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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
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posted on
10/17/2004 11:23:31 AM PDT
by
RWR8189
To: RWR8189
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posted on
10/17/2004 11:24:32 AM PDT
by
EggsAckley
(............so many vanities............................so little bandwidth..................)
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.
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posted on
10/17/2004 11:27:29 AM PDT
by
Merry
To: RWR8189
With news like this hitting all over the place it's safe to assume that the DUmbohadeen will be plotting a demojihad.
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posted on
10/17/2004 11:28:44 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The economy won't matter if you're dead.)
To: EggsAckley
I say give credit where credit is due. Thank you, Tribune, for your candor.
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posted on
10/17/2004 11:30:40 AM PDT
by
Genoa
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
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posted on
10/17/2004 11:38:04 AM PDT
by
RWR8189
(Its Morning in America Again!)
To: Genoa
Probably the most non partisan thing I have read yet.....very truthful.
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!!
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posted on
10/17/2004 11:47:05 AM PDT
by
chicagolady
(Mexican Elite say: EXPORT Poverty Let the American Taxpayer foot the bill !)
To: RWR8189
the chicago tribune???
did someone at rainbow/push die and let them off their leash?
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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)
To: RWR8189
How often, and in what years, has the Tribune not endorsed the winner of a statewide or presidential race?
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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.)
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.
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posted on
10/17/2004 1:37:36 PM PDT
by
Lunatic Fringe
(http://www.drunkenbuffoonery.com/mboards/)
To: RWR8189
We flew back home to California yesterday afternoon from Chicago.
Did hell freeze over in Chicago after the plane left Chicago?
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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!)
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.
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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)
To: EggsAckley; Merry; Grampa Dave
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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)
To: Howlin
WOW! What a list. THANKS!
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posted on
10/17/2004 3:12:04 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
(............so many vanities............................so little bandwidth..................)
To: All
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posted on
10/17/2004 5:20:05 PM PDT
by
RWR8189
(Its Morning in America Again!)
To: RWR8189
Just heard this on the radio. UnFreepin'-believable! They may be stupid, but they ain't crazy!
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posted on
10/17/2004 10:06:59 PM PDT
by
Musket
To: RWR8189
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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!!!)
To: goldstategop
Its a surprise - a Lefty Chicago paper owned by the Times Mirror CompanyA surprise indeed, especially since it's owned by the Tribune Companies not the Times Mirror. The Tribune does, however, own the LA Times
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posted on
10/18/2004 4:46:38 AM PDT
by
TheRightGuy
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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.
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posted on
10/18/2004 4:48:46 AM PDT
by
TheRightGuy
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