{"id":2833,"date":"2004-09-28T08:40:49","date_gmt":"2004-09-28T22:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/09\/28\/bushs-hometown-paper-endorses-kerry\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T09:18:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T17:18:57","slug":"bushs-hometown-paper-endorses-kerry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/09\/28\/bushs-hometown-paper-endorses-kerry\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush’s hometown paper endorses Kerry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ouch. That’s gotta sting — the newspaper for Bush’s adopted hometown of Crawford, TX has expressed its discontent with Bush’s presidency and endorsed John Kerry for President<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n The weekly Lone Star Iconoclast criticized Bush’s handling of the war in Iraq and for turning budget surpluses into record deficits. The editorial also criticized Bush’s proposals on Social Security and Medicare.<\/p>\n

“The publishers of The Iconoclast endorsed Bush four years ago, based on the things he promised, not on this smoke-screened agenda,” the newspaper said in its editorial. “Today, we are endorsing his opponent, John Kerry.”<\/p>\n

It urged “Texans not to rate the candidate by his hometown or even his political party, but instead by where he intends to take the country.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(via Terrence<\/a>, via The Agonist<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Update: Here’s the editorial itself<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n Few Americans would have voted for George W. Bush four years ago if he had promised that, as President, he would:<\/p>\n