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Sunday, October 24
Des Moines Register Endorses Kerry
by
Linda Thieman
on Sun 24 Oct 2004 12:00 PM CDT
 Des Moines Register Endorses Kerry
Des Moines Register
About
half of Americans have lost confidence in George W. Bush, yet many hang
back from embracing the alternative. That's unfortunate, because
Senator John F. Kerry is a wise and decent man who has the makings of a
fine president.
Still,
there's little wonder that voters have doubts. Most of what they think
they know about the senator comes from a masterful job of "defining the
opposition" carried out by the Bush campaign and its surrogates before
most people got a chance to know the real Kerry.
So
Americans were introduced to Kerry the flip-flopper. Kerry the softie
on defense. Kerry the wild-eyed liberal. Kerry the appeaser who will
let terrorists attack America.
It's sad
that an incumbent pResident chose to employ so much of his vast
campaign resources to tear down his challenger, and not to cite his own
accomplishments or to move the nation ahead. But perhaps that's
precisely the difficulty Bush faces.
His
pResidency has been one of bold leadership undermined by a failure to
achieve meaningful results. The resolute leader Americans rallied
behind after Sept. 11, 2001, sidetracked the country into a mess in
Iraq. The fiscally responsible, compassionate conservative Americans
thought they elected, the man we hoped would improve schools, lower the
cost of health care and find more jobs, has failed to do so and instead
run up an unprecedented national debt.
The
pResident, whose swagger in adversity and plain-folks straight talk can
be so appealing, has failed to see the reality of the problems or
outline a road map for progress for the next four years.
National polls show Bush's disapproval numbers hovering near 50 percent.
Now it
is time to take the next logical step and recognize John Kerry as
someone who could do better. It's time to see Kerry as the person he
is, not as the caricature created in Bush's campaign ads.
Kerry
won the presidential debates because the man Americans saw on live
television differed from the caricature. Americans saw a thoughtful,
experienced, exceptionally well-informed candidate who cares deeply
about his country and its people.
(Click here to read the complete article.)
Culver Troubled by Voting SNAFU at Iowa State
by
Linda Thieman
on Sun 24 Oct 2004 04:36 AM CDT
 Culver 'Troubled' by Voting SNAFU at Iowa State
Ames Tribune
Iowa Republican Disenfranchises College Students AGAIN
Story County Auditor Mary Mosiman says she didn't anticipate the number
of Iowa State University students who wanted to vote at an early voting
location on campus.
Consequently, 50 to 100 potential voters were not allowed to cast their ballots at Parks Library on Thursday.
Mosiman said election officials ran low on ballots for one of the two most common precincts students fall into.
"This is a learning experience," Mosiman said. "It was a mistake only by me and nobody else. I won't make this mistake again."
Iowa law says anyone who arrives at a satellite voting station prior to
the time the site is scheduled to close should be allowed to vote.
..."The auditors are required by law to provide sufficient number of
ballots for satellite voting stations," Iowa Secretary of State Chet
Culver said at an appearance on campus. "That would be their problem,
not the students', if they ran out of ballots."
...Culver said Mosiman misinterpreted state law when potential voters
were told they could not vote because the polling station had closed.
It's the second time in the past two years Mosiman has misinterpreted the same election law, he said.
In October 2002, State Deputy Auditor Rob Berntsen sent Mosiman a
letter after a complaint was received about early voting sites from the
chair of the Story County Democratic Party, Jan Bauer.
"If this were the first incident we may or may not have handled it the
same way," Culver said. "But if you look back at the record here, it is
very troubling."
Culver, a Democrat, is sending a letter to Mosiman regarding the
incident. In that letter, he asks Mosiman to provide him with a written
explanation of what happened by noon on Wednesday.
"This is very troubling," Culver said. "This doesn't happen in Iowa. It should disturb all of us."
Mosiman, a Republican, is up for re-election on Nov. 2. She is being challenged by Jim Hutter, a Democrat.
(Click here to read the complete article.)
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