Well, after watching these two candidates vie for the "highest office on earth" as the pundits like to call it, let me say that I found it to be a disgusting exercise on both candidates parts of telling obvious, verifiable, lies. And these are the men who are both claiming to be seeking wisdom from God? Blech ... Sickening. It wasn't pretty to watch - pretty much a low point in American politics, methinks. JW

Well, having seen the light, I'll offer this thought: President Bush lacks any real "mandate" (in the historical sense that people have voted for certain specifics) except that he'll: staying steadfast on terrorism and Iraq. Kerry didn't do any better in that regard of course. That's the downside of negative campaigning - it makes it tough to morally claim a "mandate" on anything (except the very narrow issues articulated about terror and war). Tough to see anything but the co...