McGrath: since it is plowing "old" ground, I won't pursue your remark about the 2000 election in the U.S. except to say that if Gore had insisted on a statewide recount things might have been different. Instead, he demanded only a recount in precints where he thought he could win. History will prove who is right.
The fact that similar complaints about the 2004 elections have not materialized, except in the minds of left-wing extremists, should put the question of who is the president of the United States at rest. It is George W. Bush. Might as well accept it.