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  • Town takes revenge on paper that backed Kerry

    11/07/2004 7:07:48 AM PST · by johnny7 · 169 replies · 7,602+ views
    The Age ^ | November 8, 2004 | By Julian Coman
    As Democrats resign themselves to four more years with George Bush in the White House, one beleaguered newspaper is discovering the consequences of taking on the President in his own backyard.The Lone Star Iconoclast, in Crawford, Texas, where Mr Bush has a ranch, usually covers high school football games and local court cases. But a week ago, in an editorial misjudgment of staggering proportions, the newspaper - circulation 920 - decided to endorse John Kerry in the race for the White House. Readers, wrote the paper's editor, Leon Smith, "should not rate the candidate by his home town or even...