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<p>In 1984, Walter Mondale's running mate was Rep. Geraldine Ferraro, a Catholic woman from New York. Ronald Reagan carried Catholics, women, New York -- and even Ferraro's district. Vice presidential nominees rarely sway this or that national demographic group. However, a running mate should help carry his or her state. But last week Bush carried North Carolina, getting 295,026 more votes than in 2000, and carried John Edwards' home county, as he did four years ago. Edwards was supposed to cut Bush's appeal in rural America. He did not.</p>

Canada Versus The USA. By Howard Galganov        10/24/2002   From some of my earliest grade-school recollections, I remember more than just one of my teachers telling the class how Americans have no culture. But Canadians do. And in these lessons, we learned about our "steep culture", including our colonial past and membership in the Commonwealth. I even recollect singing "God Save The Queen" every morning. How utterly Canadian. When I was in highschool, it was more of the same, especially when it came to any discussion of the war in Vietnam. To us, America was the...