[Griff]

Every election cycle we are pulled in various directions. Do we vote for the candidate who most closely reflects our views? Do we vote against someone by voting for his strongest competitor? Do we admitt that the deck is stacked against third parties and vote the lesser of two evils. Bush is the case in point for the weakness in the lesser of two evils choice. It doesn't get much more evil than this (in our system and so far). Gore would've tried but he probably wouldn't have the stomach for it. Now we've crossed the threshhold to an admitted "preventitive" war. Any weakling occupying the executive branch with sagging poll numbers can turn this key. We are not going to hold Bush accountable if they never find WMDs (not that they'd be a threat to us anyway) or proof of an amazingly unlikely Al Queda connection. Give that power plus increasing police powers at home to the politician you trust the least, Kerry, Gingrich, Santorum, Nader, Browne, Kennedy...

Do we even vote, realizing we don't really know any of these clowns?