In other words: A discussion of The Bush Administration
Republicans for Kerry are too numerous to mention, but here's a couple of interesting ones:
Bob Smith picks Kerry over Bush
Former senator shocks RepublicansFormer U.S. senator Bob Smith, who's waved a plastic fetus to protest abortion and briefly left the GOP when it grew too liberal for him, has endorsed . . . Democratic Sen. John Kerry for president. Given their many differences, it seems enough that they both oppose President Bush.Here's some other endorsements from Republicans you might want to read: Even Republicans Fear Bush
"I believe President Bush had failed our country and my party (on Iraq and federal spending)," Smith wrote to Kerry this week. "I will do all I can do to encourage my friends in New Hampshire and Florida to join me in supporting you."
Here's a list of the endorsements from famous Republicans they quote from:There's more, check out the article for some great quotes.
- Ambassador John Eisenhower (soon of... well...Eisenhower)
- Former Minnesota Governor Elmer Andersen
- Scott McConnell, executive editor, The American Conservative
- Former U.S. Senator Marlow Cook
- Former Michigan Governor William Milliken
- Former U.S. Representative Pete McCloskey "Nixon was a prince compared to these guys" (talking about Bush obviously)
- Lee Iacocca
- Anne Morton Kimberly, widow of former Republican National Committee chair Rogers C.B. Morton
And here's an endorsement to make conservative Land's End workers in Wisonsin go "Wha?":Gary Comer - Founder of Lands’ End wrote:My credential for writing and paying for this ad are that I created thousands of jobs in three cities in southwest Wisconsin during my tenure as leader of Dodgeville’s Lands’ End. I no longer am an owner of that company, but I founded it.
And I have the greatest respect for Wisconsin people who built tat company with me. Together we put it on the list of the 100 Best Companies to work for in America. The values and work ethic and honest of Wisconsin people made Land’s End a success.
Knowing your character I understand the loyalties which conflict so many of you in the Presidential race. I have been a Republican and voted Republican most of my life. But in my opinion, this administration has high-jacked the Republican Party I knew and is taking Wisconsin and the United States in dangerous directions. If Bush is re-elected, you and your children and grandchildren and mine will pay dearly in their freedoms and opportunities long after his term of office expires. I believe that four more years of President Bush and the people who surround him is not in our Nation's best interest.
You could very well be the deciding factor in the electoral outcome of this election. Think carefully, vote your heart and head. I think of the debt that we will leave ourselves and everyone who follows, and I question the judgment that caused the deaths of 1100 U.S. friends and neighbors in a war that we didn't need to start.
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