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Mood of America

Maria Flores, from left, with her grandchildren, Ashley Greene, 8, and Lexus Greene, 10, watch the Puerto Rican Parade next to Francis Desmond, 83, in Philadelphia, PA. Desmond, a Navy WWII veteran, is going to vote for Kerry. "I have to. I cannot see what Bush is doing to our boys, having them killed over there... If it was a real war I could see them getting killed, but this way, no. Positively no."
Maria Flores, from left, with her grandchildren, Ashley Greene, 8, and Lexus Greene, 10, watch the Puerto Rican Parade next to Francis Desmond, 83, in Philadelphia, PA. Desmond, a Navy WWII veteran, is going to vote for Kerry. "I have to. I cannot see what Bush is doing to our boys, having them killed over there... If it was a real war I could see them getting killed, but this way, no. Positively no."