I'm a Kerry supporter, although to be honest I wish there were more choices for candidates overall. My reasoning for my vote is my own and I don't care to get into that here, but I am far from the belief that either candidate is perfect in every way. There are things I relate to with both of them. It really saddens me to see people go at each other's throats so much and bash each other, implying the other side is naive or brainwashed or uneducated and so on. The truth is everyone perceives things in a different way, some are similar but everyone perceives things at least a bit differently somewhere along the line. I accept and respect that others have different viewpoints, and I have no less respect for a Bush supporter than I do for a fellow Kerry supporter, they just see and feel some things differently than I do.

I pretty much completely ignore the bashing statements from both sides against the other, all the mud slinging is for the purpose of belittling the other candidate, often personally, and I think it's dirty and cruel but that is how it is unfortunately.

As for this article, I take it with a grain of salt the same way I do the rest of them, from either side. Sure there is a possibility he could be suffering some early dementia, but just as much a chance he is simply stressed out. How well can I think of what I want to say when I'm really exhausted and stressed? Not very darn well I can tell you. I do think Bush is under more stress than Kerry, after all he has people accusing him of murder, questioning his presidential decisions, stating that Cheney is the real president, and so on. Every president I have seen seems to age a remarkable amount while they are in office, I can't even imagine the stress level of a such a job.

So please don't lump all Kerry supporters, or all Bush supporters, into categories of mindless zealots. There are many of us that are not strictly left or right wing, I think we just don't comment as often. I think we should be able to state our beliefs without being judgmental towards those who believe differently, but the problem is once one person feels offended, they react defensively, and then they in turn might offend, and it perpetuates into a cycle.