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chatterboy Donating Member (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 08:55 AM
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Ashcroft's Hometown Newspaper Endorses Kerry
The Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader -- a Gannett property -- endorsed Kerry in the Wednesday edition. A few grafs:

Before tossing out an incumbent, we should always ask: Would the challenger be better? What we have seen on the campaign trail says that Kerry would.

Kerry is a realist on Iraq. He knows the United States cannot pull out without creating a larger disaster. But Kerry recognizes that going after al-Qaida should always have been the prime goal. It is the goal upon which a true international coalition could have been built. Kerry could still build that coalition; Bush cannot.

Kerry's domestic policies also are more inclusive than Bush's. For all of Bush's folksy ways, it is Kerry who is in touch with the middle class. It is Kerry who understands the toll taken by the high cost of health care, by jobs lost to foreign competition, by fears of being able to put food on the table. He has reasonable proposals for addressing these issues.

At a time when this nation should be united against a common enemy, we are polarized. Candidate Bush promised to be a uniter, but he has instead pitted American against American.

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Here's the editorial:
http://springfield.news-leader.com/opinions/today/1027-Kerrywillg-211973.html

Maybe ... you know, just maybe ...

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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 09:09 AM
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1. ooooo...oooooo....prepare for Justice Dept. subpoenas, Mr. Paperman
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-27-04 09:12 AM
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2. poor Johnny Crisco...losing an election to a dead man and now this.....
:cry:

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