This weekend, a conservative paper in Florida, the Tampa Tribune, broke with long-standing tradition and declined to endorse George Bush for re election. The conservative editorial board said, "The
Tribune has endorsed a Republican for president ever since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952, with one exception. We did not endorse in the 1964
presidential race because, as we said at the time, 'it is our feeling that unless a newspaper can recommend a candidate with complete conviction that he be the better choice for office, it should make no endorsement.'"
They write "As stewards of the Tribune's editorial voice, we find it unimaginable to not be lending our voice to the chorus of conservative-leaning newspapers endorsing the president's re-election.
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."
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