Three undecided voters-will they ever choose?

[Nightjock]

This is from a local newspaper on Long Island. He went to the mall looking for people who can't make up thier minds.Bush or Kerry?
He found three people. Here are thier responses.

SNIP> One undecided man, Andy Lesser of Plainview, minding his own business as he left the Walt Whitman Mall, granted me a one-minute interview. He said he has voted Republican in the past, voted for George W. Bush in 2000; but was unsure this time because "Bush goes too far right for me." He said he liked Kerry's "statesmanlike" appearance in the debates, but wasn't 100 percent sure about him, yet, either.

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"I'm not happy with the way handling Iraq," said Jerry Garraffa, hurriedly pushing his grandchild's stroller, "but I'm not happy either with what Kerry did, protesting the Vietnam War. Now, I gotta go." That was it from undecided voter Garraffa, who was with a woman, his wife, I think, from whom I tried to extract another interview.
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This woman is a professional person, a woman with a family, a committed type of citizen. She won't let me use her name. She usually votes Republican in presidential elections, and she wants to vote Republican this time. But she can't quite make it official.
Here is what she says: "It's embarrassing to be undecided at this point. I don't like admitting it to people ... I would like to vote for Bush. I think that Bush is more affable. In certain situations, that makes me trust him more. But the things that have come out about the war, the information leading up to the war - that disturbs me. I'm not over that yet. I trusted that he would check and make sure that what we were doing was the right choice. I'm not sure he was rigorous enough.
"On the other hand, I'm generally conservative. I have a conservative position on the abortion issue. That's very important to me. I'm very concerned about environmental issues, too. And the spending. I want him to spend less, which is a problem with Bush, and Kerry, too. I think Kerry would spend too much. But in terms of expressing his positions on issues, Kerry is more qualified. And I like the idea of having a president who would articulate his ideas in a clear and intellectual fashion. I didn't
realize that that was so important to me, but it is. Not that the president isn't a very intelligent man. It's just that his ability to express ideas is not on the level I would like.
"I watched every debate. I've been waiting for something to happen - some ah-ha! But it hasn't happened yet."

Is there any way to convince these people? What a bunch of idiots!
Those are the only three he found but if you want to read the whole article here it is.
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-livit174009580oct17,0,6651392.column?coll=ny-news-columnists

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

1. Luckily in NY we won't depend on their votes...

[mazzarro]

2. IMO - they are all IDIOTS!

Anyone can figure by their own words that Kerry is the better candidate, yet these BIG fools are casting around for something to make them feel comfortable to vote for the chimpster*. That is nothing but a glaring mark of STUPIDITY to me.

[Longhorn]

3. I don't think they're idiots.

I think they're between a rock and a hard place. It sounds like all of them are conservatives or Republicans who have a conscience. They don't believe in the same things that John Kerry believes in but they realize that Bush has been a big mistake.

I'm a party person, so the few times I've had a choice between a better Republican candidate and some idiot masquarading as a Democrat, I still vote for the Democrat to help build the party. (And believe me, it happens in Texas because in some areas, the Republican party is so strong that they often run unopposed, so if the Democrats do get someone to run, they aren't the best candidates!)

Just as the third person said, I think these folks are hoping SOMETHING will happen to help them make up their minds. Yes, the choice is obvious to us but we have to admit, we're better informed than most.