No Suprise Here - Rocky Mt. News Endorses *

[otohara]

just as they did in 2000, when I canceled our subscription. I'm positive The Denver Post will endorse Kerry.

George W. Bush for president
Key difference: foreign policy

October 16, 2004

If it weren't for 9/11, the 2004 presidential campaign would be a weary reprise of the one four years ago, with John Kerry substituting for Al Gore. Even as it is, large chunks of the recent debates echoed those in 2000. On tax cuts, Social Security, health care and education, the president and Kerry offered arguments remarkably similar to those voters heard from the then-Texas governor and Gore. What was different four years ago, of course, is that America was not at war.

Now it is, and George W. Bush's vision for American foreign policy is a major reason we support him. The Bush Doctrine, as some have called his admittedly ambitious design, has been refined since 9/11 but remains based upon a few key principles: The U.S. reserves the right to take pre-emptive military action against terrorists wherever they dwell, and against the regimes that harbor or encourage them. Americans need not wait for another massive attack on their soil before they act. Meanwhile, this country will energetically encourage political reform in the repressive landscape of the Middle East, where so many of the terrorists whet their resentments.

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