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"The unpredictable element that has turned every recent US election into a potential horror movie: the American voters.
At this point, if you're not paranoid about US voters, you haven't been paying attention. We depend on them to do the right thing, but it's like having your investment portfolio handled by an insane uncle. In order to understand American presidential politics, you must first disconnect all your commonsense receptors. Factors and developments that would seem to have obvious consequences turn out to mean nothing, or even have the opposite effect than what a sane person would expect.
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By any reasonable standard, the Republican campaign wagon should be axle-deep in a tar pond by now. Yet McCain & Obama are still neck & neck in the polls. It's hard to fathom, unless you consider the obvious factor that no one wants to mention: many Americans simply won't vote for a black presidential candidate, particularly one who displays a frightening ability to use three-syllable words."
Steve Burgess, in WE Canada
Excellent article that sums up how sane people around the world feel.
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