September 28, 2004, 03:25 PM
Chronicle gives voice to baseless editorial
The Chronicle reported today that the Lone Star Iconoclast (Crawford, Texas), “President Bush’s hometown paper” endorsed Kerry. The Chronicle quoted the editorial:
…Texans should rate the candidates not by hometown or political party, but by where they intend to take the country.
“Four items trouble us the most about the Bush administration: his initiatives to disable the Social Security system, the deteriorating state of the American economy, a dangerous shift away from the basic freedoms established by our founding fathers, and his continuous mistakes regarding Iraq,” the editorial said.
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The newspaper praised Kerry for “30 years of experience looking out for the American people” and lauded his background as “a highly decorated Vietnam veteran.”
The editorial says to rate candidates on “where they intend to take the country.” Any non-partisan person should be able to realize that President Bush is not attempting to “disable” the Social Security System but to fix an already disabled system.
Bush is not “deteriorating” the economy but has led the nation in one of its greatest recoveries. He has taken America from recession, corporate scandals, 9/11 and the technology bubble to levels equal to what they where before he took office and without a bubble. If the Iconoclast is speaking of the Patriot Act as Bush’s way of taking away basic freedoms, Kerry voted for it.
If they are talking about weapons of mass destruction as mistakes in Iraq, Kerry voted for the war based on the same intelligence. Let me remind them that it took years to restore democracy in Europe and many more lives. When World War II was over, the violence and resistance still raged on.
President Bush wants to take us to a safer place, with a continuingly greater economy, that includes financial security for our seniors.
I wonder if the Iconoclast realizes that Kerry’s 30 years of “looking out for the American people” includes many years of increasing their taxes and cutting spending on their security.
I would like to thank the Chronicle for giving a voice to this little paper with a “circulation of 425.” Your agenda is clear.
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