GUEST, if you can't see that there is a substantial difference between Bush and Kerry, then I'm afraid your just not paying attention--or don't want to see.

Kerry is not my ideal choice. I was not offered an ideal choice (and no, not Nader, not nohow!). Dennis Kucinich was the nearest. His "Ten Key Issues" statement convinced me of that. Even though I knew he wasn't going to get the nomination, I still voted for him in my neighborhood caucus. I have already voted my conscience. Now, I work for and will vote for the best choice I am offered. The choices consist of Bush, Nader, and Kerry. In making my choice, there is an element of "anybody but Bush." I call that "damage control." I admire Nader for many of the things he has done in the past, but a) even it he had a chance of winning, for several reasons I don't think he would make a good president: and b) I think, especially after what happened in 2000, he's being a spoiler and an egotistical twit. Therefore, I will work for and vote for John Kerry. Not my ideal, but the best of the choices I am offered. And far preferable to either Bush or Nader.

Don Firth