Das amerikansiche Reich

Kerry did the right thing. We could already see that he had lost early last night. It was clear long before Bush won Florida.

"If Everything is lost, then it is time to start looking around, checking under the sofa, and trying to find It again."


OTHER THINGS
Love Gore Vidal. But I was using the term "Empire," first.


SOME QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERING
Voter intimidation: CNN says the election went "smoothly." In fact, they insisted that that was what was happening. Is this true? How many people were disenfranchised, and who was responsible?

[4 Nov., 2004, EDIT: Here is an editorial with what looks like the first information on possible voter fraud and/or disenfranchisements. It doesn't at all suggest that anyone was specifically targeting race, although it does imply that the worst problems were in minority districts.]

The Mandate: It looks like the Republican party won in a minor landslide. That would mean a mandate. However, if the Democrats were truly asleep at the wheel, does that mean the mandate stems from only half the country?

When will we be getting answers?