re: So what will it do to your perception...
Hey, the American people elected Ronald Reagan TWICE. I don't know that my opinion of the voting public could go much lower than it did then.
But, so far, they haven't elected GWB once. Remember - Scalia said to stop counting ballots. So much for "elections".
There may be hope. And then again, the Rs are making sure there is not a paper trail, so that they can claim anything and count on Cheney's buddy Scalia in a pinch.
And if GWB is elected in a landslide, I'll know that the US is no longer a democracy, but an oligarchy.
Arf
