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Thu 09/30/04 at 11:34 am

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Kerry Support Rebounds

Thu 09/30/04 at 11:00 am

Introduction and Summary: Kerry Support Rebounds, Race Again Even

Note in particular that Kerry has a higher Favorable rating and lower Unfavorable rating than Bush. mjh


Choose the Candidate Questions

Thu 09/30/04 at 10:56 am

Cast your vote in the Youth Debate - New Voters Project Presidential Youth Debate

President Bush and Senator Kerry have agreed - in writing - to answer the 12 previously unasked questions that young Americans choose as most important to them. The candidates are officially paying attention. They’ll be giving you the unique answers you need to vote November 2nd for the future you want.


Bush’s Top Ten Flip-Flops

Wed 09/29/04 at 3:37 pm

Bush’s Top Ten Flip-Flops by David Paul Kuhn

  1. Weapons of Mass Destruction
  2. Nation Building and the War in Iraq
  3. Iraq and the Sept. 11 Attacks
  4. The Sept. 11 Commission
  5. Free Trade
  6. Homeland Security Department
  7. Same-Sex Marriage
  8. Winning the War on Terror
  9. Campaign Finance Reform
  10. Gas Prices

Protestors! Really?

Wed 09/29/04 at 3:29 pm

washingtonpost.com)” href=”http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59599-2004Sep29.html”>Cheney Says Kerry Too Soft on Terror (washingtonpost.com)

The hourlong event was held at a country-themed restaurant on the edge of the Twin Cities. A dozen invited small business owners surrounded Cheney and his wife, Lynne.

Across the street, four relatives of a Minnesota Marine killed in Iraq, Lance Cpl. Levi Angell, 20, of Cloquet, protested.

Angell’s grandmother, Lila, called the war a “useless, needless fix we’re in.”


Eisenhower Against Bush

Wed 09/29/04 at 3:05 pm

Another View: Why I will vote for John Kerry for President By JOHN EISENHOWER

As son of a Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, it is automatically expected by many that I am a Republican. For 50 years, through the election of 2000, I was. With the current administration’s decision to invade Iraq unilaterally, however, I changed my voter registration to independent, and barring some utterly unforeseen development, I intend to vote for the Democratic Presidential candidate, Sen. John Kerry. …

Today many people are rightly concerned about our precious individual freedoms, our privacy, the basis of our democracy. Of course we must fight terrorism, but have we irresponsibly gone overboard in doing so? I wonder. In 1960, President Eisenhower told the Republican convention, “If ever we put any other value above (our) liberty, and above principle, we shall lose both.” I would appreciate hearing such warnings from the Republican Party of today.


How to Debate George Bush

Wed 09/29/04 at 1:09 pm

Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: How to Debate George Bush” href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/29/opinion/29gore.html?hp”>The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: How to Debate George Bush By AL GORE

The biggest single difference between the debates this year and four years ago is that President Bush cannot simply make promises. He has a record. And I hope that voters will recall the last time Mr. Bush stood on stage for a presidential debate.

• If elected, he said, he would support allowing Americans to buy prescription drugs from Canada.

• He promised that his tax cuts would create millions of new jobs.

• He vowed to end partisan bickering in Washington.

• Above all, he pledged that if he put American troops into combat: “The force must be strong enough so that the mission can be accomplished. And the exit strategy needs to be well defined.”

Comparing these grandiose promises to his failed record, it’s enough to make anyone want to, well, sigh.


Evil in Pakistan

Wed 09/29/04 at 11:57 am

Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Sentenced to Be Raped” href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/29/opinion/29kris.html?hp”>The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Sentenced to Be Raped By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

So although I did not find Osama, I did encounter a much more ubiquitous form of evil and terror: a culture, stretching across about half the globe, that chews up women and spits them out.

We in the West could help chip away at that oppression, with health and literacy programs and by simply speaking out against it, just as we once stood up against slavery and totalitarianism. But instead of standing beside fighters like Ms. Mukhtaran, we’re still sitting on the fence.

A dreadful, shocking, monstrous injustice. These are our allies? mjh


First Editorial Endorsing Kerry?

Wed 09/29/04 at 11:40 am

The Lone Star ICONOCLAST - Editorial, Opinion of the Publishers

The re-election of George W. Bush would be a mandate to continue on our present course of chaos. We cannot afford to double the debt that we already have. We need to be moving in the opposite direction.

John Kerry has 30 years of experience looking out for the American people and can navigate our country back to prosperity and re-instill in America the dignity she so craves and deserves. He has served us well as a highly decorated Vietnam veteran and has had a successful career as a district attorney, lieutenant governor, and senator.

Kerry has a positive vision for America, plus the proven intelligence, good sense, and guts to make it happen.

That’s why The Iconoclast urges Texans not to rate the candidate by his hometown or even his political party, but instead by where he intends to take the country.

The Iconoclast wholeheartedly endorses John Kerry.

Be sure to read this entire editorial endorsing Kerry and debunking Bush, not just because it’s from his hometown newspaper, but because it is very thorough and very clear and represents the view of the misled. mjh


‘Again, he let us down.’

Wed 09/29/04 at 11:38 am

The Lone Star ICONOCLAST - Editorial, Opinion of the Publishers

Few Americans would have voted for George W. Bush four years ago if he had promised that, as President, he would:

• Empty the Social Security trust fund by $507 billion to help offset fiscal irresponsibility and at the same time slash Social Security benefits.

