Bush losing "values" debate?

Here are some quotes from the latest AP article about the values debate. I can't tell you how glad I am not to read "Kerry's a flip-flopper."

The 61-year-old clerk opposes abortion, even to save a woman's life, and gay marriage, even if it requires amending the Constitution. But there's a value she places above all others: Honesty.

"And Bush, with his war on Iraq, has failed on that note," Brooks said.

Missy Kocab, 18, a product of Ohio's Catholic schools, opposes gay marriage and abortion, but is leaning toward Kerry. "Honesty is an important value, especially in a politician," she said while sorting doughnuts at the Parmatown Mall. "And I just don't think the president has been honest about Iraq."

"I'm trying to learn which of these guys has values like mine," she said. "My personal values are honesty, integrity, optimism."

Bill Tompson, 40, a customer at a bait-and-tackle shop in Hampton Township, says he voted for Bush in 2000 because he feared Democrat Al Gore would undermine gun rights. He's voting for Kerry in the fall.

"I don't like what's happened with the economy and Iraq," Tompson said.

GO KERRY GO!

P.S. How come we haven't heard much from the NRA this election? They were brutal to Gore. Has their support for Bush softened?