"Kin of Slain Troops Solidify Stances"

[GreenPartyVoter]

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - In the year and a half since her son died in Iraq, Arlene Walters has transformed her living room into a shrine.

Paintings of Sgt. Donald Walters in uniform adorn the walls. His Purple Heart, Silver Star and POW medals sit in a glass case. A banner with a single gold star - signifying the loss of a family member in a war - hangs in the window.

After her son's death, Walters became an outspoken critic of what she considered President Bush's poor planning for the war. But it's not enough to sway her vote.

"Don was willing to do this, he thought it had to be done, so I had to support him," said Walters, 67, who voted for Bush in 2000 and plans to do so again. "I have to support it because he gave his life for it."

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20041027/D85VQA100.html

[progressivebydesign]

1. Great.. votes for the guy that'll get OTHER people's children killed. n/t

[grytpype]

2. Bush counts on deluded people like this poor woman.

Bush gets her son killed for nothing, and she thinks she has to support him.

[txindy]

3. Why can't she admit that Don was lied to?

It wasn't her son's fault. He trusted his CIC. As if he had a choice.