Charles Anderson, 50, didn't vote for Richard Nixon or George McGovern
in 1972. He stayed home for the 1976 election between Gerald Ford and
Jimmy Carter. He chose not to cast a ballot for Ronald Regan or Jimmy
Carter in 1980. He didn't go to the polls for Ronald A. Reagan or
Walter Mondale in 1984. He passed on voting for George H. W. Bush or
Michael Dukakis in 1988. He skipped the election between George H. W.
Bush and William Clinton in 1992. He supported neither Robert Dole nor
William Clinton in 1996. He was also a non-voter in the 2000 election
between George W. Bush and Al Gore. But, this time was different.
Anderson cast his 2004 presidential ballot for John Kerry. "I just
couldn't stand Bush and that made this election different," Anderson
explains. "I didn't like the blatant lies he told about the war and
economics and I hated being lied to blatantly about the weapons of mass
destruction." Anderson heeded the words of Malcolm X - if you're
not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. [more]
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