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Many of us Europeans wish to see McCain as the next president of the United States of America, even though we who do may not constitute a majority. While electing the next president itself, naturally, is a solely American business, I think it's worth pointing out that many aware and well educated Europeans DO NOT support Obama even though he, undeniably, is the the favourite candidate of most PC European politicians and journalists - and most of our politicians and journalists are appallingly PC. The article by Swedish politician Mathias Sundin: "As Americans everywhere prepare to go to the polls,...

I had an epiphany this morning. I was trying to figure a way to explain American Politics and the U.S. Federal Government to the lay person. While pondering these things, I believe I stumbled on to an apt example. Let’s say that The United States of America is an automobile (a car for those of you with a government education). If America is that car, then the American people are the engine in that car. That engine at time roars with raw power and at other times is at idol. The engine oil in that car would then be the...

The Balance of Power

I actually think Bush --despite some awkard pauses, looking worn out and bad posture-- did pretty good. In many ways, he exceeded my expectations. He didn't make any large mistakes,which the Kerry people thought was inevitable-- that's huge. Kerry was good and did look Presidential (even though he plainly is not). I was not at all surprised by Kerry's showing. The rules worked for him and that helped him be more articulate, but he was very within himself last night. In addition, much of the post-debate punditry is designed to get Kerry back in tghe race, because the pundits want...