Perhaps George W. is a "better man" than somebody else. But has anyone noticed, the reason the Republicans get control of the Senate is, that Senator Welstone was killed in a mysterious airplane accident. Last I heard, the FAA was quite mystified as to how it could have happened, as the plane was well equipped with de-icers.

I note also, last year attempts were made to assasinate Senator Leahy of Vermont and Sentator of South Dakota, by sending them "weapons grade" Anthrax spores in envelopes. The FBI investigated, and is still clueless. Everyone seems to agree that it must have been Sadaam Hussein who was behind these attempts. In light of Sadaam's well-known hatred of Democratic Senators from small, rural states, that must be right.

Of course, I draw no conclusions from the above co-incidental events, which no one has been able to explain, either. But isn't the coincidence astonishing?