2004-10-28
RATS RUN FROM THE SHIP
Republicans and Conservatives increasingly flee from Bush | Some examples:
• Republican Switchers keeps track of newspaper endorsements [probably more accurate than polls at expressing public sentiment] as well as prominent Republicans who have come out of the closet and spoken against Dubya's election bid | Endorsements as of 10/26: Kerry leads 142 to 123, including 37 Switcher papers (compared to Bush's 6) |
• American Conservative Magazine endorses Kerry | An opening quote:
• Carl Worden, who identifies as "...a registered Republican since I pulled my first lever in a voting booth, and I've voted as a loyal Republican for Republican candidates consistently every year. I am 55 years of age. I am considered a right-wing Christian conservative and strict constitutionist..." says he's voting for Kerry after "...as the last straw..." an orchestrated Bush Rally kicked out two Republican shcool teachers wearing "Support our Civil Liberties" T-shirts [read the full story]
• Charley Reese, a Conservative, possibly Libertarian columnist, who voted for Bush in 2000 says this: People who think of themselves as conservatives will really display their stupidity, as I did in the last election, by voting for Bush. Bush is as far from being a conservative as you can get. Well, he fooled me once, but he won't fool me twice.
It is not at all conservative to balloon government spending, to vastly increase the power of government, to show contempt for the Constitution and the rule of law, or to tell people that foreign outsourcing of American jobs is good for them, that giant fiscal and trade deficits don't matter, and that people should not know what their government is doing. Bush is the most prone-to-classify, the most secretive president in the 20th century. His administration leans dangerously toward the authoritarian."
He advised his readers to check out John Kerry's website where he believes they will find postions of substance on many subjects |
• DKosopedia, has published a list of Republicans who have endorsed John Kerry, as well as those Republicans who have publicly stated their reluctance to cast a vote for George W. Bush |
• Even a white supremicist website, Skinheadz, [who once attempted to censor this writer] has touted on their front page [www.skinheadz.com] "anybody but Bush!" | Out of deference to a request from someone who identified himself as their attorney I have not provided a direct link to that website | ¶ 01:24
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Republicans and Conservatives increasingly flee from Bush | Some examples:
• Republican Switchers keeps track of newspaper endorsements [probably more accurate than polls at expressing public sentiment] as well as prominent Republicans who have come out of the closet and spoken against Dubya's election bid | Endorsements as of 10/26: Kerry leads 142 to 123, including 37 Switcher papers (compared to Bush's 6) |
• American Conservative Magazine endorses Kerry | An opening quote:
Unfortunately, this election does not offer traditional conservatives an easy or natural choice and has left our editors as split as our readership. In an effort to deepen our readers’ and our own understanding of the options before us, we’ve asked several of our editors and contributors to make “the conservative case” for their favored candidate. Their pieces, plus Taki’s column closing out this issue, constitute TAC’s endorsement. —The Editors• Retired Judge Robert L. Black, in the Cincinnati, Ohio Enquirer stating that "...my loyalty to the party must give way to my love of this country. I consider it a patriotic duty to speak up when the future of our democracy is at stake."
• Carl Worden, who identifies as "...a registered Republican since I pulled my first lever in a voting booth, and I've voted as a loyal Republican for Republican candidates consistently every year. I am 55 years of age. I am considered a right-wing Christian conservative and strict constitutionist..." says he's voting for Kerry after "...as the last straw..." an orchestrated Bush Rally kicked out two Republican shcool teachers wearing "Support our Civil Liberties" T-shirts [read the full story]
• Charley Reese, a Conservative, possibly Libertarian columnist, who voted for Bush in 2000 says this: People who think of themselves as conservatives will really display their stupidity, as I did in the last election, by voting for Bush. Bush is as far from being a conservative as you can get. Well, he fooled me once, but he won't fool me twice.
It is not at all conservative to balloon government spending, to vastly increase the power of government, to show contempt for the Constitution and the rule of law, or to tell people that foreign outsourcing of American jobs is good for them, that giant fiscal and trade deficits don't matter, and that people should not know what their government is doing. Bush is the most prone-to-classify, the most secretive president in the 20th century. His administration leans dangerously toward the authoritarian."
He advised his readers to check out John Kerry's website where he believes they will find postions of substance on many subjects |
• DKosopedia, has published a list of Republicans who have endorsed John Kerry, as well as those Republicans who have publicly stated their reluctance to cast a vote for George W. Bush |
• Even a white supremicist website, Skinheadz, [who once attempted to censor this writer] has touted on their front page [www.skinheadz.com] "anybody but Bush!" | Out of deference to a request from someone who identified himself as their attorney I have not provided a direct link to that website | ¶ 01:24
