Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Today's Scoop: Eisenhower Endorses Kerry
That's John Eisenhower, Dwight D.'s son. He explains why he will vote for John Kerry for President:
"As son of a Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, it is automatically expected by many that I am a Republican. For 50 years, through the election of 2000, I was. With the current administration's decision to invade Iraq unilaterally, however, I changed my voter registration to independent, and . . . I intend to vote for the Democratic Presidential candidate, Sen. John Kerry."
On the "Tax Cut and Spend" Republicans:
"The fact is that today's "Republican" Party is one with which I am totally unfamiliar. To me, the word "Republican" has always been synonymous with the word "responsibility," which has meant limiting our governmental obligations to those we can afford in human and financial terms. Today's whopping budget deficit of some $440 billion does not meet that criterion."
On the Current Admin.'s Arrogant (and Dangerous) Foreign Policy:
"Responsibility used to be observed in foreign affairs. That has meant respect for others. America, though recognized as the leader of the community of nations, has always acted as a part of it, not as a maverick separate from that community and at times insulting towards it. . . . The current Republican Party leadership has confused confident leadership with hubris and arrogance."
Read more here about how Eisenhower finds Kerry "courageous, sober, competent, and concerned with fighting the dangers associated with the widening socio-economic gap in this country" and "will vote for him enthusiastically":
The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News - 29-Sep-04 - Another View:
Why I will vote for John Kerry for President
"As son of a Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, it is automatically expected by many that I am a Republican. For 50 years, through the election of 2000, I was. With the current administration's decision to invade Iraq unilaterally, however, I changed my voter registration to independent, and . . . I intend to vote for the Democratic Presidential candidate, Sen. John Kerry."
On the "Tax Cut and Spend" Republicans:
"The fact is that today's "Republican" Party is one with which I am totally unfamiliar. To me, the word "Republican" has always been synonymous with the word "responsibility," which has meant limiting our governmental obligations to those we can afford in human and financial terms. Today's whopping budget deficit of some $440 billion does not meet that criterion."
On the Current Admin.'s Arrogant (and Dangerous) Foreign Policy:
"Responsibility used to be observed in foreign affairs. That has meant respect for others. America, though recognized as the leader of the community of nations, has always acted as a part of it, not as a maverick separate from that community and at times insulting towards it. . . . The current Republican Party leadership has confused confident leadership with hubris and arrogance."
Read more here about how Eisenhower finds Kerry "courageous, sober, competent, and concerned with fighting the dangers associated with the widening socio-economic gap in this country" and "will vote for him enthusiastically":
The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News - 29-Sep-04 - Another View:
Why I will vote for John Kerry for President
