my local paper endorsed Kerry today . . .

[OneBlueSky]

The Journal News, a Gannett suburban newpaper serving Westchester and Rockland Counties in New York . . .

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

Endorsement for the U.S. presidency
October 24, 2004

We endorse John Kerry for president.

We believe the Massachusetts senator has the depth of intellect, strength and wisdom necessary to defend our nation against an expanding array of enemies. He possesses the good character and humility necessary to restore credibility and confidence in a White House damaged on both accounts. He has the tools for building true coalitions at home and abroad, keys to tackling the grave challenges that weigh on a stressed world and our divided nation. He is ready today to make a better America, one that does not stand alone, that is as much respected by its friends as it is feared by its foes.

(snip)

The standing of America has been diminished on the Bush watch. The emerging world view is of a nation harder to follow, more difficult to believe. Make no mistake, the animus extends beyond France and Germany, what Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld damagingly termed "Old Europe." By invading Iraq all-but unilaterally, over the ardent objections of so many nations, the Bush team squandered the bountiful post-9/11 good will — the currency needed to lead disparate nations in the fight against terrorism. Instead of isolating our enemies, the president caused former foes to coalesce. An isolated America stands bloody and mostly alone in Iraq.

The real war on terror has suffered for the Bush White House's miscalculations in and over Iraq. In fact, all other challenges, foreign and domestic, have been subordinated. Nuclear proliferation in Iran and North Korea, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, our unsteady job growth, the weaknesses in the economy, the health-care cost crisis — they all are background noise to suicide-bomb attacks and videos of beheadings. And Osama bin Laden, seldom mentioned these days, has been replaced by a whole new set of killers.

It was the administration's impatience, arrogance and swagger that pushed our allies away in Iraq, during war and reconstruction. These hindrances have been compounded by credibility-damning mistakes. Long ago, White House certitude over Iraq's unconventional weapons gave way to the realization that there simply were no weapons — only faulty intelligence and convenient distortions. Phantom weapons gave way to other justifications for pre-emptive war. The White House, never deterred, said Saddam Hussein was himself a weapon of mass destruction. Still later, the invasion was justified on ground that Saddam merely wanted to possess unconventional weapons. That, of course, is something different from an imminent threat. What despot wouldn't want such weapons? Nor it is why America was asked to send its sons and daughters into battle, or why President Bush asked the world to follow. Obfuscation hasn't masked the blunders or closed the credibility gap.

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

[louis c]

1. Who was that dope

from Syun Yung Moon's paper, the Washington times.

Brankley or something.

He not only looks like Ralph Kramden, he made as much sense as the old Jackie Gleason character did.


humuna humana humuna.

[realFedUp]

2. It's refreshing to still see editors making some decisions...

instead of the publisher as we've seen
with some of the larger newspapers.
It gives one heart.

[Arugula Latte]

3. Bueno!

:thumbsup:

[ZombieNixon]

4. Good.

Yours balances out mine.

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