The current administration gained power through the ballot box.

A ballot box result distorted by the fact that the count was first disrupted by a mob and then brought to a halt before it had been completed, and two months before the elected candidate was due to take office, so that there was no reason on earth for any kind of rush.

The point being that for anybody genuinely committed to the democratic process, that process can never be subordinated to political preferences. The sad fact is that November 2000 saw Americans lining up for or against carrying on the vote until it was completed to the satisfaction of all candidates - and this lining up appears to have been purely on the basis of the candidate people wished to see win.

That really was rather disgusting. It seems to indicate that for a great many Americans the commitment to democracy must be paper thin.