10/22/2004
Another presidential rec
The Lakeland Ledger recommends George Bush.
The Ledger also recommended W. in 2000. Why? Well, in part because:
Yup, they liked him because he is consensus-builder and he would not send troops abroad.
Can't use those arguments anymore.
Do Bush's errors on Iraq and his divisive domestic policy matter? Yes, greatly.
Are they pertinent? No, not for this election.
The reason: President Bush has a single-minded focus on seeing freedom defeat terrorism. To support this difficult-but-vital task, Bush is determined that the people and businesses of our nation be sufficiently free from taxation and regulation. And he will see Iraq through to democracy and subsequent peace.
The Ledger also recommended W. in 2000. Why? Well, in part because:
Bush has indicated he would be much more wary of deploying American troops to international hot spots than Gore, especially if vital American interests weren't at stake. This is not an isolationist view, only a realistic appraisal of the limits of power.
Yup, they liked him because he is consensus-builder and he would not send troops abroad.
Can't use those arguments anymore.
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It is no surprise that the Ledger would endorse Bush, considering who their publisher is. John Fitzwater is no friend of Democrats or people who favor pro-environmental policies. I know, because he was publisher of my hometown newspaper for a decade, and I wrote often about him when I published a monthly magazine here called Moon. Fitzwater tended to label pro-environmental commissioners as "terrible" and referred to citizens who opposed things like cement plants as "CAVE dwellers" for Citizens Against Virtually Everything.
Sounds right to me. The only Democrats the Ledger endorsed this year for the general election cycle were Betty Castor for the U.S. Senate and Robert Gray for State House District 66 against Baxter Troutman, a hopeless Republican who actually had to have the lobbyist who wrote a piece of legislation for him to explain it in committee (noted in the Miami Herald).
Their political columnist, Bill Rufty, tends to slant his work toward Republicans as well.
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Their political columnist, Bill Rufty, tends to slant his work toward Republicans as well.
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