Cruiser, I think you find yourself in that unfortunate position that many voters do these days: Your choice has to be made on the basis of who you least want in the White House, and that would appear to be Bush.

I have voted Republican in the past. This last time, I voted for Gore, not because I was so enthralled by him, but because Bush was obviously less qualified to hold the office and he had a lot of really weird ideas--and friends. After having seen Bush in action and more than confirmed my antipathy toward him, my concern is less who to vote for than who to vote against. I will cast my vote for whoever I feel has the best chance of defeating Bush. In short, whoever I vote for, I will be voting against Bush.

This is unfortunate. In fact, it's kind of disgusting. But that seems to be the political reality this country faces.

Don Firth