Guest "Leveler" said In the US you vote for a president - in the UK it doesn't work like that. .

I wish we could say it worked like that in the U.S., but as we saw last year, more people voted for Al Gore. Dubya was for all intents and purposes appointed by the Reagan appointed Supreme Court.

I must say, this spawned some excellent humor at Shrub's expense, but I'd still prefer to have Gore in office and be chuckling at his more subtle humor. I agree with Dixon above. Gore can be very funny, and at his own expense. When I look at Dubya, I can now see why Bush senior selected Dan Quayle (of p-o-t-a-t-o-e fame)as his VP. They're very similar in their limitations.