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[mburbank]

I'm from Massachusetts to. For once I wish I lived in a swing state. But I'll add to Kerry's margin. While I think he's run a poor campaign, that says nothing of what I think he'd be like as President. I watched his work on unearthing ties between the Contras and drugrunners, BCI and our relations with Vietnam. He's a good man.

I'm 42 years old. I've been aware of every election since Nixon Vs. McGovern. I've voted in every election since Carter Vs. Reagan. I didn't like Clinton, and I hated Reagan and Bush senior. This is way, way, wat different. I never felt the soul of the United states was at stake before, and I never thought any of the previous presidents I disliked could do truly long term damage to the experiemnt that is the United States. I didn't like them as people, I didn't like their policies, etc. but I never feared them.

I think W's faith is similar to the Talibans, and the difference in degree is totally a factor of what's currently culturally acceptable here. I think he thinks the war on Terror is a crusade. I think he thinks God talks to him, or speaks through him. I thought all this before 9/11 and the so called 'war' on terror. W had won the electoral college (if that) but not the popular vote. One would have expected a unity government with several cabinet offices given to Democrats, especially coming from someone who ran as 'a uniter and not a divider'. Instead, he functioned as if he'd won a landslide. 9/11 only gave W the opportunity to believe he was divinely destined to rule more firmly. I tremble t the thought of the level of Hubris for years unfettered by the eventuality of another election might inpsire.

And then there's the supreme court.