• Cut Medicare by 17 percent and reduce veterans’ benefits and military pay.

• Eliminate overtime pay for millions of Americans and raise oil prices by 50 percent.

• Give tax cuts to businesses that sent American jobs overseas, and, in fact, by policy encourage their departure.

• Give away billions of tax dollars in government contracts without competitive bids.

• Involve this country in a deadly and highly questionable war, and

• 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.

These were elements of a hidden agenda that surfaced only after he took office.

The publishers of The Iconoclast endorsed Bush four years ago, based on the things he promised, not on this smoke-screened agenda.

Today, we are endorsing his opponent, John Kerry, based not only on the things that Bush has delivered, but also on the vision of a return to normality that Kerry says our country needs.

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 terrorism and Iraq. …

In those dark hours after the World Trade Center attacks, Americans rallied together with a new sense of patriotism. We were ready to follow Bush’s lead through any travail.

He let us down.

When he finally emerged from his hide-outs on remote military bases well after the first crucial hours following the attack, he gave sound-bytes instead of solutions.
He did not trust us to be ready to sacrifice, build up our public and private security infrastructure, or cut down on our energy use to put economic pressure on the enemy in all the nations where he hides. He merely told us to shop, spend, and pretend nothing was wrong. …

We trusted him.

The Iconoclast, the President’s hometown newspaper, took Bush on his word and editorialized in favor of the invasion. The newspaper’s publisher promoted Bush and the invasion of Iraq to Londoners in a BBC interview during the time that the administration was wooing the support of Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Again, he let us down. …

Instead we were duped into following yet another privileged agenda. …

The re-election of George W. Bush would be a mandate to continue on our present course of chaos. We cannot afford to double the debt that we already have. We need to be moving in the opposite direction.
John Kerry has 30 years of experience looking out for the American people and can navigate our country back to prosperity and re-instill in America the dignity she so craves and deserves. He has served us well as a highly decorated Vietnam veteran and has had a successful career as a district attorney, lieutenant governor, and senator.

Kerry has a positive vision for America, plus the proven intelligence, good sense, and guts to make it happen.

That’s why The Iconoclast urges Texans not to rate the candidate by his hometown or even his political party, but instead by where he intends to take the country.
The Iconoclast wholeheartedly endorses John Kerry.


Canines For Kerry

Wed 09/29/04 at 10:52 am

Kerry & Edwards

From http://www.canines4kerry.com/:

Our “Canines For Kerry” rally is happening this Saturday, October 2nd, from noon to 3 p.m., in the parking lot at the New Mexico Victory 2004 Headquarters at 3301 Central NE (two blocks west of Carlisle in Nob Hill). We’ll have a dog parade, fun contests, great prizes, and treats generously donated by Three Dog Bakery. I’ve attached a flyer with more information which I hope you’ll print and post wherever you think appropriate. We want to get a lot of people and pooches out to show their support for John Kerry and John Edwards!
Continue reading Canines For Kerry…


Take Back the District and the House — Vote for Richard Romero

Wed 09/29/04 at 10:47 am

My name is Richard Romero, and I am running for Congress to be your Representative in Washington, DC. But in order to do that I need your help. I need your vote on Election Day. Visit my web site at www.richardromeroforcongress.com for more information about my campaign, to sign up to volunteer, to donate, or even to view my latest television commercial.

This district is important if Democrats are to regain seat in the US House and it is also a critical district for John Kerry if he is going to win New Mexico.
Continue reading Take Back the District and the House — Vote for Richard Romero…


York Worthy of ‘Honorable’ Title

Wed 09/29/04 at 9:44 am

ABQjournal: Letters to the Editor

I HAVE KNOWN Judge Wendy York for many years. She is, without a doubt, one of the finest, most qualified judges New Mexico has ever had. She is smart, wise, dedicated, efficient and judicious.

Her ethics are impeccable; her integrity without reproach. In a past judicial poll, her ratings by all who appeared before her were 96 percent to 98 percent in every category. Despite her many professional accomplishments, she conducts herself without a trace of arrogance.

If those who unfairly malign her over one decision out of thousands had done any research, they would have found that Judge York is eminently worthy of the title “honorable.”

MERRI RUDD
Bernalillo County Probate Judge, Albuquerque

When campaign finance reform was being debated, Republicans bellowed that money was equal to free speech, that limiting anyone’s right to give money to any cause was a violation of free speech (even though this means rich people have more free speech than poor people). Funny, I don’t see Republicans coming to the defense of York’s free speech right. mjh


The “Willie Horton” Ad Of 2004?

Tue 09/28/04 at 6:37 pm

FactCheck.org The “Willie Horton” Ad Of 2004?

Republican group’s ad shows Osama, Kerry. It appeals to fear, and twists Kerry’s record on defense, intelligence, Iraq.

Summary

An ad by the Republican group “Progress for America Voter Fund ,” mostly funded by wealthy GOP donors, suggests Kerry can’t defend against terrorists “who want to kill us.” It shows images of Osama bin Laden and the attacks of September 11, 2001.

The ad claims Kerry has “a 30-year record of supporting cuts in defense and intelligence,” misleading charges that we’ve de-bunked before. It also accuses Kerry of “endlessly changing positions on Iraq,” a claim that is without factual basis.

Kerry responded with his own ad, quoting a New York Times editorial calling the Bush campaign’s recent statements about Kerry and terrorism “despicable.”


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