MASTER LIST OF KERRY ENDORSEMENTS: Oct 23-24 Update

[Tesibria]

NEW Endorsements for Kerry released this weekend:

Bangor Daily News (Maine) - Endorsed Bush in 2000.

Chicago Sun-Times (Illinois) - Endorsed Bush in 2000.

Iowa City Press-Citizen (Iowa) - Endorsed Bush in 2000.

Los Angeles Daily News (California) - Endorsed Bush in 2000.

Racine Journal Times (Wisconsin)

LA Weekly (California)

Newsday (New York)

Orlando Sentinel (Florida) - Endorsed Bush in 2000.

Washington Post (D.C.)

Wausau Daily Herald (Wisconsin) - Endorsed Bush in 2000.

Previous endorsements are available at link below. Missing links will be added as they are posted (Info based on paper version and/or www.editorandpublisher.com)

Please provide links to more as you find them!
This is a VERY good start !!

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

1. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_conte

Kerry now leads Bush 66-57 in endorsements and by about 10.6 million to 6.6 million in circulation of backing papers.

[Tesibria]

2. Iowa: Des Moine Register for Kerry (Endorsed Bush in 2000)

Des Moines Register (Iowa): John Kerry - the Real Thing

[Tesibria]

3. Washington: Union Bulletin for Kerry (Endorsed Bush in 2000)

Walla Walla Union Bulletin: U.S.-Iraq policy needs a change of direction. John Kerry understands the U.S. can't fight terrorism and the war in Iraq with only token support from our allies

[baby_bear]

31. This is a biggie (for Washington State)

Walla Walla is in Bush country for sure.

yes.


s_m

[Tesibria]

4. Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for Kerry

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Kerry for president / The damage by Bush demands a fresh start

[Ediacara]

5. Billings Gazette

The first Montana paper to endorse anyone this cycle, and a switch from 2000. Article can be found here.

[MnFats]

6. Mpls Star-Tribune goes for Kerry

No surprise there but still...

www.startribune.com


Political passions are burning white hot as Nov. 2 nears. Americans realize what is at stake: the United States' ability to lead in the world, protect its citizens at home, preserve its treasured liberties, and leave a legacy of hope and opportunity. George W. Bush's presidency has put all that at risk. Sen. John Kerry proposes a sharp course change.

[Tesibria]

7. Connecticut: Stamford Advocate for Kerry (switch)

Stamford Advocate (Connecticut) Endorsed Bush in 2000.

[Tesibria]

8. Michigan: Detroit News Abstains (Endorsed Bush in 2000)

Detroit News (Michigan) - Endorsed Bush in 2000.

Four years ago, the choice was clear. We endorsed George W. Bush based on his promises of fiscal conservatism, limited government and prudence in foreign affairs.

Today, we sadly acknowledge that the president has failed to deliver on those promises.
....
So we are left with a decision we detest but are nonetheless compelled to make: The Detroit News will not lend its endorsement to a candidate who has made too many mistakes, nor to one who offers a governing philosophy that we reject.
....
and much more

[Tesibria]

9. Illinois: Chicago Sun Times - Link to endorsement

http://www.suntimes.com/output/commentary/cst-edt-edits24x.html
Time to Shift Command to Kerry

[Tesibria]

10. California: LA Daily News - Link to Endorsement

http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20951~2487608,00.html
Kerry for President: It's time to reunite America

[Tesibria]

11. New York: Newsday - Link to Endorsement

http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-n4017443oct24,0,869077.story?coll=ny-editorials-headlines

not exactly glowing ...

[Tesibria]

12. California: Contra Costa Times for Kerry (Bush in 2000)

Contra Costa Times (California). Endorsed Bush in 2000.

[Tesibria]

13. Mass: Worchester Telegram-Gazette for Kerry (Endorsed Bush in 2000)

Worchester Telegram Gazette (Massachusetts) - Endorsed Bush in 2000.

