Thanks, Dougie old boy. Glad to have it clarified. I take back the nasty remarks. You're not really a shit. Dunno about the fair and square part, though. Even if it was a legitimate count, which I wouldn't be too sure about, the underlying pretexts of Bush's candidacy were so distorted and exaggerated that the vote was one by a big inflatable, like the ones that used to March in the Macy's Parade at Easter when I was a kid. Giant, colorful, waving and grinning, barely held down by ropes, full of something like hot air or gas, and not at all what they seem to be, but a sure gatherer of attention and acclimation. Back then, no-one would confuse them witht he real thing, though. That's what troubles me.

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