Bush's hometown paper endorses Kerry

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http://www.iconoclast-texas.com

 

Bush's hometown paper in Crawford, the Iconoclast,

has endorsed Kerry for President. They endorsed Bush in 2000.

 

Kerry Will Restore American Dignity

2004 Iconoclast Presidential Endorsement

 

Few Americans would have voted for George W. Bush four years ago if he had

promised that, as President, he would:

 

a.. Empty the Social Security trust fund by $507 billion to help offset

fiscal irresponsibility and at the same time slash Social Security benefits.

 

b.. Cut Medicare by 17 percent and reduce veterans' benefits and military

pay.

 

c.. Eliminate overtime pay for millions of Americans and raise oil prices

by 50 percent.

 

d.. Give tax cuts to businesses that sent American jobs overseas, and, in

fact, by policy encourage their departure.

 

e.. Give away billions of tax dollars in government contracts without

competitive bids.

 

f.. Involve this country in a deadly and highly questionable war, and

 

g.. Take a budget surplus and turn it into the worst deficit in the history

of the United States, creating a debt in just four years that will take

generations to repay.

 

These were elements of a hidden agenda that surfaced only after he took

office.

The publishers of The Iconoclast endorsed Bush four years ago, based on the

things he promised, not on this smoke-screened agenda.

 

Today, we are endorsing his opponent, John Kerry, based not only on the

things that Bush has delivered, but also on the vision of a return to normality

that Kerry says our country needs.

 

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In those dark hours after the World Trade Center attacks, Americans rallied

together with a new sense of patriotism. We were ready to follow Bush's lead

through any travail.

 

He let us down.

 

When he finally emerged from his hide-outs on remote military bases well

after the first crucial hours following the attack, he gave sound-bytes instead

of

solutions.

 

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Bush said Iraq had weapons of mass destruction trained on America. We

believed him, just as we believed it when he reported that Iraq was the heart of

terrorism. We trusted him.

 

 

The Iconoclast, the President's hometown newspaper, took Bush on his word and

editorialized in favor of the invasion. The newspaper's publisher promoted

Bush and the invasion of Iraq to Londoners in a BBC interview during the time

that the administration was wooing the support of Prime Minister Tony Blair.

 

Again, he let us down.

 

Once and for all, George Bush was President of the United States on that day.

No one else. He had been President nine months, he had been officially warned

of just such an attack a full month before it happened. As President,

ultimately he and only he was responsible for our failure to avert those

attacks.

 

We should expect that a sitting President would vacation less, if at all, and

instead tend to the business of running the country, especially if he is, as

he likes to boast, a " wartime president. " America is in service 365 days a

year. We don't need a part-time President who does not show up for duty as

Commander-In-Chief until he is forced to, and who is in a constant state of

blameless denial when things don't get done.

 

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Kerry's four-point plan for Iraq is realistic, wise, strong, and correct.

With the help from our European and Middle Eastern allies, his plan is to train

Iraqi security forces, involve Iraqis in their rebuilding and

constitution-writing processes, forgive Iraq's multi-billion dollar debts, and

convene a

regional conference with Iraq's neighbors in order to secure a pledge of respect

for

Iraq's borders and non-interference in Iraq's internal affairs.

 

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The re-election of George W. Bush would be a mandate to continue on our

present course of chaos. We cannot afford to double the debt that we already

have.

We need to be moving in the opposite direction.

 

John Kerry has 30 years of experience looking out for the American people and

can navigate our country back to prosperity and re-instill in America the

dignity she so craves and deserves. He has served us well as a highly decorated

Vietnam veteran and has had a successful career as a district attorney,

lieutenant governor, and senator.

 

Kerry has a positive vision for America, plus the proven intelligence, good

sense, and guts to make it happen.

That's why The Iconoclast urges Texans not to rate the candidate by his

hometown or even his political party, but instead by where he intends to take

the

country.

 

The Iconoclast wholeheartedly endorses John Kerry.

 

 

 

 

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