decide.

Brad Rees

Sykesville

Many thanks for The Sun's endorsement of Vice President Al Gore.

I simply could not vote without knowing what candidate my newspaper endorses. Silly me, I watched the debates and was going to make up my own mind.

What better choice than a chronic liar whose record includes dubious fund raising and foreign influence-peddling?

Kenneth E. Iman

Baltimore

By cutting debt, Gore will save money for us all

While I agree with The Sun's endorsement of Al Gore, I believe that the editorial missed the opportunity to make a few other points ("Gore is best choice for president Nov. 7," editorial, Oct. 29).

First, that it is unfortunate that Mr. Gore has been unable to express the differences between in his positions and those of Texas Gov. George W. Bush as clearly as The Sun's editorial did.

Second, neither Mr. Gore nor The Sun stated that the federal deficits that would surely result from Mr. Bush's proposed tax cuts would cost most taxpayers more money in higher interest rates.

Most important, The Sun should have appealed directly to supporters of Ralph Nader to vote for Mr. Gore; otherwise, the Green Party candidate will merely serve as the spoiler in this election.

Ivy Rosenthal

Owings Mills