KM> As for whether people vote sensibly... here in Canada we just recently
KM> re-elected a man who was caught in blackface on at least 3 occasions, is
the
KM> only sitting Prime Minister to be convicted of ethics violations, and has
ended
KM> up convicted of MULTIPLE of said ethics violations, and has presided over
KM> national unity hitting record lows. And we re-elected him because his
party was
KM> able to convince enough people that the other major contender MIGHT do
KM> something vaguely Racist or Unethical. Despite the fact said oponent had
spent
KM> the better part of a decade as Speaker of the House and was fairly
universally
KM> applauded for acting with integrity and beyond party lines in that role.
Ouch! I realize that I have to brush up on Canuck history. I got lost
somewhere between The Arrow (fabulous fighter plane) and Canadian Bacon
(fabulous movie).
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