LOL, Yorick, well said. Darn it, I am too late for most of this. The recount, as John D. says, showed Bush the winner in Florida. As for the claims of voter intimidation, none really checked out beyond the rumor level. And, yes, according to the U.S. Constitution, whoever wins the Electoral College vote is the President of the USA. No amount of liberal wailing will change it. And I also think that it is interesting that Terry MacAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, who was so insistent that injustice was done in Florida, targeted Jeb Bush, brought in Clinton and Gore, spent big bucks for aadvertising, and insisted right up to Tuesday night that "Jeb Bush is through," lost big time. If we do this Iraq thing right and the economy doesn't tank, 2004 is looking pretty bright.