"And perhaps we all at least should be thankful that had this been a country *other* than America, all those pretty Palm Beach mansions would now be cruise missile magnets, and we'd have an armored corps making its way slowly through New England :-)" I imagine if the same thing happens in the Canadian election on the 27th (in which I am an absentee "elector"), we won't be seeing the tanks. I failed to realize that America was the only true democracy, and that the rest of us are just faking it. You people shouldn't be getting all snippy about this. After all, It's a *great* time to be a NON-permanent resident. It's disappointing that most people's response to this was straight out of the Slobodan Milosevic book of democracy, i.e., the vote's not valid unless my side wins. The fact that the self-styled greatest democracy in the history of the universe is actually debating having its election decided because of the layout of a ballot should be embarrassing enough, (as if the U.S. is capable of embarrassment) but that both Republicans and Democrats should take sides on the Palm Beach issue based on making sure their guy wins instead of making sure the election is decided fairly is just pathetic. It can't be a coincidence that every vocal right-winger in this club thinks the ballot was fair, while every vocal left-winger thinks it wasn't. Instead of the usual platitudes about the greatness of American democracy (America is, of course, by definition a great democracy, all appearances to the contrary notwithstanding) it would do you well to consider the mess the U.S. is in because political one-upsmanship has become more important than respecting the democratic process. The integrity of democracy is a million times more important than tax cuts, social security, the military budget, or any other issue. Dave Bonus Fun Fact: In the upcoming brouhaha over the Electoral College, the terms "Democrat" and "Republican" will actually be succinct, more or less accurate terms describing two distinct political positions.
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