Was that GUEST response to my last post actually from the same person as the other GUEST posts? If so, my gut feelings that there's something dodgy about this "progressive" are very much strengthened. That kneejerk xenophobia sounded sincere, and it's a tone that's pretty characteristic of...
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Quite a lot of American voters will be getting letters from people in this country, I believe, mostly from non-celebrities. The Guardian is pushing the idea quite hard - Letters to Clark County. I am inclined to think it's probably not a great idea, because people can get touchy about that kind of thing. (If I was sending a letter to a total stranger in that way, I'd be very tempted to urge the person I was writing to back Bush, in the expectation that this might make them think twice about doing so.)

However the point is, in a very real sense the man elected in November isn't just the US President, but also the nearest approach to the President of Earth. God help us. It's no wonder that people outside the USA get concerned about what's going to happen. It's our future that's likely to be screwed up as well.

I imagine it must have felt a bit like this for people living out in the Roman Empire watching the in-crowd in Rome and its environs sorting out who was to be Emperor. The Romans generally got it wrong too, and they sure did squabble about it...