Last week, we were treated to a report that the Crawford,TX newspaper
"The Lone Star Iconoclast," with a weekly circulation of 425 endorsed
Kerry for president.
This week, the "Lowell Sun," in Lowell, Massachusetts, where Kerry first
started in politics and with a daily circulation far bigger than the
weekly circ of the Iconoclast, strongly endorsed Bush for re-election.
Just in case Herr Baier doesn't report it, I thought I would bring it
up: http://tinyurl.com/3uxut
Endorsement: George W. Bush for president
Sunday, October 03, 2004 - It's about national security.
That's the key issue on the minds of Americans planning to vote in the
Nov. 2 presidential election.
They must decide whether Republican President George W. Bush or Sen.
John F. Kerry, a Democrat, can provide the leadership to safeguard
America from foreign terrorism.
Americans aren't fools. They know that without safe cities and towns,
America will lose its greatness. Our cherished freedoms and sacred
liberties will be diminished, along with our opportunities for economic
prosperity and our basic pursuit of happiness.
Our children and their children will live vastly different lives if we
fail to guarantee a future free of turmoil.
Islamic extremists, both here and abroad, have one purpose: To destroy
America and halt the spread of democracy and religious tolerance around
the globe.
They'd like to be plotting in our streets right now. They'd like to be
sowing murder and mayhem with suicide bombers and hostage-takings, and
spreading fear in the heartland and everywhere else. They'd like to be
wearing us down and bringing our nation to its knees.
Since the devastating terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, one American
leader has maintained an unbending resolve to protect our homeland and
interest against Islamic savages and those foreign governments appeasing
them.
That leader is President Bush.
While out-of-touch U.S. politicians and world leaders have attacked
President Bush's tactics, they can't question his steely commitment to
keep America safe.
In the ashes of ground zero, where nearly 3,000 innocent Americans
perished, President Bush vowed to find the perpetrators, in domestic
cells and distant lands, and bring them to justice. He said he will do
all that is humanly possible and necessary to make certain that
terrorists never strike again on U.S. soil.
Can anyone deny that President Bush has not delivered? America the
terrorists' No. 1 target has recovered from its tragic wounds and
rebounded. It remains safe to this day.
What might a lesser leader have done, faced with the daunting task of
deciding America's course against withering, partisan attacks from
Democrats, media propagandists, disingenuous U.N. officials and disloyal
White House operatives selling their souls for profit during a time of
war?
A lesser leader might have caved in. President Bush has stood his
ground.
In this year's election, the question isn't whether we are safer now
than we were four years ago. We already know the answer. Sure we are and
that's because of President Bush. The critical question is: Four years
from now, will America be safer than it is today?
In our book, Americans have to place their trust in President Bush. He's
proven to be as sturdy as a mighty oak when it comes to saying what he
means, meaning what he says and acting decisively.
When it comes to the war on terror, President Bush means to keep our
military strong and our country secure.
John Kerry, on the other hand, has all the attributes of the shape of
water when it comes to telling us what he believes and what he'd do for
America. Like incoming and outgoing tides, Kerry is content to go with
the flow. In a dangerous world infested with sharks, Kerry would be chum
at America's expense.
We in Massachusetts know John Kerry. He got his first taste of politics
32 years ago in the cities and towns of Greater Lowell.
In his 20 years in the U.S. Senate, Kerry, a Navy war hero, hasn't risen
above the rank of seaman for his uninspiring legislative record. He's
been inconsistent on major issues. First he's for the 1991 Persian Gulf
War, then he opposes it. First he's for the war in Iraq, then he's
against it. First he's for a strong U.S. defense, then he votes against
military weapons programs. First he's for the U.S. Patriot Act, then he
opposes it.
Kerry's solution to stop terrorism? He'd go to the U.N. and build a
consensus. How naive. France's Jacques Chirac, Germany's Gerhard
Schroeder, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and other Iraq oil-for-food
scam artists don't want America to succeed. They want us brought down to
their level. And more and more, Kerry sounds just like them. In a recent
campaign speech, Kerry said America was in the wrong war, in the wrong
place, at the wrong time.
No doubt John Kerry sincerely wants to serve his country, but we believe
he's the wrong man, in the wrong place, at the wrong time.
Americans should think back three years ago to the smoldering ruins of
the World Trade Center. There among the mist lay the images and memories
of fallen firefighters, police, a Catholic chaplain and ordinary working
citizens moms, dads, sons, daughters.
President Bush, through heartfelt tears, told us never to forget the
twisted carnage and the massacre of the innocents. Yet some of us are
forgetting.
President Bush told us the attacks must never happen again. Yet some of
us are wavering because of the brave sacrifice of soldiers that our
nation's security demands.
Well, President Bush hasn't forgotten. Nor has he lost the courage and
conviction to do what is right for America.
We know if there is one thing the enemy fears above all else, it is that
George Bush's iron will is stronger than his iron won't.
The Sun proudly endorses the
re-election of President George W. Bush.
Denys
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