LH, you can't count the people who didn't vote. If you did that, virtually NO president has won a majority of American votes. You're bein' unfair.

And hey, so Bush didn't receive the popular vote. He was still elected president. I don't think he STOLE the election, because I think someone would've said something by now if Jeb managed to steal or change votes. So, he is our president, whether you like it or not, and it's a damn good bet he got it fair and square. If you don't like it, tough. That's the breaks. Stop bitchin' already.

I'll admit that Bush hasn't done a good job as President. He's made a bunch of mistakes, he's lied, or at least told half-truths, and has most of the world, if not against us, then doubting our credibility and whatnot. It's crossing the line, though, to call him an idiot. He's doin' what he feels is right. Most of us may not feel his actions are correct, but just because his beliefs and ours may conflict doesn't mean that he's an idiot. Personal attacks have no room in politics. Just vote for someone else next time. And you don't have to respect him personally, but holding the highest office in the entire Free World demands a certain amount of it. If you don't respect the man, respect the position.

And I'd have to disagree with Shadow Nexus. If the President had absolute control, or even, uh, half-absolute control, there wouldn't be people running around protestin' and whatnot, and no President would face danger from re-elections. And companies like Microsoft wouldn't be facing whatever charges they are. They may not, though; I don't really pay attention to business thingamajigs. The point is, there's too much turmoil and upheaval for anyone to have absolute control or even near it, unless there's some MASSIVE Metal Gear Solid type conspiracy that secretly controls everything. The world isn't nearly as great or as horrible as anyone thinks it is. For all the extremists out there, there are hundreds of moderates.

On a side note, my father, who was a member of the military until sometime in 2001, said that the overseas military votes weren't counted, because of a time limit, or somethin'. I don't know if he's right, but I'm inclined to believe him, because he doesn't like Bush and the military votes, with the vast majority of the military being Republican, would've helped Bush a bunch.