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YES as a care giver of my husband who is also a diabled verteran that faught twice in Vietnam for his country and has suffered so many lossess as a result of that, he spent 20 years in the military and watches the news. He has some memory problem and gets confused a lot but on some things he is still the intelligent man I married. An alzheimers patient loses so much, but if they can still remember their name ss# and address why not. A lot of people are living under the wrong impression these people have difficulties in areas but in others they still have thoughts and opinions who are we as a society to say what they can and can't do. Their primary care giver is the only one that can answer this question. In some ways alzheimers helps in that they don't do what we do and garble everything together, I am not sure who to vote for and I don't have alzheimers but my husband that does have it and isn't sure if the food he is eating he likes or not can hold a political discussion with you if you talk to him of a morning. This disease (Alzheimers) is the most confusing and perplexing thing I have ever encountered, just when you think you have it figured out where they are at and what stage they are in they suprise you and say or do something so totally normal and intelligent you stop and question did the doctoe make a mistake maybe he dosen't have it but then 12:00 comes and the lost look in his eyes are back and you know that was just a short reprieve. Don't sell these patients short, they still have wants and needs and society is trying to say lets just warehouse them well not this one, he still is in there just hard to find some times and I will fight to the end for those times and refuse to let anyone take anything else from him. If this man who has given his legs his heart to his country dosen't have the right to vote who does? Connie