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GaRebelRunner
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 Posted: 09/28/04 - 20:48 Post subject: Bush hometown paper endorses Kerry
Bush's 'hometown newspaper' endorses Kerry
Associated Press
Published on: 09/28/04
A weekly newspaper that bills itself as President Bush's hometown paper endorsed John Kerry for president, saying the Massachusetts senator will restore American dignity.
The Lone Star Iconoclast, which has a circulation of 425, said in an editorial dated Sept. 29 that 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.
The Iconoclast, established in 2000, said it endorsed Bush that year. It also said it editorialized in support of the invasion of Iraq, and publisher W. Leon Smith promoted Bush and the invasion in a British Broadcasting Corp. interview, believing Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction.
"Instead we were duped into following yet another privileged agenda," the editorial said.
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."
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Posted: 09/28/04 - 22:54 Post subject:
Maybe they can use the Kinko's in Abeline to increase their circulation? 
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DCRunningDiva
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 05:11 Post subject:
| sonnylax wrote: | | Maybe they can use the Kinko's in Abeline to increase their circulation? |
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copteacher
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 05:33 Post subject:
heck a ditto machine at the one room school house could do better.
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Cappy
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 05:56 Post subject:
I never cared whom my local paper endorsed as a candidate. The only endorsement that the candidates should worry about is the voters. Papers don't vote
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GaRebelRunner
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 06:18 Post subject:
Yes, it's a pretty sad state of affairs when Dubya can't even get rural America in his hometown to endorse him. Fear doesn't rule everyone, even in Crawfordville, Texas.
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 06:41 Post subject:
| GaRebelRunner wrote: | | Yes, it's a pretty sad state of affairs when Dubya can't even get rural America in his hometown to endorse him. Fear doesn't rule everyone, even in Crawfordville, Texas. |
Do you think W really cares about the Crawfordville endorsement?
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 07:32 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | | heck a ditto machine at the one room school house could do better. |
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 07:34 Post subject:
Darn that liberal media!
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 08:01 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: | | Darn that liberal media! |
like any newspaper would endorse a Repub.
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sonnylax
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 09:10 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: | | Darn that liberal media! |
This one is for you Pugster!
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 09:13 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: |
Do you think W really cares about the Crawfordville endorsement? |
where the heck is Crawfordville anyway? I thought that GWB considered Midland his hometown?????
note: paper est. 2000? puts up flags with me. hmmmmm
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 09:15 Post subject:
| sonnylax wrote: |
This one is for you Pugster!
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That's a great picture!
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 09:33 Post subject:
| runaroundsue wrote: | | note: paper est. 2000? puts up flags with me. hmmmmm |
Oh, it gets better then that sue. The newspaper was established in 2000 (around the time of the last election) by W. Leon Smith. The same person ran unsuccessfully for the Texas State House of Representatives. Think he just might have an axe to grind?
Links:
http://www.io.com/~velte/demcands98.htm
(Scroll down to State Representative District 58)
and
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/1998dp.pdf
(Page 7 of the PDF file).
Once again, our friends in the liberal media are exposed.
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 10:20 Post subject:
| sonnylax wrote: |
Oh, it gets better then that sue. The newspaper was established in 2000 (around the time of the last election) by W. Leon Smith. The same person ran unsuccessfully for the Texas State House of Representatives. Think he just might have an axe to grind?
Links:
http://www.io.com/~velte/demcands98.htm
(Scroll down to State Representative District 5
and
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/1998dp.pdf
(Page 7 of the PDF file).
Once again, our friends in the liberal media are exposed. |
Oooh yeah, one paper and it's a conspiracy.
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