Maine: Another paper dumps Bush for Kerry

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http://www.bangornews.com/editorialnews/article.cfm?ID=439817

The Bangor Daily News endorsed Bush in 2000.

John Kerry for President
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We endorsed George W. Bush in 2000 based on his humility, optimism, a professed compassionate brand of Republicanism and, after the divisive years between the White House and Congress in the 1990s, his pledge to be a uniter, not a divider. Those traits have arisen occasionally in the last four years, but not often....

Domestically, President Bush can point to accomplishments ...But these accomplishments are outweighed by a fiscal policy that answers "Tax cuts" to every question, contributing to record deficits and imperiling programs that serve all Americans: road building and education, economic development and health care.

They are outweighed by decisions about the environment that ignore or suppress science as problems such as climate change become more pressing. They are overwhelmed by the sheer secrecy of an administration combined with an unusual interest in the habits of private citizens.
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Sen. Kerry would return the White House to a mainstream, outward-looking style of governance, more inclusive by necessity and inclination, more willing to confront the complex and changing conditions in the world and more willing to address domestic issues in an enlightened way. He will face perilous times abroad and at home, but by many measures he seems the more capable of meeting them successfully.

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