[geeks] I'm glad I don't live in the US!

[Lionel Peterson]

> From: Nick <nick at pelagiris.org>
> Date: 2004/07/10 Sat PM 11:58:01 GMT
> To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: [geeks] I'm glad I don't live in the US!
> 
> On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 07:54:31PM -0400, The Renaissance Man wrote:
> > The phrase "at all costs" always frightens me.  But maybe I just have a
> > better idea than many people of what "at all costs" can entail.
> Heh.  I was considering voting for kerry if he picked Nader as his VP.
> Someone pointed out Kerry had a very very slim chance of surviving his
> term with Nader as his VP.  I can't honestly say I'd have a problem with
> that.

I loved the quote from Bush #43 when asked his reaction to Edwards as Kerry's running mate/VP Candidate: "Cheny can be President." (I paraphrased, but think I am 99% accurate)

What I find interesting is that neither side seems to be doing a good job of "winning" votes from the other side - they seem focused on ensuring good turnout from their side on election day.

Oh, and another issue for the democrats is that festival of futility called the democratic primary, where darn-near each candidate seemed perfectly comfortable trashing the others, ensuring "the other side" had ample ammo no matter which candidate gets the nomination.

And finally, let me be the first to predict that this election will be horribly mired in confusion and annomolies, culminating in an election won (by either side), based on some arcane electoral college rule...

Sorry, I tend not to "stoke the flames" of political flame wars, but I felt compelled to contribute...