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I see a man displaying a sense of humor to some friends and colleagues years before he held public office.

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To be fair, a lot of times its the same on our side of the pond. 

I hope you don't really mean that!  Or did you mean unfortunately in the sense that Bush gained reelection?  Its always tough when your side, whichever that may be, doesn't get its way.  But that's also the best part of living where we do... if enough people get sick of the status quo, it can be changed, unlike other parts of the world -- and in that sense, we're all on the same side.

I'm 29.

This thread could go on forever, and the election has come and gone, so I'm going to move on as others have.  Hopefully, everyone posting out here realizes that sharing opinions and learning from one another is what really matters, and nobody walks away from here with any hard feelings.  That is sometimes the dangerous part of Internet forums.  I've enjoyed reading all of the opinions in this thread, especially from those who are so far away from me (I'm in Sioux Falls, SD).

See you around...

That's a pretty common feature in other forums, but I've never really understood what good it does.  With something like instant message software, I can see this as being desirable, but why in forums?

Those are the electoral college numbers, but the actual votes cast yield a similar number.  59,369,452 for Bush vs. 55,853,451 for Kerry.  Still, its a majority, and with our form of government the majority rules.

Iraq was the big topic, yes, but the candidates spoke to morality issues throughout the campaign.

I tend to disagree with you *to a degree* about the religious beliefs dictating the lives of others.  Most civilized societies are governed by some basic rules of right and wrong (thou shalt not kill, for instance) and I see nothing wrong with those sorts of religious beliefs turning into laws to govern by.  Issues such as homosexuality, abortion, stem cell research, etc. are another story.  A lot of folks feel that this falls into playing God territory, and while some may see this as being backwards you still have to remember that Christian conservatives have a lot of pull in The United States.

Again, majority rules.  The majority, regardless of how slim that may have been this time around, has spoken and they do not want gay marriages.

Opinions vary.

Even after the millions of dollars the Democrats and "documentary" makers spent in anti-Bush efforts... he still won reelection, and by the largest popular vote in US history WITH a margin of 3.5 million votes.  He may not be popular elsewhere, but he sure seems to be here at home.  How 'bout them Republicans:

"Bush maintained or increased his vote in every state but Vermont. Republicans picked up seats in the House and Senate, and continue to dominate state governorships. Also making history of a sort, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle lost his election, marking the first time in half a century a Senate leader has been defeated."

Very doubtful, unless Iran nukes Israel or something extremely drastic happens.  There's no way we could pull this off given the current deployment of our military.  If war breaks out in either Iran or N. Korea, I'm going to quit my job and spend the rest of my short days getting drunk somewhere tropical, because its all over for all of us.

I could see some sort of military "pressure" put on Syria before Iran, but again there's no way this is going to happen.  Too much going on in Iraq, military is overdeployed, no real reason to do so, etc.

My fear is that this is inevitable anyway, regardless of who wins the Presidency.

And now, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution of The United States of America:

"Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once..."

Forbidden by our laws, so unless our Constitution is changed or Bush stages a military coup (never happen), you need not worry yourself with this notion.

The United States has only been around for 200 odd years.  We grew to where we are in a relatively short span of time.  I am not justifying anything, just stating a point that had we known in the beginning what we know now, maybe some things would be different.  But signing a treaty which would be detrimental to our economy isn't the answer.  As someone else said, we can't just pull the plug and reverse 200 years of growth.  We need other solutions.  Take another look at that article I posted about China.  You will soon be bitching about them as well.

Religion in any form has been the source of waaaaaay too much bloodshed over the years.  But when you present radical ideas to poor, oppressed people who feel they have nothing to live for other than to kill a certain group of people, that's when the trouble starts.

Now excuse me, I'm late for work and I have to go vote. 

Neither of these have any similarity whatsoever.

I'm having luck with Thunderbird.