[Tesibria]

14. Alabama: Decatur Daily for Kerry

Decatur Daily (Alabama)

[Tesibria]

15. Colorado: Durango Herald for Kerry

Durango Herald (Colorado)

[Tesibria]

16. Another "pile" of endorsements for Kerry

ILLINOIS

Daily Southtown (Chicago)

MICHIGAN

Lansing State Journal

NEVADA

Reno Gazette-Journal

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Nashua Telegraph

Portsmouth Herald

NEW JERSEY

Gouchester County Times

Star-Ledger

The Times

NEW MEXICO

Santa Fe New Mexican

[Tesibria]

17. Two more New York endorsements for Kerry

NEW YORK

Buffalo News

Democrat-Chronicle (Rochester)

[teach1st]

18. Sarasota Herald-Tribune

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041024/OPINION/410240323/1030

[Tesibria]

21. thanx!! eom

[Tesibria]

19. More endorsements from North Carolina Papers

News-Observer

Charlotte Observer

[Tesibria]

20. More endorsements from OHIO, OREGON & WASHINGTON

OHIO

Toledo Blade

OREGON

Springfield News

WASHINGTON

Tacoma News Tribune

Everest Herald

Olympian

[Tesibria]

22. Tennessee Commercial Appeal for Kerry (SWITCH - Bush in 2000)

Commercial Appeal (Tennessee) - Endorsed Bush in 2000.

[Tesibria]

23. Louisiana: Times-Picayune declines to endorse (Endorsed Bush in 2000

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1098600905155542.xml

...
In 2000, we endorsed Mr. Bush, praising his skill at building coalitions and his willingness to learn from mistakes. He has disappointed us on both counts. Despite the closeness of that election, the president has failed to reach to the center. He has built an administration that seems loath to correct course.

Our expectation four years ago was that Mr. Bush would be a good partner for Louisiana. Certainly he understands the oil industry and its importance to our state. But his administration has been cool to the state's coastal restoration and flood-control needs, and misguided steel tariffs did significant economic harm to South Louisiana ports.

All of this makes us unwilling to urge Mr. Bush's re-election.
..

[ihaveaquestion]

24. American Conservative Magazine!

Surprising one!

http://www.amconmag.com/2004_11_08/cover1.html

"Kerry’s the One

By Scott McConnell

There is little in John Kerry’s persona or platform that appeals to conservatives. The flip-flopper charge—the centerpiece of the Republican campaign against Kerry—seems overdone, as Kerry’s contrasting votes are the sort of baggage any senator of long service is likely to pick up. (Bob Dole could tell you all about it.) But Kerry is plainly a conventional liberal and no candidate for a future edition of Profiles in Courage. In my view, he will always deserve censure for his vote in favor of the Iraq War in 2002.

<snip>

Bush has behaved like a caricature of what a right-wing president is supposed to be, and his continuation in office will discredit any sort of conservatism for generations. The launching of an invasion against a country that posed no threat to the U.S., the doling out of war profits and concessions to politically favored corporations, the financing of the war by ballooning the deficit to be passed on to the nation’s children, the ceaseless drive to cut taxes for those outside the middle class and working poor: it is as if Bush sought to resurrect every false 1960s-era left-wing cliché about predatory imperialism and turn it into administration policy. Add to this his nation-breaking immigration proposal—Bush has laid out a mad scheme to import immigrants to fill any job where the wage is so low that an American can’t be found to do it—and you have a presidency that combines imperialist Right and open-borders Left in a uniquely noxious cocktail."

[Tesibria]

25. Wet blanket

yes -- thanx - we have that in mags -- but it's impt (factually) to note that there are actually SEVEN endorsements -- only one is for Kerry; one for Bush; one for "staying home"; and the rest for third-party candidate.

But can't say that the MAGAZINE endorsed Kerry -- because it didn't. Majority endorsed other candidates.

[proud2BlibKansan]

39. Pat Buchanan

is an editor at this mag. He wouldn't even comment when this was mentioned on The Maclaughlin Group Friday. It was funny. He made a one sentence remark that he didn't agree with the publisher, and then dropped the subject.

[Fritz LeChat]

26. New York: NY Journal News (White Plains/Westchester County)

http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/102404/24endpres.html

Flip-floppers, they endorsed Bush in '00.

[Tesibria]

35. thanx - added nt

[seafan]

27. Kerry cleaned up in Florida.

The Miami Herald
St. Petersburg Times
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale)
Florida Today (Melbourne)
The Palm Beach Post
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Bradenton Herald (Backed * in 2000)
The Orlando Sentinel (Backed * in 2000)

Tampa Tribune (Declined to endorse a candidate)

[Kadie]

28. here are a few...

