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November 01, 2004
Connecticut | An Unlikely Endorsement?

I was as surprised as anyone to see that the Hartford Courant endorsed George W. Bush for re-election:

Mr. Bush’s positive, decisive leadership qualities and the perilous times we live in are a good match. He is the candidate who can best protect the nation. The Democratic challenger’s vague and conflicting prescriptions for energizing America and defusing the terrorist threat do not measure up.

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We are rarely blessed with perfect choices on who should lead the nation. On balance, President Bush has compiled a record good enough to merit a second term. He has been an agent of change and a strong leader in a dangerous time.

The Courant’s lengthy treatise gives the President credit in his prosecution of the war in Iraq, but criticizes his policies toward the environment, civil liberties, international alliances, and government spending. Still, as a newcomer to Northeastern politics, I was shocked that, in the end, partisanship lost to reasonable analysis of the candidates. I expected something more akin to what I found in the reader responses.



Posted by David at November 1, 2004 12:30 PM | TrackBack
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