Here's what one of my friends wrote to tell me:

So why'd I vote for Bush? Well. I'll try to give you a good answer. First you should know this is the first election I voted in. I don't remember if I was able to vote in 2000, but I didn't vote either way. The main politcal reasons I voted for Bush are because of terrorism. I wanted to make sure he stayed in office. Most of my friends felt the same way. There were PLENTY of people I know that disagreed. I was truthfully worried. But, no matter what you think of him, what kind of mistakes you think he made, you *have* to agree he sticks to his word. I won't argue about the details, or any supposed mistakes huge, or miniscule. Politcally I will [concede] that Iraq was a mistake. There were no WMDs, no biological weapons, etc. But for the world, and the Middle East it will be better -- eventually. I wouldn't want to die in Iraq myself, but truth be told 1,000+ americans died so far. Truth be told, we NEVER hear how many Iraqi's soldiers or insurgents we've killed. A life is a life, but war is war, and we are winning with ease. Truth be told, I would go to Iraq and die if my country asked me want or otherwise. My country is the USA. People hate us for who we are. I love us, for who we are.

Other reasons I voted for Bush must be related to the same reason I voted for the amendment [Ohio's amendment to ban same-sex marriage]. Call me conservative, or traditional, or an idiot :-) but I don't believe in marriage between a man and a man or a woman and a woman. As an aside, have you seen the commericals on MTV with the two hotdogs cooking, or the [two] doughnuts next to each other that urged people to "think about it"? That just about made me physically ill.

I try not to be biased, or political. I became republican somehow. Sometimes that confuses me because I hate religion. But I more about working for what you want than having it handed to you. Tests show that I'm really a Libertarian. But when it comes time to vote, that's a waste of a vote. I do lean right, so that's the way I have to go.