St. Paul Pioneer Press endorses Bush

[mac56]

Though tepidly. They admit they're endorsing Bush as they thought of him four years ago.

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/editorial/10049862.htm?1c


Snip:

We endorsed Bush's candidacy four years ago with these words: "He has led his party smartly toward the political center on key issues. … Bush has emerged as the more energetic, creative, unifying leader, eager to challenge habitual assumptions of his party and his nation and seek out practical compromise solutions to the complex problems confronting America."

This is the George Bush that we would like again to endorse, the president who will govern from the middle, who pursues policies that unite, rather than divide. The president who understands that tax cuts are not a gift from a generous government, but rather the results of a frugal government living within its means and taking less from its citizens as a result. The president who holds close to his heart the notions of smaller government, individual liberty and unfettered opportunity for all Americans. The president who knows instinctively that tariffs on foreign steel and farm subsidies are antithetical to free markets, no matter how many votes they might buy in the Rust Belt or the Upper Midwest. This is the George Bush that the Pioneer Press endorses for president.

[hadrons]

1. but, that George W. Bush doesn't exist now and never did

[kikiek]

2. Reminds me of a little girl playing dream man. All fantasy is what

you fell in love with, and it doesn't really exist.

[MrModerate]

3. I think this is the other side of tepid . . .

and it strikes me as a backhanded dis-endorsement.

Don't know the St. Paul area personally, but surely even pro-Bush subscribers to this paper must realize that what's being described has zilch to do with Bush!