Roger,

I’m afraid that many people just don’t care about democracy in Iraq. The place just doesn’t seem real to people who are struggling to make ends meet over here. Many people don’t understand the connection between airplanes flown by Saudi citizens into New York buildings on the one hand and kamikaze religious nuts in Iraq. 200 billion can pay for a lot of hospitals and job training and jobs for that matter. GWB is not FDR. Many people, not just leftists, distrust Rumsfeld and Cheney, while Colin Powell, who is still respected and has the power of oration, does not seem to be campaigning for anyone.

I, myself, believe strongly that we must prevail in Iraq, but I can’t make up my mind who to vote for. I’m sure there are a lot of people who feel like I do. To a pro-war liberal, Bush is like a porcupine. There are just so many negatives there, he’s pretty hard to swallow.