It's especially shameful for politicians to preach their commitment to fiscal responsibility and restraint, as congressional Republicans have done, and then ignore those principles when they act. Which brings me to the second item on my list. The answer is, No. The editorial board doesn't endorse political parties. We endorse individuals, we endorse positions on specific issues, we endorse ideas and actions.
Partisan affiliation is low on our list of what matters.
Neither political party is always wrong or always right. Seems there's a stronger argument for accusing us of not giving a fair shake to Democrats, although we've endorsed a few of them, too. And if all we printed were those editorials and columns and letters that suited a certain segment of our audience, we'd be pretty boring, too. All articles, except those labeled 'Editorials,' reflect the personal opinions of the writers and not the Abilene Reporter-News. Editorials are the official voice of the newspaper.