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To: GeronL

***....Most folks in Crawford, with a population of 705, wholeheartedly support the re-election of the man whose "Western White House" has made their speck on the map famous. Eighty-two percent voted for Mr. Bush in 2000.

The paper's publisher, W. Leon Smith, said he never expected such a hostile response. He knew "a person or two might pull an ad, that we might lose a subscriber or two."

"But this has turned a little more vicious," said Mr. Smith, 51.

More than a dozen area businesses have banded together to take out a two-page ad in a competing newspaper to endorse Mr. Bush, and all the stores in Crawford that had sold the Iconoclast have stopped doing so. ....***

Washington Times Bump!


12 posted on 10/13/2004 12:37:26 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Notice that Smith calls people's behavior toward him "vicious" and the Houston Chron calls their communications with the paper "hate mail," but neither will give specific examples. I find that exceedingly odd. You would think that if people had done things that were "vicious" and "hateful," Smith and the Chron would be more than eager to tell their readers just what those things were. But no. No, they're keeping all that a deep, dark secret, aren't they?


18 posted on 10/13/2004 1:20:11 AM PDT by Bonaparte (twisting slowly, slowly in the wind...)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Free speech can work both ways. :) Losing half their subscribers...ouch...the local paper might want to rethink their very vocal bias.

Red

22 posted on 10/13/2004 1:35:26 AM PDT by Conservative4Ever (Vote for Bush..or we will be buying our prayer rugs at Home Depot and burkas at Saks.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
"But this has turned a little more vicious,"

Only a lib would consider a consumer's choice 'vicious'.

28 posted on 10/13/2004 7:29:35 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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