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George W. Bush for President (Chicago Tribune Endorsement)
Chicago Tribune ^ | October 17, 2004

Posted on 10/17/2004 11:23:30 AM PDT by RWR8189

One by one, Americans typically settle on a presidential candidate after weighing his, and his rival's, views on the mosaic of issues that each of us finds important.

Some years, though, force vectors we didn't anticipate turn some of our usual priorities--our pet causes, our own economic interest--into narcissistic luxuries. As Election Day nears, the new force vectors drive our decision-making.

This is one of those years--distinct in ways best framed by Sen. John McCain, perhaps this country's most broadly respected politician. Seven weeks ago, McCain looked with chilling calm into TV cameras and told Americans, with our rich diversity of clashing worldviews, what is at stake for every one of us in the first presidential election since Sept. 11 of 2001:

"So it is, whether we wished it or not, that we have come to the test of our generation, to our rendezvous with destiny. ... All of us, despite the differences that enliven our politics, are united in the one big idea that freedom is our birthright and its defense is always our first responsibility. All other responsibilities come second." If we waver, McCain said, "we will fail the one mission no American generation has ever failed--to provide to our children a stronger, better country than the one we were blessed to inherit."

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicagotribune; endorsement; fourmoreyears; israel; trib; tribune

1 posted on 10/17/2004 11:23:31 AM PDT by RWR8189
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To: RWR8189

Chicago Tribune???


2 posted on 10/17/2004 11:24:32 AM PDT by EggsAckley (............so many vanities............................so little bandwidth..................)
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To: RWR8189

I could hardly believe it. They NEVER had anything positive to say about President Bush and never said anything negative about Kerry. Do you think that maybe they did this to get back all the conservatives that cancelled their subscriptions? It won't work.


3 posted on 10/17/2004 11:27:29 AM PDT by Merry
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To: RWR8189

With news like this hitting all over the place it's safe to assume that the DUmbohadeen will be plotting a demojihad.


4 posted on 10/17/2004 11:28:44 AM PDT by cripplecreek (The economy won't matter if you're dead.)
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To: EggsAckley

I say give credit where credit is due. Thank you, Tribune, for your candor.


5 posted on 10/17/2004 11:30:40 AM PDT by Genoa
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To: All
On the most crucial issue of our time, Kerry has serially dodged for political advantage. Through much of the 2004 election cycle, he used his status as a war hero as an excuse not to have a coherent position on America's national security. Even now, when Kerry grasps a microphone, it can be difficult to fathom who is speaking--the war hero, or the anti-war hero.

Ouch

6 posted on 10/17/2004 11:38:04 AM PDT by RWR8189 (Its Morning in America Again!)
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To: Genoa

Probably the most non partisan thing I have read yet.....very truthful.


7 posted on 10/17/2004 11:41:23 AM PDT by Republic Rocker
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To: RWR8189; TheRightGuy; unspun

Breaking Prophectic News: After Thursday's Debate between Alan Keyes and Osama Obama, the Chicago Tribune also endorses Alan Keyes for Senator of Illinois!!


8 posted on 10/17/2004 11:47:05 AM PDT by chicagolady (Mexican Elite say: EXPORT Poverty Let the American Taxpayer foot the bill !)
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To: RWR8189

the chicago tribune???

did someone at rainbow/push die and let them off their leash?


9 posted on 10/17/2004 11:49:19 AM PDT by King Prout (yo! sKerry: "Live by the flip, die by the flop." - Frank_Discussion)
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To: RWR8189

How often, and in what years, has the Tribune not endorsed the winner of a statewide or presidential race?


10 posted on 10/17/2004 12:03:21 PM PDT by supercat (If Kerry becomes President, nothing bad will happen for which he won't have an excuse.)
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To: RWR8189
Bush's sense of a president's duty to defend America is wider in scope than Kerry's, more ambitious in its tactics, more prone, frankly, to yield both casualties and lasting results. This is the stark difference on which American voters should choose a president.

There is much the current president could have done differently over the last four years. There are lessons he needs to have learned. And there are reasons--apart from the global perils likely to dominate the next presidency--to recommend either of these two good candidates.

But for his resoluteness on the defining challenge of our age--a resoluteness John Kerry has not been able to demonstrate--the Chicago Tribune urges the re-election of George W. Bush as president of the United States.

11 posted on 10/17/2004 1:37:36 PM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (http://www.drunkenbuffoonery.com/mboards/)
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To: RWR8189

We flew back home to California yesterday afternoon from Chicago.

Did hell freeze over in Chicago after the plane left Chicago?


