Reading notes

The newspaper U.S. presidential endorsements begin, this one of particular interest:

The publishers of The Iconoclast [Crawford, Texas] 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.

Four items trouble us the most about the Bush administration: his initiatives to disable the Social Security system, the deteriorating state of the American economy, a dangerous shift away from the basic freedoms established by our founding fathers, and his continuous mistakes regarding terrorism and Iraq. …

The re-election of George W. Bush would be a mandate to continue on our present course of chaos. We cannot afford to double the debt that we already have. We need to be moving in the opposite direction. …

That’s why The Iconoclast urges Texans not to rate the candidate by his hometown or even his political party, but instead by where he intends to take the country.

The Iconoclast wholeheartedly endorses John Kerry.

Well done.

And a little sad in that — as I’ve always said I want George Bush to have a long, happy life out of office clearing brush in Crawford — a number of his Crawford neighbors would just as soon see him live somewhere else.

[via Maryscott]