Oh, I DO prefer the Democrats. And I do want to see Bush voted out. But, I have no real confidence in the Democrats at the same time, because they are a bought party, as are the Republicans. They are both bought and paid for by essentially the same big money interests that provide them with their campaign funding and control the whole friggin' economy and determine national policy. The election is like the Superbowl. It's merely to keep the public distracted and give them something to focus on. Actually it's like the whole year's football season, capped by the Superbowl, only difference being: there are only really 2 official teams, instead of 30 or 40 of them. When I say it's as phony as elections in Soviet Russian, I am dead serious.

Yeah, Bill, I read it before I posted. :-) It just strikes you as an extreme statement because you're an American, and you live inside a certain set of assumptions...which I would call not the American Dream, but the American Illusion. I used to believe it was real. Now I know it's not. Neither is Canadian politics or British politics. It's just a marketing exercise by the Powers That Be.

Still I vote. Might as well...it's better than not voting.