It has come to the attention of The Thinking Woman, through The Capital Times, an on-line newspaper at madison.com, that the Lone Star Iconoclast has endorsed John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election.
Why is this extraordinary? The Iconoclast is the newspaper in President George W. Bush's home town of Crawford, Texas.
While presidents are not always popular in their home towns, it seems remarkable that a newspaper that heartily endorsed the president during the 2000 campaign and strongly supported his bid to go to Iraq, would decided to instead to not even reluctantly but enthusiastically endorse his opponent.
While mentioning the president's foreign policy, the Iconoclast focuses on economic issues -- Medicare, Social Security, job outsourcing and overtime pay to name just a few. The editorial accuses the president of "duping" the American people, and pursuing an agenda that was not part of his campaign platform.
While newspaper endorsements should always be considered just one piece of the decision process in an election, a home town's defection should never be taken lightly.
To read the Iconoclast's entire editorial: http://http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/index.php?ntid=11655&ntpid=1
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