Issue date: 9/29/04 Section: Opinion

John Kerry can be impersonal, stiff and indecisive.

George W. Bush can be redundant, ill-informed and evasive.

It's far from surprising that the majority of the younger demographic has become disenfranchised and apathetic. Sept. 30 presents a unique opportunity for the candidates to turn their images around. The first presidential debate, focusing on foreign policy, stands to serve Kerry better than Bush.

The President leads his Democratic opponent in polls by eight points. With his terror squad selling the idea of nameless threats and protection only this administration can offer, there's little doubt why half the country has run into Bush's open arms.

Despite appearances on "The Daily Show," MTV and "The Late Show with David Letterman," Kerry has failed to inspire the same devotion of former candidate Howard Dean, or even eternal underdog Ralph Nader.

As the Boston Herald so loving calls him, Kerry "The Flip-Flopper" will have the opportunity to clearly articulate his platform, to clarify his questionable voting record and exude the charisma of a young Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan or even a telephone pole.

While admittedly the race is between two creepy, old, rich, white men, it's more than important than we, as an intelligent, literate college students watch this debate. If not this debate, at least one of the future debates because one of these creepy, old, rich, white men will be in control of your taxes, education, economy and ability to travel overseas.

So if you want to travel to Ibiza this Spring Break, watch the presidential debates.

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