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Kerry Will Restore American Dignity 18 October 2004 Last week the justly celebrated Doonesbury comic strip gave the URLs of columns from a range of Republican / conservative commentators on George W Bush's record. The most damning coverage came from the Lone Star Iconoclast, the newspaper published in Bush's hometown of Crawfurd, Texas. Here are the opening paragraphs. Click on the link below or logo above to read the whole column. Few Americans would have voted for George W. Bush four years ago if he had promised that, as President, he would: . Empty the Social Security trust fund by $507 billion to help offset fiscal irresponsibility and at the same time slash Social Security benefits. . Cut Medicare by 17 percent and reduce veterans' benefits and military pay. . Eliminate overtime pay for millions of Americans and raise oil prices by 50 percent. . Give tax cuts to businesses that sent American jobs overseas, and, in fact, by policy encourage their departure. . Give away billions of tax dollars in government contracts without competitive bids. . Involve this country in a deadly and highly questionable war, and . Take a budget surplus and turn it into the worst deficit in the history of the United States, creating a debt in just four years that will take generations to repay. These were elements of a hidden agenda that surfaced only after he took office. The publishers of The Iconoclast endorsed Bush four years ago, based on the things he promised, not on this smoke-screened agenda. Today, we are endorsing his opponent, John Kerry, based not only on the things that Bush has delivered, but also on the vision of a return to normality that Kerry says our country needs. Back to Opinion |
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