Minneapolis Star-Tribune's endorsement of Kerry.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

Long steeped in U.S. foreign policy, Kerry understands that safeguarding Americans and pursuing national interests require strong alliances and deft diplomacy -- that the exercise of military power by itself does little but breed resentment. He knows that an indispensable part of the United States' power to lead in the world derives from its status as a beacon of freedom, morality and justice. Kerry recognizes that to prevail in the struggle against terrorism, America must return to the moral high ground rather than unilaterally pursue a perverted, narrow vision of its national interest.

At home Kerry would roll back Bush's tax cuts to the nation's wealthiest taxpayers, now the chief cause of massive federal deficits, and work to shore up the middle class. He has presented a sound plan for affordable health care, while shunning GOP efforts to privatize pieces of Medicare and Social Security. He would reverse Bush's devious dismantling of environmental protections, and he would preserve the safety net that protects America's most vulnerable citizens.

Great presidential leadership harnesses keen policy insight, brilliant use of executive skills and the ability to inspire American citizens -- appealing to their highest aspirations and uniting them in pursuit of the nation's noblest values.

At the very least, the presidency requires stewardship: of America's people and the economy that sustains them, of the Constitution that guides and protects them, and of the United States' singular leadership in the world. President Bush has profoundly failed these requirements....

http://www.startribune.com/stories/561/5035411.html

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Wow.

Somewhere, a simian nose is bleeding...

[Doosh]

2. very nice

[Cha]

3. Now this is an endorsement!

"Nothing in President Bush's performance has been more damaging to U.S. strength and security than his wholesale redefinition of America's relationship with other nations. Disdainful of policy nuances, Bush relied on a small group of advisers to craft a dangerous departure from consultative foreign policy. He spurned the International Criminal Court, the Kyoto Protocol and the Biological Weapons Convention. Relying almost solely on military muscle to do his will in the world, he projected an attitude that said: We'll do what we want; fall in line behind us or lump it. This dangerous unilateralism, apparent early in Bush's tenure, became crystal clear after the tragedy of 9/11

bush's endorsements are kinda halfassed embarrassments..