HELL YEAH! DAILY PRESS, VA PENINSULA'S (NEWPORT NEWS,

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HAMPTON, ETC. DAILY NEWSPAPER, ENDORSES OUR MAN!!!!!!!!!!!)

Ok, not very warm and fuzzy, but hey, the Daily Depress and the Pilot? Not bad for two papers in freeperville!

http://www.dailypress.com/news/opinion/dp-01834sy0oct24,0,4955353.story?coll=dp-opinion-editorials

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If political instincts and habit rule, a majority of Hampton Roads residents who go to the polls on Nov. 2 would be inclined - in normal times - to re-elect President Bush. These are not normal times.

The nation faces challenges, foreign and domestic, of historic proportion, and George Bush's record over the past four years builds a solid case for change. His Democratic opponent, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, is hardly an inspiring alternative. But he has shown in this campaign that he is a thoughtful man who recognizes and will try to correct the mistakes of the Bush administration. Inspiring or not, that is a better alternative than four more years of flawed, divisive choices.

George W. Bush, being largely responsible for soaring deficits, a misdirected war in Iraq and an excessively ideological and divisive agenda, deserves to be replaced.

A change in the White House will end the excesses of one-party domination. No single president will solve all of the complicated problems the nation faces, but John Kerry promises to start us back in the right direction - to an America where moderation is the tone in social policy, where responsibility is the rule in tax and spending policy, and where the commander-in-chief's leadership, like the threat against freedom, is truly global.

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1. WOW!

Just WOW!

That is awesome!!!!!!!!!!

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3. Yup; it kicks Bush's "underpants"! ? LOL!

This is my hometown paper (though I live in Richmond). I'm so "pherklempt" (choked up)!

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2. HELL YES, This Daily Press endorsement STINGS for Bush!!

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4. More indictments (snips):

But he is wrong about too much. He was wrong about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. About the troop levels needed in Iraq. About the relationship between Iraq and al-Qaida. These misjudgments bring consequences.

North Korea's nuclear capabilities have increased as our focus and our resources have moved to Iraq. Nuclear proliferation is perhaps the gravest danger facing the world today. Our relations with trusted allies have deteriorated. Our military - the finest in the world by far - is stretched too far. Our credibility with the world is undermined. It was the failure of Bush to pass a "global test" when he launched a pre-emptive war against Iraq that damaged our standing in the world, making it not a safer place for Americans, but a more dangerous place.

And because of this misguided, consuming focus on Iraq, other steps that need to be taken to make America safer have been neglected. Port security is a prime example. It and other components of homeland security have not received adequate funding, and much of the money that is available is misdirected.

No easy solutions are in store for Iraq. No easy exit for America. But the place to begin is to hold accountable the man responsible for making such a hash of things. After 9-11, the United States enjoyed a position in the world unparalleled in history. As the headline on the front of the French newspaper Le Monde said on Sept. 12, 2001, "We are all Americans." Bush has squandered that opportunity. Kerry claims he will reinvigorate the traditional U.S. policy of strong alliances. A policy that helped us defeat communism. A policy that, if successful, will better help us lead the world against the terrorist threat.

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5. Sorry; I'm enjoying this TOO much!

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President Bush, who lost the popular vote and won an electoral vote majority only after an extended court battle, has governed as if he enjoyed a mandate. He does not. Instead of finding a middle ground, he has pressed the edges. Instead of being a uniter, he has been a divider. His tax cuts embraced the extreme anti-tax thinking of his party, yet he failed to insist on a counterbalancing cut in spending. His case for war against Iraq, made with an aggressive insistence that didn't hold up when the facts became clear, fractured both world and national opinion. On cultural issues at home - gay marriage, abortion, gun control, stem-cell research - he has pressed a right-wing agenda at odds with many members of his own party.

The Republicans control the Senate, the House of Representatives and the White House. Under their command, the war against terrorism has become commingled with the mess in Iraq. Federal spending has no responsible connection with federal tax policy. And the nation is fiercely divided.

George W. Bush, being largely responsible for soaring deficits, a misdirected war in Iraq and an excessively ideological and divisive agenda, deserves to be replaced.