Concord Monitor in NH endorses Kerry

[kerryistheanswer]

FYI....

We chose the candidate best prepared to be president.

To say, on the eve of the First in the Nation Primary, that America is at a crossroads is an understatement. The country is at war on several fronts, mired in Iraq and facing the danger that even more will be asked of its overextended forces. The good will of most of the world's nations has turned to enmity.

On the domestic front the situation is equally perilous. The economy, if it is rebounding, is doing so in a way that promises to leave more and more Americans behind. The nation's health care system is on life support. Red ink spills from the budget, and the national debt has hit $7 trillion. The gap between the haves and have-nots has grown, and the Bush administration's tax policies promise to widen it.

Several of the Democrats seeking the presidency have the ability to alter America's course. But one is better prepared than the rest. Only Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts has well-reasoned and rock-solid answers to every question, foreign or domestic. Kerry is prepared to take office tomorrow.

Kerry's two decades in the U.S. Senate and his service on the Foreign Relations Committee have made him a statesman. He has traveled widely and met with most of the world's leaders. He has been heavily involved in seeking peace in the Middle East and an end to the AIDS epidemic in Africa. In Congress he proved that he has the ability to work with Republicans to break logjams and keep the nation's business moving.

http://www.concordmonitor.com/primarypick/forjohnkerry_011804.shtml

[adadem]

1. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful n/t

[Octafish]

2. For John Kerry

We chose the candidate best prepared to be president.

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People trust Kerry when he speaks because he has thought things through and knows where he stands. He does not advocate one policy one week, another the next. And he strongly believes in what the nation is sorely missing, an open, accountable government.

There are some who fear that a northerner can no longer be chosen to lead this nation. But Kerry's history of service to his country in peacetime and war will serve him well when the race moves out of New Hampshire. The men from the South, Midwest and West who put their faith in him on the Navy patrol boat he commanded in Vietnam's Mekong Delta found that what matters is not where you're from but what you do.

There's no doubting Kerry's courage or patriotism. He served his country heroically in Vietnam while questioning whether he and the men under his command were fighting for a worthy reason. He came to believe that they were not.

When he returned, a war hero with Purple Hearts and a Bronze and Silver Star, he stood before the U.S. Senate and asked a question all leaders should ask before wars are launched, "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" As president, Kerry would be unafraid to lead the nation into war if that was the only option but unlikely to make a call to arms unnecessarily and without allies. Unlike President Bush and most of Kerry's Democratic rivals, he has seen war up close and knows its cost.

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http://www.concordmonitor.com/primarypick/forjohnkerry_011804.shtml

PS: Thanks for the link to a great endorsement, kerryistheanswer! Sen. Kerry would make an outstanding President who would use the power of the office to make life better for ALL Americans.

[sandnsea]

3. Really makes the case

Important endorsement too. Great day!

[DJcairo]

4. Incredible, I'm blown away, Dean seems to be imploding