http://tennessean.com/opinion/archives/04/09/60202454.shtml?Element_ID=60202454Kerry is right choice to restore nation's promise
This newspaper today endorses Sen. John Kerry for president.
The presidential race that now comes down to the wire has sunk to a new depth of rancor. Judging from all evidence, the nation's voters are bitterly divided between Kerry and President Bush. And the senator and the president are as divided on the issues as any two major presidential nominees in recent memory.
No matter who is elected, the next president will need to heal the wounds of this campaign season.
But the next president also needs the ability to deal with the complexity of domestic and foreign problems, and the ability to bring people together — across party lines, across national borders — for the common good. This newspaper believes that Kerry is the candidate who is best able to meet those challenges. On foreign affairs, Kerry brings great credibility to the table. He has seen war through the eyes of a soldier; he has participated in consensus-building as a statesman.
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Those voters who oppose this president — those who believe the nation can be stronger, smarter and cleaner; those who want to see all this nation's decisions be guided by justice; those who believe in an economic policy that is fair to all citizens — should know that John Kerry is more than an alternative to Mr. Bush. He is a proven leader who can restore this nation's promise.
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