Reply #19: I've had many conversations like that. I had one recently with one of my

[Lorien]

art directors. He's 35, gay, and hates Bush, but he's still not totally sold on voting for Obama because "he has no experience. Maybe he's not ready to lead" :eyes: ( I set him straight on this, of course). Here's a recent exerpt from one of our converstions:

Me: so, did you see that the world leaders at the G8 summet ate an 18 course dinner while they were there to talk about the world HUNGER??

AD: Why were they talking about world hunger?

Me: Because rising food prices are starving millions of people all over the globe. People in Haiti are even eating cookies made of dirt.

AD: Why does anyone care about hunger? GAS PRICES is what they should all be talking about! Why aren't they talking about bringing down our gas prices?

Me: Well, fuel prices do impact the price of food, so it may be a topic, but this is a summit for WORLD leaders; they talk about global problems, not just the price of gas in the US. Gas is more expensive everywhere else.

AD: I don't care about other places. The price of gas is way too high here. We have to get it down! Do you think Obama will lower gas prices? I'll vote for whoever lowers my gas prices the most, because that's the big issue.