Kerry

The Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel endorsed Kerry on Oct. 24:

"We expected him to forge bipartisan solutions to problems while keeping this nation secure and fiscally sound. This president has utterly failed to fulfill our expectations."

The Bismarck (N.D.) Tribune endorsed Kerry on Oct. 24:

"Kerry's lofty goal of restoring America as a respected powerhouse instead of neighborhood bully is an admirable one, one that would bode well for an agricultural state such as North Dakota, hoping to broaden its export market. ... Bush's finest hour may have been the leadership he showed in the days following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America. But soon that leadership evolved into policies that too often ate into personal freedoms Americans cherish."

Lansing (Mich.) State Journal endorsed Kerry on Oct. 24:

"We reject the president's claim that this country is safer because we invaded Iraq. Mission accomplished? No. Mission diverted. George W. Bush should not be re-elected. We urge voters to elect John Kerry as the nation's 44th president."

The Flint (Mich.) Journal endorsed Kerry on Oct. 24:

"Bush, who turned out to be more conservative than compassionate and who has made the nation even more divided, must be held accountable for these failings. John Kerry is the only serious alternative to four more years of this flawed presidency. We are putting our faith in his potential to do better."

more...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/10/24/politics0338EDT0410.DTL

[Tesibria]

36. thanx - added .. was missing a few of the * endorsements nt

[nonconformist]

29. Kerry is right choice to restore nation's promise (The Tennessean)

http://tennessean.com/opinion/archives/04/09/60202454.shtml?Element_ID=60202454

[Tesibria]

37. thanx - added nt

[Robbie67]

30. kick

updated?

[baby_bear]

32. This post should include Bush endorsements

We don't want to ignore reality, right? And I want to know which newspapers are endorsing Bush, and why.

Here's one list that has both:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4572443,00.html

This one just kills me, like, it's from The Onion, right? Too bad, it's real.

The Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colo., endorsed President Bush on Oct. 24:

``... Americans ... will be casting a vote for the person they deem most capable of protecting this nation from the apocalyptic dangers of Islamofascist terror. And the best man to carry out that transcendent governmental responsibility, in our view, is George W. Bush.''

blech

s_m

[Tesibria]

33. Bush endorsements ARE on the Main Master tally

... that is located off of this board so that it can be continually edited as more information comes in.

see link below

[baby_bear]

34. sorry, didn't catch that

Here's another weird one: (from http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/24/endorsements/)

Oshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin., endorsed Bush on Friday: "Bush may have room for improvement, but the sitting president is always an easy target. What he has going for him is four years of a track record of acting as he promised he would. It's rare in a politician. But it's crucial for a president."

---------
I don't think I've read anyone saying that Bush has governed as he said he would during the 2000 campaign. Quite the contrary. Some conservatives make excuses for him because of 9/11 but to imply he was consistent with his promises is worse than laughable.

s_m

[Tesibria]

43. There are so very few "enthusiatic" Bush endorsements

... most of them are "well, we know he screwed up" but we're scared and he'll keep us safe"

go figure

[Bossy Monkey]

38. Seattle Times

As ever, this is from the AP endorsements story:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NEWSPAPER_ENDORS...

The Seattle Times, Seattle, endorsed Kerry on Oct. 24:

"We wish Kerry had more clarity. Bush has clarity, but it is the clarity of wrong ideas. Imagine Bush on TV next year, saying we had to invade another country. Could anyone trust him? That may be the best reason for supporting John Kerry."

Here's the link to the actual editorial:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion...
Not ringing or poetic like the NY Times, but I'll take it.

[nosmokes]

40. anniston, alabama

http://www.annistonstar.com/opinion/2004/as-editorials-1019-editorial-4j18q4901.htm">Anniston Star

John Kerry for president

In our opinion
10-19-2004

The next president of the United States will come into office in January at a time of desperate need.

On employment, the next president must find ways to replace the manufacturing jobs flowing out of the country. On homeland security, he must tighten our borders and ports of entry. On the environment, he must be willing to think first about protecting people and the quality of air and water, instead of reflexively catering to industry.

