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"I will vote for him regardless...but may of my friends may not. "

I visited my folks last weekend. My Dad, who is 79, a WWII B-17 pilot, and a lifelong Republican, surprised the heck out of me. He told me that there was no way he would vote for GWB again.

Shocked, I asked him why. He told me that it wasn't just one thing. The illegal alien issue was one reason. He lives in CA, and owns a citrus ranch, and has been dealing with this problem for years. Bush's waffling on RKBA issues is another problem for my Dad. He's a life-long firearms owner...taught me everything I know about guns.

Then he really shocked me. He called Bush a "chicken-hawk." I tried to argue with him, but he wasn't having any of it.

Finally, he said that, in his opinion, Bush had lied too many times to him.

I asked him who he was going to vote for, and he said he couldn't vote for Kerry, so he was going to sit this one out...the first election he has ever missed.

I don't know what to say...really. If my Dad is going to do this, then Bush is in big trouble with his base. I can't imagine my Dad not voting. I can't imagine him not voting for a Republican in any election.

I think Bush better get his act together on these issues.