{"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&#8217;s hometown paper endorses Kerry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10157,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.reuters.com\\\/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&amp;storyID=6356211&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20050310044011\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.reuters.com:80\\\/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 01:57:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:401},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 04:22:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:401},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 05:48:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:401}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 05:48:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:401},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10158,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/republicoft.typepad.com\\\/republic_of_t\\\/2004\\\/09\\\/you_know_your_i.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20100710223555\\\/http:\\\/\\\/republicoft.typepad.com\\\/republic_of_t\\\/2004\\\/09\\\/you_know_your_i.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 01:57:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 05:48:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 05:48:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10159,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/scoop.agonist.org\\\/story\\\/2004\\\/9\\\/28\\\/11482\\\/5709&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20050513180826\\\/http:\\\/\\\/scoop.agonist.org\\\/story\\\/2004\\\/9\\\/28\\\/11482\\\/5709&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 01:57:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:526},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 05:48:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 05:48:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10160,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/news.iconoclast-texas.com\\\/web\\\/Columns\\\/Editorial\\\/editorial39.htm&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20080516193448\\\/http:\\\/\\\/news.iconoclast-texas.com\\\/web\\\/Columns\\\/Editorial\\\/editorial39.htm&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 01:57:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 05:48:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 05:48:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10161,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.dailykos.com\\\/story\\\/2004\\\/9\\\/28\\\/125045\\\/132&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260123023514\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.dailykos.com\\\/story\\\/2004\\\/9\\\/28\\\/125045\\\/132&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 01:57:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 05:48:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 05:48:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Ouch. That&#8217;s gotta sting &#8212; the newspaper for Bush&#8217;s adopted hometown of Crawford, TX has expressed its discontent with Bush&#8217;s presidency and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&amp;storyID=6356211\" title=\"Bush's Hometown Newspaper Endorses Kerry\">endorsed John Kerry for President<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  The weekly Lone Star Iconoclast criticized Bush&#8217;s handling of the war in Iraq and for turning budget surpluses into record deficits. The editorial also criticized Bush&#8217;s proposals on Social Security and Medicare.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;The publishers of The Iconoclast endorsed Bush four years ago, based on the things he promised, not on this smoke-screened agenda,&#8221; the newspaper said in its editorial. &#8220;Today, we are endorsing his opponent, John Kerry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  It urged &#8220;Texans not to rate the candidate by his hometown or even his political party, but instead by where he intends to take the country.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/republicoft.typepad.com\/republic_of_t\/2004\/09\/you_know_your_i.html\" title=\"You Know You're in Trouble\">Terrence<\/a>, via <a href=\"http:\/\/scoop.agonist.org\/story\/2004\/9\/28\/11482\/5709\" title=\"Bush's Hometown Newspaper Endorses Kerry\">The Agonist<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Update: <a href=\"http:\/\/news.iconoclast-texas.com\/web\/Columns\/Editorial\/editorial39.htm\" title=\"Kerry Will Restore American Dignity\">Here&#8217;s the editorial itself<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Few Americans would have voted for George W. Bush four years ago if he had promised that, as President, he would:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Empty the Social Security trust fund by \\$507 billion to help offset fiscal irresponsibility and at the same time slash Social Security benefits.<\/li>\n<li>Cut Medicare by 17 percent and reduce veterans&#8217; benefits and military pay.<\/li>\n<li>Eliminate overtime pay for millions of Americans and raise oil prices by 50 percent.<\/li>\n<li>Give tax cuts to businesses that sent American jobs overseas, and, in fact, by policy encourage their departure.<\/li>\n<li>Give away billions of tax dollars in government contracts without competitive bids.<\/li>\n<li>Involve this country in a deadly and highly questionable war, and<\/li>\n<li>Take a budget surplus and turn it into the worst deficit in the history of the United States, creating a debt in just four years that will take generations to repay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  These were elements of a hidden agenda that surfaced only after he took office.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2004\/9\/28\/125045\/132\" title=\"Crawford, Texas Paper ENDORSES KERRY\">The Daily Kos<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ouch. That&#8217;s gotta sting &mdash; the newspaper for Bush&#8217;s adopted hometown of Crawford, TX has expressed its discontent with Bush&#8217;s presidency and endorsed John Kerry for President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2042],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-2833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}