And he must possess the ability to win allies, both at home and abroad, by keeping an open mind that is willing to set aside old rivalries and petty disputes in the cause of serving a higher mission, be that mission improving the health care of Americans or defeating international terrorists.

Because John Kerry is best suited to this job, The Anniston Star endorses him for president.

The Massachusetts senator offers the most able mind, the better set of diplomatic skills, the wiser plans for the economy and a calm but tough demeanor exhibited during his career and this campaign — particularly during the three debates with his rival, President George W. Bush.

Unfortunately, the next president’s job is made all the more difficult thanks to the current president’s disastrous folly in Iraq, where 120,000 of our troops sit on a powder keg threatening to further destabilize the Middle East.
~snip~
http://www.annistonstar.com/opinion/2004/as-editorials-1019-editorial-4j18q4901.htm

[Tesibria]

44. THANK YOU!!!! n/t

[nosmokes]

41. tuscaloosa, alabama

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041024/NEWS/410240353/1012/editorial1">Tuscaloosa News

Kerry would be a better president than Bush
October 24, 2004


In a speech before his pivotal first debate with President Bush, Sen. John Kerry acknowledged that some voters question whether it is prudent, in the middle of a war, to “change horses in midstream."

He had an answer for that. “When your horse is headed down toward the waterfall, or when your horse is drowning, it’s a good time to change horses."

That may be campaign rhetoric, but it makes a lot of horse sense. We’re headed in the wrong direction -- not only in Iraq but on many other fronts as well. Kerry has the ability to turn things around. The Tuscaloosa News endorses him in the Nov. 2 general election.
~snip~
.
.
.

Bush squandered his chances to become a unifying and effective leader at home and abroad. Kerry, we strongly believe, would make the best of his opportunities.
---###---
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041024/NEWS/410240353/1012/editorial1
Copyright © 2002 The Tuscaloosa News

[Tesibria]

46. thanx - i totally missed this one !!! nt

[Bossy Monkey]

42. Wouldja believe Waco?

Not to imply that Waco is crazy-mad conservative because Koresh was there (also Baylor, I believe), but still
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NEWSPAPER_ENDORSEMENTS?SITE=SCCOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
The Waco Tribune-Herald, Waco, Texas, endorsed Kerry on Oct. 24:

"Kerry is best suited to defend the nation, to mend its fiscal situation, and to bring it back together."

Edit: link to actual editorial:
http://www.wacotrib.com/opin/newsfd/auto/feed/news/2004/10/24/1098600380.18121.2602.6117.html

[Tesibria]

45. awesome!!!

proves that Texas has not been TOTALLY overrun by Reps...

[librarycard]

47. Arkansas Times has gone with Kerry

(sorry I couldn't play a part on Sun. I got the flu...no shots where I am unless I'm over 65)

http://www.arktimes.com/Articles/ArticleViewer.aspx?ArticleID=794740e9-a173-48a6-abf5-054f743b21d9

[librarycard]

48. Minnesota Women's Press is for Kerry

http://www.womenspress.com/newspaper/2004/2016edit.html

[Tesibria]

49. Two more Kerry endorsements (one switch)

Bay City Times (Michigan) Enough of Bush; Kerry should be a better president.

Edwardsville Intelligencer (Illinois) - Distribution: TBA. Note: The Intelligencer endorsed Bush in 2000. Kerry gets nod ...

[hermetic]

50. Riverbend!

http://www.riverbendblog.blogspot.com/
"Who am I hoping will win? Definitely Kerry. There’s no question about it. I want Bush out of the White House at all costs. (And yes- who is *in* the White House *is* my business- Americans, you made it my business when you occupied my country last year)"

[Name removed]

51. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[mrdmk]

52. National: The New Yorker (this something new)

This article is a total bash on Mr. Bush Jr. with history included by a magazine which normally does not do endorsements, one and two does not write about politics. This is a must read!

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?041101ta_talk_editors

[Tesibria]

53. yet another awesome one

It is a great one.

On Sunday, the Financial Times (London) also "endorsed" Kerry.

New endorsements - 10 MORE found today - for Kerry can be found at link below.

[Stargleamer]

54. What about the papers in Wisconsin, esp. Milwaukee, Madison...

and Green Bay? Has anyone heard from them? They seem to be holding out on giving an endorsement until what they see is the right time.

