I have mixed feelings about the US system and was surprized when I learned that politicians are elected by the number of delegate votes one gets.(the Al Gore thing brought it out in spades!) It is a very convoluted system that in a time of mass media should not require such a grueling trip to the white house. Not to mention the millions of dollars spent. The problem with a democracy is that everyone gets to say something, but as the system gets bigger and more complex people have no idea who to say it to or where to go to say it. Much less, what to say when they get there....wherever "there" is. And CNN!!

I could write a whole whack on CNN! (I did actually, and then accidently erased it.)

Up here in Canada, the guys who want to represent the country just put on their favorite toques and we vote for the guy with the toque we like best.

Don't know what a toque is? Get out the old Funk and Wagnal. Don't know
what a Funk and Wagnal is? Don't worry about it, go back to whatever you were doing before you read this post.

I actually get a great deal of enjoyment out of watching from the bleachers.

Goooooo Hilary!!! OOOps that was last week