Clifton, Texas, is my hometown. I hear from my friends still living there that Mr. Smith is in pretty deep do-do with the hometown folks. "The Clifton Record" is a highly respected Texas weekly. I just hope that Mr. Smith's expressing his constitutional right does not bankrupt that little newspaper due to the loss of subscriptions and advertising.
As to the importance of either paper's endorsement, it would seem to most posters that it is a big deal that the Crawford newspaper endorses Kerry, but the Lowell newspaper's endorsement of Bush means nothing. Go figure.
For the record: The Arizona Republic endorsed Bush in today's paper as did one of the major newspapers in Chicago. I understand (surprise, surprise) the New York Times endorsed Kerry.