[librarycard]

55. I wrote to every paper in WI, OH and IA, big and small

hoping for a big close on Sunday.

[Tesibria]

57. Wisconsin Papers

.. Milwaukee JS hasn't yet, as far as I know.

The Madison paper - Wisconsin State Journal endorsed Bush.

Known Wisconsin Endorsements for Kerry are:

Racine Journal Times
Kenosha News
Wausau Daily Herald

Links to papers at link below

[LibinMo]

56. Springfield Mo News Leader endorses Kerry

http://springfield.news-leader.com/opinions/ourview/1027-Kerrywillg-211993.html

This is in SW MO, third largest city in the state and a Republican area.

[Bossy Monkey]

58. Honolulu Star-Bulletin on the side of truth and justice, per AP

Two or three others for the evil empire:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NEWSPAPER_ENDORSEMENTS?SITE=SCCOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Link to the actual thing is here:
http://starbulletin.com/2004/10/27/editorial/index.html

[Tesibria]

59. NY, NJ & WI Papers for Kerry

New Jersey: Camden Courier Post - Note: The Courier Post endorsed Bush in 2000.Kerry best on health care, Social Security.

New York: Daily Star - John Kerry for president.

Wisconsin: Capital Times (Madison) - Kerry for president.

Wisconsin: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel - Note: It appears from this year's editorial that the Journal-Sentinel endorsed Bush in 2000.John Kerry for president.

[Tesibria]

60. Florida - Gainesville Sun endorses Kerry

Florida: Gainesville Sun - Kerry for president. Archived Endorsement.

[Bossy Monkey]

61. Wouldja believe... THE ECONOMIST?!!

Oct 28, 3:22 PM EDT

Economist Magazine Endorses Kerry

By IAN PHILLIPS
Associated Press Writer

LONDON (AP) -- The Economist magazine endorsed John Kerry's candidacy for the White House on Thursday, citing what it called the "sheer incompetence" of post-war Iraq planning, and the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, which it said would "haunt America for years to come."

The conservative magazine, which backed the Iraq war, said it was supporting Kerry "with a heavy heart," but that the errors of the Bush administration couldn't be ignored. "Our confidence in him has been shattered," it said in a scathing editorial posted on its Web site.

The Economist last endorsed a Democrat in 1992, when Bill Clinton ran for the presidency. In 2000, it supported Bush.

"This year's battle has been between two deeply flawed men," it said. "George Bush, who has been a radical, transforming president but who has never seemed truly up to the job ... and John Kerry, who often seems to have made up his mind conclusively about something only once, and that was 30 years ago
(more)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRITAIN_ECONOMIST_BACKING_KERRY?SITE=SCCOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[Tesibria]

62. They just keep rollin' in - **14** new endorsements for Kerry

CALIFORNIA: Eureka Times-Standard - In choosing a president, the record is the issue. Note: The Eureka Times-Standard endorsed Bush in 2000.

CALIFORNIA: Hayward Daily Review - John Kerry for president.

CALIFORNIA: Freemont Argus - according to Editor and Publisher.

CALIFORNIA: San Mateo County Times - Kerry: the right man, right time, right place.

COLORADO: Aspen Daily News - John Kerry: The right choice to lead America into the future.

ILLINOIS: Chicago Defender - according to Editor and Publisher.

KANSAS: Emporia Gazette - according to Editor and Publisher.

MASSACHUSETTS: Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield- Kerry for president.

MASSACHUSETTS: Boston Phoenix - Kerry for president: The senator is a worthy choice to succeed the dangerous, secretive Bush.

NORTH CAROLINA: Wilmington Star Record - Someone else for president.

PENNSYLVANIA: Washington Observer-Reporter - according to Editor and Publisher. Note: The Washington Observer-Reporter endorsed Bush in 2000.

RHODE ISLAND: Providence Phoenix - according to Editor and Publisher.

WASHINGTON: Bonner County Daily Bee - Kerry for president: The senator is a worthy choice to succeed the dangerous, secretive Bush.

WISCONSIN: La Crosse Tribune - Our view: Kerry is best equipped to provide the change this country needs. Note: The La Crosse Tribune endorsed Bush in 2000.

[Tesibria]

63. MODERATOR - Please lock - new one for this weekend.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=81845#