[doug from upland]

Thanks for sharing that great story.

[hunter112]

The year before, my former wife and I had three boys at various times, one from Belgium, one from Norway, and one from Yugoslavia, and they would often gather at our house for dinner, even though only two of them were living there at at time. We showed them what our version of being an American was like, and when Elian Gonzales was taken at gunpoint, they were flabbergasted.

They said, "We didn't think anything like that could happen in America!" I said, "I didn't think so, either."

I'm sure they were cheered when the final news of the 2000 election reached them. Especially the Yugoslavian young man, who hated Clinton and anything connected with him as much as I did! He was quite gratified to find that there were many Americans who despised this evil man.