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Picking the President: Bush is the best candidate (The Dallas Morning News endorses Bush!!)
The Dallas Morning News ^ | October 17, 2004

Posted on 10/17/2004 2:13:28 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP

Picking the President: Bush is the best candidate


12:36 AM CDT on Sunday, October 17, 2004

Americans want and need a president with a backbone steeled by courage and a heart tendered by compassion. Not since the beginning of World War II has America faced as much uncertainty about its national security and its economic prospects. The next president must have the firm conviction to persevere against Islamic terrorism and the empathy to give his fellow citizens a helping hand, even as he steadily guides the .....

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Four years ago, when the world was much simpler, George W. Bush sought the presidency claiming that he had "a charge to keep." Having been tempered by the most eventful and consequential four years served by any U.S. president since Franklin D. Roosevelt's third term (1941-1945), Mr. Bush has earned the right to hold firm to his charge for another term.

This newspaper has seen the Texas Republican in action since his first days on the gubernatorial trail. Though he has stumbled and fallen at times, Mr. Bush has always risen to fight the next round. It's called conviction. It's called sticking. It's called guts. The challenges of these dramatic days demand an American president with guts. As Mr. Bush told his convention, "You know where I stand."

We do, and we wish we knew where John Kerry stood. To be honest, we wish John Kerry knew where John Kerry stood. The senator has been more clear about his positions lately, particularly on Iraq. But his record of vacillation cannot be overcome in a single campaign. What's more, aside from indulging in the fantasy that he can persuade the Europeans to contribute to the Iraq effort .....


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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: dallas; dallasmorningnews; dmn; endorsement; fourmoreyears; gwb2004; presidentbush
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy

"I wonder if I should dump my AJC (Atlanta Journal Constipation) and get a subscription to the Dallas paper... even coming a day late in the mail it might be a better read!"

The DMN is a rag. They held their nose and endorsed Bush, meanwhile they individually will probably go vote for Kerry. They frequently endorse Democratic Party platforms even though the vast majority of their subscibers are Republicans.


41 posted on 10/17/2004 2:55:29 PM PDT by cowtowney
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To: MeekOneGOP

Don't be astonished. The DMN has a pattern of doing this.

They use their slanted news stories to undermine Bush and Republicans all year and then they throw a little sop to their readers (fewer all the time) who are by far on the conservative side.

Very cute, indeed.


42 posted on 10/17/2004 2:56:55 PM PDT by altura (Kerry & Edwards make me long for the old Clinton-Gore days.)
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy
haha! Ya had me goin' for a minute. I see now.

Stuff happens.

:^D


43 posted on 10/17/2004 2:57:53 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: MeekOneGOP
Endorsed Bush Endorsed Gore  
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44 posted on 10/17/2004 2:59:20 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: isthisnickcool
hahahaaaa!

45 posted on 10/17/2004 3:00:42 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: finallyatexan

That is great news. And you should be proud of him.
My first vote was for Ronald Reagan.


46 posted on 10/17/2004 3:04:10 PM PDT by rineaux (hardcore for W04)
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To: Howlin
Thanks, Howlin. I'm glad Freepers keep me in line. hehe! :^D

See also #17, 19 and 25 .....


47 posted on 10/17/2004 3:06:26 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: MeekOneGOP

9/11 changed the U.S.A. Probably folks at these newspapers simply want to stay alive, along with their families. They probably realize that endorsing Kerry diminishes their chances of freedom and safety.


48 posted on 10/17/2004 3:08:01 PM PDT by maxwellp (Throw the U.N. in the garbage where it belongs.)
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To: Penny
:^D

49 posted on 10/17/2004 3:12:05 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: isthisnickcool

ROFLMAO! Best movie of the year. America, bleep, Yeah!


50 posted on 10/17/2004 3:24:06 PM PDT by Texas Chrystal
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; MeekOneGOP
Like I've said many times, "Dallas is Texan, Houston is metropolitan".
You won't ever see this in the Houston Crapicle.

We haven't had a President with GW's guts since Harry Truman...........but you young whipper snappers wouldn't know about that.

51 posted on 10/17/2004 3:27:22 PM PDT by TexasCowboy (COB1)
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To: TomGuy

The DMN does not trust "The Tower of Jello"...better known as John Kerry.

John Kerry even has trouble indicating what kind of bottled water he likes.

Bye, bye, John Kerry!


52 posted on 10/17/2004 3:29:13 PM PDT by RexBeach (Before God makes you greedy, he makes you stupid.)
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To: Penny
"This is not the time for America to go wobbly. This is not the time for Americans to abandon their president."

YES!!!!

53 posted on 10/17/2004 3:43:49 PM PDT by bootless (Never Forget - And Never Again)
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To: MeekOneGOP

Unless it has changed since the special election in Feb (Sen Ratliff), we still use bubble-in paper ballots, run thro a scantron. If anything happens to that box, what happens to your vote?


54 posted on 10/17/2004 3:45:19 PM PDT by mathluv (Protect my grandchildren's future. Vote for Bush/Cheney '04.)
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To: MeekOneGOP
In the most recent poll, Bush leads by 60% -37% !!

OH MY, that's raze thin! Bush is barely edging sKerry...Neck in Neck....a horserace...tie within the margin of blah, blah, blah....MY HOMETOWN RAT paper endorsed W too...WOOHOOOOOOO!!!
55 posted on 10/17/2004 3:52:13 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: TexasCowboy

56 posted on 10/17/2004 3:53:00 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: MeekOneGOP
I am floored.
Meek, I am right down there with you! I've been seriously considering dropping the Houston Chronicle, but had no alternative to it, as far as a big newspaper goes. Maybe I should switch the the News?
57 posted on 10/17/2004 3:56:36 PM PDT by Clara Lou (Hillary Clinton: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.")
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To: mathluv
It's possible that we'll have that in my vote tomorrow. I have
voted in the 'tween elections here and that is what we've had.
(The ballot where you darken in the ovals).

We shall see what we get tomorrow.


58 posted on 10/17/2004 4:04:05 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: RoseofTexas
hahahaha! :^D

59 posted on 10/17/2004 4:05:15 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: RoseofTexas

ooops...that should read razor not raze...too much wine...;O)


60 posted on 10/17/2004 4:06:06 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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