12 posted on 10/17/2004 2:23:22 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (When will the ABCNNBC BS lunatic libs stop Rathering to Americans? Answer: NEVER!)
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To: RWR8189
Its a surprise - a Lefty Chicago paper owned by the Times Mirror Company. Its outed Jim Ryan and is sister to L.A's the Dog Trainer. I was stunned to see them endorse Bush. Interesting when you consider IL is a lock for Kerry next month.
13 posted on 10/17/2004 3:04:12 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: EggsAckley; Merry; Grampa Dave
For reference:

Endorsed Bush Endorsed Gore  
  1. Albany Democrat-Herald (Oregon)
  2. Albuquerque Journal
  3. Allentown Morning Call
  4. Altoona Mirror (Pennsylvania)
  5. Amarillo Globe-News (Texas)
  6. Ann Arbor News
  7. Arizona Republic
  8. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  9. Arlington Heights Daily Herald (Illinois)
  10. Asbury Park Press (New Jersey)
  11. Atlanta Journal
  12. Atlantic City Press
  13. Austin American Statesman
  14. Bakersfield Californian
  15. Bangor Daily News (Maine)
  16. Beloit Daily News (Wisconsin)
  17. Bend-Bulletin (Oregon)
  18. Benton County Sunday (Arkansas)
  19. Billings Gazette (Montana)
  20. Birmingham News
  21. Bloomington Pantangraph (Illinois)
  22. Bluefield Daily Telegraph (West Virginia)
  23. Boston Herald
  24. Bowling Green’s Kentucky Daily News
  25. Bradenton Herald (Florida)
  26. Camden Courier-Post (New Jersey)
  27. Canton Repository (Ohio)
  28. Cedar Rapids Gazette (Iowa)
  29. Charleston Daily Mail (West Virginia)
  30. Charleston Post & Courier (South Carolina)
  31. Chattanooga Free Press
  32. Chicago Sun Times
  33. Chicago Tribune
  34. Chico Enterprise-Record (California)
  35. Cincinnati Enquirer
  36. Cincinnati Post
  37. Cleveland Plain Dealer
  38. Columbus Dispatch
  39. Connecticut Post
  40. Contra Costa Times
  41. Corpus Christi Caller-Times
  42. Daily Oklahoman
  43. Dallas Morning News
  44. Decatur Herald & Review (Illinois)
  45. Detroit News
  46. Diario Las Américas
  47. Edwardsville Intelligencer (Illinois)
  48. Erie Times-News
  49. Eureka Times-Standard (California)
  50. Findlay Courier (Ohio)
  51. Flint Journal (Michigan)
  52. Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
  53. Fort Worth Star Telegram
  54. Grand Rapids Press
  55. Greeley Tribune (Colorado)
  56. Green Bay Press-Gazette (Wisconsin)
  57. Greenville News (South Carolina)
  58. Harrisburg Patriot News (Pennsylvania)
  59. Hartford Courant
  60. Herald-Standard (Pennsylvania)
  61. High Point Enterprise (North Carolina)
  62. Holland Sentinel (Michigan)
  63. Houston Chronicle
  64. Indianapolis Star News
  65. Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (California)
  66. Investors Business Daily
  67. Johnstown Tribune Democrat (Pennsylvania)
  68. Kalamazoo Gazette (Michigan)
  69. Kentucky New Era
  70. Knoxville News Sentinel
  71. Lacrosse Tribune (Wisconsin)
  72. Lakeland Ledger (Florida)
  73. Las Cruces Sun-News (New Mexico)
  74. Las Vegas Review Journal
  75. Lawrence Eagle-Tribune (Massachusetts)
  76. Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)
  77. Lodi News-Sentinel (California)
  78. Los Angeles Daily News
  79. Lowell Sun (Massachusetts)
  80. Manchester Union Leader
  81. Memphis Commercial Appeal
  82. Mobile Register (Alabama)
  83. Naples Daily News (Florida)
  84. New Haven Register (Connecticut)
  85. New London Day (Connecticut)
  86. New Orleans Times Picayune
  87. New York Post
  88. Oregonian
  89. Omaha World Herald
  90. Orlando Sentinel
  91. Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer (Kentucky)
  92. Parkersburg News-Sentinel (West Virginia)
  93. Pasadena Star News (California)
  94. Pasco Tri City Herald (Washington)
  95. Peoria Journal Star (Illinois)
  96. Pittsburgh Tribune Review
  97. Providence Journal
  98. Quincy Herald Whig (Illinois)
  99. Patriot Ledger (Massachusetts)
  100. Redding Record (California)
  101. Richmond Times Dispatch
  102. Riverside Press-Enterprise (California)
  103. Rockford Register Star (Illinois)
  104. Rocky Mountain News
  105. San Gabriel Valley News (California)
  106. Saint Paul Pioneer Press
  107. San Antonio Express News
  108. San Diego Union Tribune
  109. Scranton Times
  110. Seattle Times
  111. Southern Illinoisian
  112. Spokane Spokesman Review
  113. Springfield State Journal-Register (Illinois)
  114. Stamford Advocate (Connecticut)
  115. Stockton Record (California)
  116. Stuart News (Florida)
  117. Syracuse Herald-Journal (New York)
  118. Tampa Tribune
  119. The State (South Carolina)
  120. Trentonian (New Jersey)
  121. Tri City Herald (Washington)
  122. Tulsa World
  123. Twin Falls Times-News (Idaho)
  124. Vacaville Reporter (California)
  125. Vancouver Columbian (Washington)
  126. Ventura County Star (California)
  127. Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
  128. Warren Tribune-Chronicle (Ohio)
  129. Washington Times
  130. Waterbury Republican-American (Connecticut)
  131. Waukegon News Sun (Illinois)
  132. Wheeling Intelligencer (West Virginia)
  133. White Plains Journal News
  134. Winston-Salem Journal (North Carolina)
  135. Wisconsin State Journal
  136. Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Massachusetts)
  137. Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
  138. Youngstown Vindicator (Ohio)
  1. Akron Beacon Journal
  2. Arizona Daily Star
  3. Atlanta Constitution
  4. Baltimore Sun
  5. Bergen County Record
  6. Boston Globe
  7. Buffalo News
  8. Charleston Gazette (West Virginia)
  9. Charlotte Observer
  10. Chattanooga Times
  11. Dayton Daily News
  12. Denver Post
  13. Des Moines Register
  14. Detroit Free Press
  15. Eugene Register Guard
  16. Everett Herald<
  17. Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel
  18. Fresno Bee
  19. Honolulu Advertiser
  20. Kansas City Star
  21. Las Vegas Sun
  22. Lexington Herald Leader
  23. Louisville Courier Journal
  24. Macomb Daily
  25. Miami Herald
  26. Minneapolis Star Tribune
  27. New York Daily News
  28. New York Newsday
  29. New York Times
  30. Newark Star Ledger
  31. Palm Beach Post
  32. Philadelphia Daily News
  33. Philadelphia Inquirer
  34. Pittsburgh Post Gazette
  35. Portland Press Herald (Maine)
  36. Portsmouth Herald
  37. Reno Gazette-Journal
  38. Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
  39. Sacramento Bee
  40. Saint Petersburg Times
  41. Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
  42. San Francisco Chronicle
  43. San Francisco Examiner
  44. San Jose Mercury News
  45. Santa Fe New Mexican
  46. Sarasota Herald Tribune
  47. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  48. South Florida Sun-Sentinel
  49. Tacoma News Tribune
  50. Tennessean
  51. Toledo Blade
  52. Washington

