# Cleveland Plain Dealer endorses ... none of the above **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 26, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-plain-dealer-endorses-none-of-the-above/271301 "2004-10-26T21:01:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-plain-dealer-endorses-none-of-the-above/271301/21 "2004-10-27T19:14:12Z")
> [@jshore](#): > > Actually, [here](http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000684430) is a more detailed article on the behind-the-scenes action at the Cleveland Plain Dealer. So apparently the real story is that the editorial board wanted to endorse Kerry but the publisher wanted to endorse Bush and they decided they couldn’t work it out. That’s very different from the impression I got from the OP, which was that the editorial board found both candidates so inferior that they couldn’t bring themselves to endorse either. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-plain-dealer-endorses-none-of-the-above/271301/22 "2004-10-27T19:24:06Z")
[Moderator Hat ON] Can you guys KINDLY put a clear debate topic in your OP? I hate to inflict potentially explosive political topics on the MPSIMSers, but this fora is supposed to be Great Debates, not General Chitchat. [Moderator Hat OFF] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-plain-dealer-endorses-none-of-the-above/271301.md?page=1)