Philadelphia Inquirer endorses KERRY!!

[friesianrider]

Kerry for President
The Philadelphia Inquirer


The choice is vivid. The stakes are vast.

Our nation is threatened by jihad warriors who scoff at boundaries. It stumbles toward a fiscal ruin that will punish our children. The rules that protect our air, water and health are weaker than we know. When 45 million of our neighbors fall ill, they have no insurance card to hand to the doctor.

We boast of exporting liberty and rule of law, yet watch them erode at home. A hooded prisoner on a box has replaced a soaring lady with a lamp as the global icon of America's intentions. Our national discourse has grown peevish, choking on distortion and bile.

On Nov. 2, we can return to office the man who, since 2001, has spawned some of those ills and shown a shaky touch at healing the others.

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[irancontra]

1. sweet... nicely written

[sandersadu]

4. Great

Even better that they're doing this for the next 21 days til the election, present specific issues and reasons to vote for Kerry. I hope the campaign is taking note.

[SeanQ]

2. Yay!

Very nice!

[msturgis524]

3. Thats great

Another powerful case.

[aldian159]

5. Nice

nothing like a major paper in a swing state endorsing you.

Great stuff as well. Although I live in Chicago, I will have to check out the 21 day editorials they talked about.

[RubyDuby in GA]

6. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution endorsed Kerry yesterday

And this is right-wing red country....

OUR OPINION: EDITORIAL: In the real world, Kerry a better fit
Bush has shown he lacks flexibility, competence, while challenger looks for policies that will work
Staff
Sunday, October 10, 2004

There's an unusual urgency to the electoral process this year, reflected in higher attendance at campaign rallies, record-breaking viewership of presidential debates and soaring voter registration numbers, not to mention an increase in heated debates over the dinner table. Americans across the political spectrum seem to recognize that the next four years will be a difficult and challenging time in our nation's history, and that the leadership we choose will set our course for many years to come.

And as always when a president is running for re-election, the main issue will be the record of the incumbent, President George W. Bush, and what it suggests about his leadership in a potential second term. Unfortunately, that record is grounds for grave concern.

That concern goes beyond mere differences about policy to questions about basic competence. Too often, Bush has seemed to disdain rational analysis of a situation in favor of a rigid, unbending ideology that recognizes no shading of gray. The world that Bush describes, and the world as it exists, are often two different places.



http://www.ajc.com/print/content/epaper/editions/sunday/opinion_14860ba624df01a400a0.html