i have no problem supporting Gephardt for vp

people often complain about kerry being elitist and a massachusettes liberal and they say he thinks he is better than others. but one of his best friends is gephardt and gephardt's background, the way he grew up is very different from kerry's. gephardt does represent the common working person. i think it would be interesting to see how the issue of gay rights is dealt since he has a lesbian daughter as does dick cheney.

i don't know whether kerry will pick gephardt for vp and he isn't my first personal choice, but i have no problem supporting him if he is picked.

below are gephardt's own words from his speech the day he dropped out of the campaign.

"And Jane, ... without whom I couldn't have done anything that I have done.

I used to always tell her that, "You know, the sun goes up and the sun goes down; time marches on." But for me, Jane makes the sun come up for me every day.

"I've said in this campaign many more times than I know the media, who has followed it, wanted me to say it, that my dad was a milk truck driver and my mom was a secretary.

Neither of them got through high school, but I learned from them to appreciate all of God's gifts. And my mother taught me the most important rule that I ever learned. And that was to always treat others as I would like to be treated. And that is the gift that I will never forget.

So my life is an American life. I went to public grade school, public high school. I was able to go to college because of church scholarships and government loans and what little my parents could save. "

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/20/elec04.prez.gephardt.tran/