mcmoo-- Aw that's so sweet, condolences. Thinking of us Statesers as we gnash our teeth. Thanks for keeping a thought for us.

Yeah, NADER. I wanna have a little talk with HIM.

I grew up thinking Ralph Nader was a really, really big deal. Maybe it's the fault of network TV (or my own for watching it), but all I have seen of Nader in this election has been an angry face drawing votes away from someone who was actually electable. I'm always a little suspicious of people who attack instead of working positively within an existing system and who cannot build their OWN organization up to a functional level.

I'm all for third parties but it does seem to me that when their candidates have no governing experience, they can't do much but be spoilers. I used to think that sound business experience could be a substitute, but then I went to work for the Red Cross as an exec, and I learned a lot about the difference between management and governance. I understand checks and balances much better for that than I ever could have from school civics lessons. Management and governance are different critters, and thank God they are. And NADER???? Come on! To run all that the US is??? Yeah, he was a real serious candidate.

~S~