Elephant In Exile

Tampa Paper Refuses to Endorse Bush:

Ok, I stole this from another blog today, but I really think it sums up how a lot of us feel about the election, or at least about Bush. I thought my dissillussionment was rare, but increasingly I'm thinking that it isn't.

We had fully expected to stand with Bush, whom we endorsed in 2000 because his politics generally reflected ours: a strong military, fiscal conservatism, personal responsibility and small government. We knew him to be a popular governor of Texas who fought for lower taxes, less government and a pro-business constitution.

But we are unable to endorse President Bush for re- election because of his mishandling of the war in Iraq, his record deficit spending, his assault on open government and his failed promise to be a "uniter not a divider'' within the United States and the world.

http://www.tampatrib.com/News/MGBU3UEHF0E.html