Hi Kev:
Few people believe that Bush will "win" once the votes are counted, but as it will not be an official vote, well, it doesn't matter very much. As to the arguement over Gore being a liar, well, in point of fact, in law there are a number of words to avoid the L word, for example my wife in cross examining a cop one day, finaly turned to the judge and said, "I know we are not suposed to use the L word, your honnor, but I think it time you took judicial notice of the fact that the witness is more than avoiding the truth, he is in fact, lieing!" Now, in an industry which avoids the L word, so conspicuosly, we have a large number of other terms. Politics, being an out growth of law - as King George said, "A Republic, God help them, they are going to be ruled by lawyers!!!" So, in the case of Mr. Gore's statements which Mr. Troll takes umberage, I would use an industry term of art - puffery. His "lies" were - to my memory, slight exagerations of his role or his parties role in X,Yor Z. Now, that is not much of a fault in this nation of advertisers and spin doctors.
I am reminded of the bumber sticker that our Sisters and Brothers in other nations may not have been aware of, when a KKK member was running in Louisiana a few years ago, against a convicted crooked politician, The bumper sticker read, "vote for the crook".
I would rather have someone who is guilty of puffery with his (or her) finger on the button (if indeed anyone should have a finger on the button - EVEN ME, especialy brother Uncle Jaque - no offence mec,) I digress, better the liar than the idiot.
Cheers all,
Larry