John Kerry

MARTINSBURG, W.Va.- Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, will talk about rising health-care costs for women at the City Hospital campus in Martinsburg on Tuesday, according to Kerry's campaign organizers. "Mrs. Kerry will speak with area women about the economy and the economic pressures women face from rising health-care and prescription drug costs," according to a written announcement from campaign staff. Heinz Kerry is scheduled to speak in the third-floor aerobics room at the Dorothy A. McCormack Cancer Treatment and Rehabilitation Center at 2000 Foundation Way, near the hospital building.

To the editor: President Bush, Vice President Cheney and the administration are now being much criticized for our Iraq policy. Since the war on terror there has dragged on for two and half years, there are those who think we have been in Iraq long enough, fighting a war that seems to have no shape, and want us to get out and let the chips fall where they may. The words have changed but the tune is the same one that was played in the...

Bush is a leader To the editor: George W. Bush is by far the most honest, ethical and straight-talking leader we have had since Ronald Reagan. Since the Arab extremists prefer Kerry, that should tell all of us that Bush is the man to protect our country and our freedom. Heaven forbid that John Kerry would ever be at the helm of our nation! Kerry, his actions after Vietnam and his senate record reveal him to be unworthy to lead the United States! If anyone has any intelligence at all, they would vote for our President, George W. Bush, to continue to lead our great nation in a time of war. We are at war with terrorists, and W has the backbone and the fortitude to defeat them.

laurae@herald-mail.com WASHINGTON COUNTY - Washington County is not even a blip on the radar screen for strategists with the two major national presidential campaigns. But that isn't stopping local supporters of President Bush and rival John Kerry from running less expensive grass-roots campaigns in Western Maryland. During Monday morning rush hour, John Kerry volunteers stood along U.S. 340 in Frederick County, Md., carrying signs and waving at people driving over the bridge from West Virginia, said Dan Rupli, who is coordinating Kerry's campaign in Western Maryland.

The Herald-Mail asked readers what they thought about the presidential debate. Here's what some Tri-State area residents said. James Bruchey, 62 Hagerstown "I got the impression that (Kerry) was willing to be more coalition building than President Bush, although, President Bush acknowledged there were other countries that went in to the war in Iraq with the U.S. ... My vote strengthened more toward Sen. Kerry than President Bush, although, I admire President Bush's oratory.

Editor's note - Please be as brief as possible when calling Mail Call, The Daily Mail's reader call-in line. Mail Call is not staffed on weekends or holidays so it is best to call Mail Call during the week. The Mail Call number is 301-791-6236. You are welcome to leave a recorded message on any subject, but some calls will be screened out. Here are some of the calls we have received lately: "John Kerry picked a good running mate when he picked John Edwards, who by the way has as much experience as Bush did when he ran for president.

Editor's note - Please be as brief as possible when calling Mail Call, The Daily Mail's reader call-in line. Mail Call is not staffed on weekends or holidays so it is best to call Mail Call during the week. The Mail Call number is 301-791-6236. You are welcome to leave a recorded message on any subject, but some calls will be screened out. Here are some of the calls we have received lately: "I am calling about the Lakeside Mobile Park trick-or-treat night. Does anyone know when it is going to be held?"

Will you vote for ABB for president? The reality of the 2004 political situation is this. The Democrats, including all of the candidates and the Democratic National Committee (DNC), have only one goal in mind for the national election. That goal is to get their party back into the White House to recover the power and perks they lost in the election of 2000. They figure they were robbed and they want revenge. Their platform has only one plank. It is ABB - Anybody But Bush. The proof?

andrews@herald-mail.com ROHRERSVILLE - Jim Warner of Rohrersville - a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War - is interviewed in a new film skewering Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic nominee in Tuesday's presidential election. A series of pro- and anti-Kerry documentary films have come out in recent months. A new release, "Stolen Honor," in which Warner appears, attacks Kerry for his public criticism of the Vietnam War, including his April 1971 testimony before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

"You know, it's funny how the media is dominated by this remark by Kerry. It was a comment that was taken totally out of context, and the Republicans are so desperate they are making it an issue. If this is all the conservatives have to talk about with a few days left, it shows how desperate they are for anything to divert from Bush's failed war and policies. All the Repubs are doing is playing the 'divert' card. Divert, divert, divert. " - Hagerstown "I keep seeing letters to the editor and also comments in (You Said It)

"You know, it's funny how the media is dominated by this remark by Kerry. It was a comment that was taken totally out of context and the Republicans are so desperate they are making it an issue. If this is all the conservatives have to talk about with a few days left, it shows how desperate they are for anything to divert from Bush's failed war and policies. All the Repubs are doing is playing the 'divert' card. Divert, divert, divert. " - Hagerstown "I keep seeing letters to the editor and also comments in (You Said It)

To the editor: President Bush, Vice President Cheney and the administration are now being much criticized for our Iraq policy. Since the war on terror there has dragged on for two and half years, there are those who think we have been in Iraq long enough, fighting a war that seems to have no shape, and want us to get out and let the chips fall where they may. The words have changed but the tune is the same one that was played in the...

What did we get for 'values' vote? To the editor: The election is over, and by now it is common knowledge that the president was re-elected by those who consider moral values a top priority. But before we slip into our semiplacid slumber between elections, let's take a look at what we received for our "moral values" vote. Our president openly states that he is a Christian, and of this we have no doubt. But his actions, or inaction, tend to make this a moot point.

scottb@herald-mail.com TRI-STATE - As citizens across the Tri-State area cast their ballots on Tuesday, Barbara Buckler of Smithsburg voted in a presidential election for the first time in about 30 years, she said. "I guess it just seemed like it was more important to me," Buckler, 56, said. After voting for Kerry, the registered Democrat said, "I feel we need a change. " But Randy Moss, a registered Republican who lives in Hagerstown, disagreed. "I feel like with where the country is at now and the conflict overseas, I don't think it's a good idea to change leadership in the middle of that," Moss, 46, said.

andrews@herald-mail.com ROHRERSVILLE - Jim Warner of Rohrersville - a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War - is interviewed in a new film skewering Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic nominee in Tuesday's presidential election. A series of pro- and anti-Kerry documentary films have come out in recent months. A new release, "Stolen Honor," in which Warner appears, attacks Kerry for his public criticism of the Vietnam War, including his April 1971 testimony before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.