Reply #5: This is very depressing.

[liberalmuse]

Kerry has the Dem base + Greens and Independents like Moore who are able to see how serious the situation is.

My daughter, who is 17 tells me her voting age friends are going for Nader because Kerry voted for the war. Nader??? What has Nader ever done for these kids? He's a hollow symbol, nothing more.

I can't tell you how upset I am about this. It seems that many of the young ones are not connecting with Kerry and can't tell the difference between Kerry and Bush, which flabbergasts me. I'm too upset to talk rationally to my daughter about this, especially since I strongly suspect that if Bush gets another term, she and her friends will be the ones who pay a very large price. As someone who's seen her mother turn into a ranting maniac in the past 4 years, I don't blame her for being skeptical when I tell her there could be a draft.

I've also talked to some young adults at work who dislike Bush but aren't voting. Perhaps it's the age, but in my 41 years, I've never seen things as bad as they are in this country, but these young kids don't have the experience or history to understand just how bad things have gotten under Bush.

Nevertheless, I still feel Kerry will win the majority of the votes. The only way Bush will get another term is if he steals another election, and I don't think he'll get away with it this time.