Just damn.
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Posted on 10/19/2004 6:41:47 AM PDT by SmithPatterson
Michigan's Milliken Endorses Kerry Michigan's Former Republican Governor William Milliken Endorses Kerry The Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. Oct. 18, 2004 - Former Republican Gov. William Milliken of Michigan endorsed Democratic Sen. John Kerry for president on Monday, saying President Bush has pursued policies "pandering to the extreme right wing."
Milliken, governor from 1969-82, accused the Bush administration of rushing into the Iraq war, pushing tax cuts that benefit the rich and blocking meaningful stem-cell research.
"I felt so strongly about the direction of this country that in the end, it wasn't a difficult decision to make," Milliken said in an interview Monday with Traverse City Record-Eagle reporters and editors.
Milliken issued a three-page statement of his views about Bush and domestic and international issues.
"This president has pursued policies pandering to the extreme right wing across a wide variety of issues and has exacerbated the polarization and the strident, uncivil tone of much of what passes for political discourse in this country today," Milliken said in the statement.
Milliken, a moderate Republican, has been critical of Bush and has faulted the GOP on such issues as same-sex marriage, flag-burning and abortion.
The Bush campaign dismissed Milliken's endorsement, saying he led under a different time.
"We didn't have the threat from terrorists who want to kill us," said John Truscott, a spokesman for the Bush campaign. "We didn't have the same kind of war going on. This election and these times demand a strong leader who's decisive and who will tell the truth."
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Copyright © 2004 ABC News Internet Ventures
Pre-Reagan era Republicans bear little resemblence to today's Republicans. You think the Democrats hated Reagan, that was nothing compared to the hatred the Rockefeller Republicans had for Reagan back then.
So I take it that Milliken is not for protecting Marriage, not for protecting our flag, and for the abortion of unborn children?
Milliken's wife supported homosexual marriages, he is pro-choice and as for not protecting the flag, I would imagine he supports that, too. Weak Willed Willie just wanted to get himself in the news again and what better way to do it than to bash Republicans.
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Did Michael Moore ever savage him in "Roger & Me"?
I doubt it..I would imagine Milliken and Michael Moore would have gotten along tremendously.
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