14 posted on 10/17/2004 3:05:42 PM PDT by Howlin (Bush has claimed two things which Democrats believe they own by right: the presidency & the future)
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To: Howlin

WOW! What a list. THANKS!


15 posted on 10/17/2004 3:12:04 PM PDT by EggsAckley (............so many vanities............................so little bandwidth..................)
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bttt


16 posted on 10/17/2004 5:20:05 PM PDT by RWR8189 (Its Morning in America Again!)
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To: RWR8189

Just heard this on the radio. UnFreepin'-believable! They may be stupid, but they ain't crazy!


17 posted on 10/17/2004 10:06:59 PM PDT by Musket
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To: RWR8189

bttt


18 posted on 10/17/2004 10:52:17 PM PDT by Christian4Bush (John Kerry is a WMJD--Weapon of Massive Job Destruction. Vote Bush/Cheney 2004!!!)
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To: goldstategop
Its a surprise - a Lefty Chicago paper owned by the Times Mirror Company

A surprise indeed, especially since it's owned by the Tribune Companies not the Times Mirror. The Tribune does, however, own the LA Times

19 posted on 10/18/2004 4:46:38 AM PDT by TheRightGuy (ERROR CODE 018974523: Random Tagline Compiler Failure)
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To: supercat
How often, and in what years, has the Tribune not endorsed the winner of a statewide or presidential race?

I want to think they endorsed Bush 1 in '92, but I may be wrong.

20 posted on 10/18/2004 4:48:46 AM PDT by TheRightGuy (ERROR CODE 018974523: Random Tagline Compiler Failure)
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