sharky
New Yorker
Here's the link to Daily Kos with the editorial in it. The Lone Star Iconoclast seems to be folding under a huge number of hits so I'm using the liberal blog link instead. Excerpts from the editorial:
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.
Kerry's four-point plan for Iraq is realistic, wise, strong, and correct. With the help from our European and Middle Eastern allies, his plan is to train Iraqi security forces, involve Iraqis in their rebuilding and constitution-writing processes, forgive Iraq's multi-billion dollar debts, and convene a regional conference with Iraq's neighbors in order to secure a pledge of respect for Iraq's borders and non-interference in Iraq's internal affairs.
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.