On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:16:59 -0500, Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>As Tracy points out, 12 months of daily intelligence briefing could educate
>a brick.  However, no amount of briefing can give a leader character and a
>moral compass. That is something you possess on your own.  This was sadly
>lacking in the prior administration but is definitely present in this one.

I agree, everbody should/could learn alot in these briefings specially in
such a long period of time.



>Oh, and for the Florida election thing, it is interesting to note that once
>again, it is only the Democrat voters who had a problem with the voting.  I
>think it's too bad that Reno lost; it would have been interesting to see
how
>she would have answered some of the questions she would have had to face.
>It's even more interesting to note that her erstwhile boss campaigned for
>her now-victorious opponent.  (Maybe he didn't want certain questions to be
>asked of gubernatorial candidate.)
>
>Denys...


Here I strongly disagree. Everybody in a democracy should have a big problem
with "loosing or forgetting" votes. Next time the republicans loose, you bet
that want a re-count.
The question is, why and how does it happen?
How can the US send people to elections in other countries, when they can
not count their own votes correctly? Is there a lack of knowledge what a
real democracy is?
The question is not only who won and who lost but was the count correct.

By the way: I can not vote in Germany next week because I now live in the US
and of course can not vote in the US because I am German.
No-win-situation :-(

Michael

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