City: Describe why you didn’t like Kerry. Strauber: I don’t know that I didn’t like him. I didn’t really care to get to know him. I already had established that I was going to vote for someone who had the same morals and convictions I do. And while I wasn’t sure of what Kerry’s morals […]
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Dave Bogdan
City:Can you describe why you didn’t vote for Kerry? Bogdan: Boy. Well, there’s no substance there. The guy was saying anything to get elected. He certainly wasn’t connected to the things I believe in. City: What are some of the things you believe in? Bogdan: A strong defense would be one. 9/11 changed a lot […]
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Elliott Chun
City: Why didn’t you vote for Kerry? Chun: I feel like the top priorities of this country for the next four years should be focused primarily on the war on terrorism and economic growth and relief. And Kerry’s programs, raising taxes for corporations and small businesses, I feel that is going to be detrimental. By […]
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Post-mortem: shock and awe in Ohio
So what happened in Ohio? Why did a 50-50 state that political experts predicted would tip John Kerry’s way swing right and decide the election for George W. Bush? Hindsight and all that, but from my vantage point as a newspaper editor in a small college town in Appalachian Ohio — a blue oasis in […]
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Solidly and confidently Red in Monroe County
As the results of last week’s presidential election trickled in and Four More Years began materializing, there was an overwhelming sense that many Democrats were getting schooled. It’s one thing to not have your man win the election. It’s another thing entirely to feel blindsided by the results. Sure, wartime incumbents never get booted from […]
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The choice is yours, locally and nationally
“I’m not just running against David Koon. He’s a nice fellow, you know, I got nothing bad to say about him,” says Mark Johns. “But he has become weak in the face of the big money and the big power, and he has done a 180-degree turn. He used to criticize it, now he says […]
