Bush's Hometown Paper Endorses Kerry
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| Tue, 09-28-2004 - 9:26pm |
The Lone Star Iconoclast, which has a circulation of 425, said in an editorial dated Sept. 29 that Texans should rate the candidates not by hometown or political party, but by where they intend to take the country.
"Four items trouble us the most about the Bush administration: his initiatives to disable the Social Security system, the deteriorating state of the American economy, a dangerous shift away from the basic freedoms established by our founding fathers, and his continuous mistakes regarding Iraq" the editorial said.
The Iconoclast, established in 2000, said it endorsed Bush that year. It also said it editorialized in support of the invasion of Iraq, and publisher W. Leon Smith promoted Bush and the invasion in a British Broadcasting Corp. interview, believing Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction.
"Instead we were duped into following yet another privileged agenda," the editorial said.
The newspaper praised Kerry for "30 years of experience looking out for the American people" and lauded his background as "a highly decorated Vietnam veteran."

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The top issue right now is security and dealing with terrorism and every poll shows that Americans overwhelmingly trust Bush on this topic over Kerry, and every poll shows that it is a double digit difference too.
If he had carried his own home state, Florida would have been a non-issue, and the Gore camp would not have tried to have the courts change the election laws AFTER the election.
So if a Bush supporter somehow owned the Boston Globe and put his endorsement behind Bush, do you think it would make a difference? Maybe by one vote, and the circulation of the Globe is a lot more than the Bush hometown paper.
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Right!
Miffy - Co-CL For The Politics Today Board
Bush's hometown paper endorsing Kerry is not a huge story in the 2004 election, but it is of interest to some for it's symbolism and irony.
This board is for everybody isn't it?
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So right you are, I bet ya!
Miffy - Co-CL For The Politics Today Board
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