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Well, mom, I think most everybody here wants more or less the same things in general. A safe and secure America, limited constitutional government, independent self reliant citizens, a decent society. There is lots of room to argue specifics but in general we are pretty much on the same page.

There is a legitimate argument to be made, which may or may not be correct, that a divided government, with Republicans in control of the Congress will actually get us closer to what we want than what we have now.

I am not ready to agree with that argument but I do not yet reject it either. I first voted for President in 1968, excitedly as a young man for Nixon, enthusiastically. I last voted for President in 2000 for GWB, also with enthusiasm. I have never voted for a Dem for President, only rarely in local elections in which the Dem was clearly the better person.

I have not voted for various offices at various times when I thought there was no candidate worth my vote. I am quite surprised to find myself even contemplating the possibility of voting for a dem for President. The idea that it has come to this is upsetting and, if not frightening, certainly enough to give pause. I am not happy about it. And of all the candidates on the dem side, Kerry is the one who is most easily able to produce a somewhat unpleasant visceral reaction when contemplating him as Pres.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

And of all the candidates on the dem side, Kerry is the one who is most easily able to produce a somewhat unpleasant visceral reaction when contemplating him as Pres.

That is exactly my problem as well -- I think he is the worst of the bad candidates they have. That man sends chills up my spine. Doesn't help that back in the mid 80's my husband was on an Industry assignment with the Air Force in MA for nine, long miserable months and we had Dukakis as Governor and Kerry as Senator at the time. I told him if we had to go to Hanscom AFB, MA, after his assignment at RCA, I was taking the kids and going back to my folks in Ohio because I wasn't raising them in a state like MA.

Living in MA for those nine months taught me a lesson I will never forget. I learned how bad it is to live around liberals -- I was conservative but that nine months made me not only more conservative but vowed to work as hard as possible to defeat any liberal I had a chance to help get out of office. Kerry is now my #1 target because I believe he will get the nomination and why the RATs put their convention in Boston.