I’m writing this letter in regard to the article published in the Sun Journal (Sept. 8) titled “Bush, Kerry focus on Iraq.”

I am a young teen attending Carrie Ricker Middle School. So I’m not old enough to vote, but that certainly doesn’t mean that I don’t have an opinion. For a few months now, I have followed the presidential election, sometimes following it closer than your average voting adult. In the article, it states, “In their bitterly contested campaign, war is just another way to call the other guy names.” I couldn’t agree more.

What are these two people thinking? If they attack each other will the issues just go away? They both give us reasons not to vote for the other candidate, but few reasons to vote for themselves. Bush calls Kerry a flip-flopper, and plays on the fact that Kerry was once for the war and then against it. Vice President Dick Cheney is making indirect threats about terrorist attacks if Bush isn’t re-elected. Kerry asks why we should re-elect the president, and accuses Bush of squandering money in Iraq. Let’s see: Name-calling, finger-pointing and possible false accusations. I don’t know where these guys went to school, but here, the consequences wouldn’t be a trip to Camp David.

In conclusion, maybe George W. and John K. need to go back and rethink their campaign strategies. I know when I am old enough to vote, it won’t be for a candidate who acts like this.

Anthony Nuzzo