·Voting for Gore (11.7.2000) ·Down the Stretch: Settling on Gore Almost Certainly (10.31.2000) ·After The Final Debate: Gore's Strength Tips Balance Farther In His Direction (10.18.2000) ·After the Second Debate: Holding Steady (but only Slightly) for Gore (10.13.2000) ·After the First Debate: Tipping Ever so Slightly Toward Gore (10.5.2000) ·Introduction (10.2.2000) Bill is 79 years old and is a semi-retired episcopal priest. He is married with five children and nine grandchildren. In 1992 he voted for George Bush and in 1996 he voted for Bill Clinton. abortion, estate tax, education In mid life he changed vocations from custom tailoring to the episcopal priesthood.

As I watched and listened to the debate, I had these thoughts and feelings: At the introductions, Bush seemed uptight and Gore more relaxed.

I'm not sure that this debate changed very many individual minds....Gore used too many numbers and percentages, and his attempt at being folksy didn't impress me. It seems to me that Bush's proposals are questionable if our current prosperity does not continue. Gore's, I felt, could weather a downward turn.

At one point, it seemed Bush was saying that a change of a political party at the helm would be good for the country-I wondered if he was including Nader and Buchanan in this estimate? Also, Bush danced around the women's rights issue and his answer to appointments to the Supreme Court. I feel he is tied too tightly to the Republican stance.

On the energy issue, I felt that Gore's proposal of funding and encouraging gas and oil exploration in the US, as well as off-shore drilling, is a valid one. We need to cut out depending on foreign oil and gas. After sleeping on all I had heard, my feeling is that neither Bush nor Gore can accomplish what they propose without support from the House and Senate. Each, I hope, are giving support to candidates of their party running for House & Senate seats. On a scale of 1 to 5, I'm leaning toward Gore at about 1.

·Voting for Gore (11.7.2000) ·Down the Stretch: Settling on Gore Almost Certainly (10.31.2000) ·After The Final Debate: Gore's Strength Tips Balance Farther In His Direction (10.18.2000) ·After the Second Debate: Holding Steady (but only Slightly) for Gore (10.13.2000) ·After the First Debate: Tipping Ever so Slightly Toward Gore (10.5.2000) ·Introduction (10.2.2000)