holding our collective breath

it seems that as a nation we are all on the edge of our seats as we wait to see the outcome of next tuesday's vote. my prediction is that this will be thrown to the courts in much the same way as 2000. i just don't see how it might all end. it's clear that neither of the candidates can back down. bush will never step aside, having learned the last time around that if he whines long and loud enough, he gets the white house. kerry won't let it go, because if he does, the democrats will be seen as wimps. when gore conceded, it was considered gentlemanly. kerry conceding any sort of legal challenge will only be seen as weakness and could spell bad news in the long term for the dems. in any case, i see many many protests in the streets and much unrest and national pre-occupation as this drags on. as the chinese curse goes, "may you live in interesting times."

of course, there is still the threat of some sort of october surprise. the 380 missing tons of explosives....when will they show up? and what about osama?

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