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Crawford Newspaper Endorses Kerry

Posted by michael on from the all-hat-no-cattle dept.

ramoth4 writes "Local Crawford, TX (Bush's adopted hometown) paper The Lone Star Iconoclast has endorsed John Kerry for president. Kerry's home paper, the Boston Globe, hasn't come out with an endorsement yet. It's a very interesting editorial, especially in light of Bush's performance in the first debate."

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  1. Re:It's sad... by isaac · · Score: 5, Insightful
    It's sad that the AP picks up the fact that a paper with a circulation of 425 supports Kerry. But there is not mention that the Lowell Sun, a ciculation of 100,000+ and a major newspaper in Massachusetts, Endorses Bush.

    What makes this a story is that Bush's hometown paper endorsed him in 2000. The Lowell Sun has been attacking Kerry relentlessly since 1972 when Kerry first moved there and upset the local good-ol-boy political network. It's not "news" when the Sun publishes the same "Vote Kerry's Opponent" endorsement it's published for the last 32 years.

    -Isaac

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  2. Re:Bush != Conservative by lucabrasi999 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Do you even know what the word "conservative" means? Can you even name three conservative values?

    I don't know about the OP, but I can make three suggestions (yes, this entire discussion may be off-topic). Note that your opinion of a conservative value may differ from mine (or anyone elses). If I were to suggest three conservative values, I would suggest the following (in no particular order):

    Fiscal: Government should only spend on those key areas where it is required (National Defense, for example), and it should spend within its means.

    Individual: Government's power over the individual should be limited.

    Economic: Government should limit it's involvement in economic activity. It should try to stay out of the way of business, as much as possible.

    Now, if we can agree that those are conservative values, George W. Bush's policies have all been in direct opposition to the above. Fiscally, he cuts taxes, but then spends millions on social programs. Individually, we now have few rights than we have ever had. Economically, the President has subsidized thousands of individuals and companies that should have gone out of business (from Farmers to the Steel Industry to Airlines).

    Note that I am not saying John Kerry is a strong leader, I am only questioning how President Bush can be considered a conservative, at least by my three suggested definitions above.

    How would you define a conservative?