Indecision 2002

The most common story submission about the U.S. elections held today seems to be that the consortium which typically conducts and reports exit polls has encountered technical difficulties. If only they'd had an open beta program... There have also been a number of stories highlighting problems with new electronic voting machines, a topic Slashdot has hit several times in the past. CNN, the NY Times, and essentially every other U.S. news outfit are following the election results as best they can.

Comments

Re:International observers in Florida

[Mac Degger]

And the funniest thing is that it's comp[osed of Albanians and Russians! I laughed so hard when I heard that!

Re:A major News Source

[Samrobb]

The Reagan regime enacted one of the largest tax increases in U.S. history AND increased the scope, size, and debt of the federal government to record levels.

Please repeat after me: CONGRESS IS THE LAWMAKING BODY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Now tell me, oh enlightened one... who was it that controlled Congress during the Reagan presidency? Who was it that was responsible for tying up every trivial bill with enough pork to choke a small horse? Who was it, in fact, that did each and every thing you blame on Reagan?

C'mon. I know, it's hard... you can say it with me, if that helps:

D - E - M - O - C - R - A - T - S

There! See how easy that was? Now, let's try it again: who was in control of the lawmaking body (Congress, remember?) during the Clinton years? You remember - booming economy, low unemployment, everyone happier than a pig in poo? OK, OK, we'll say it together again:

R - E - P - U - B - L - I - C - A - N - S

While I'll admit some might consider a mere 20 years to be too short a time to draw any strong conclusions, the evidence seems to indicate that while a Democratic controlled congress spends money like a compulsive shopper with bad math skills [1], a Republican congress is actually fairly good for the economy in particular and the nation in general.

[1] Actually not a very good analogy. I've seen compulsive shoppers, and even they have trouble flinging money around with the same abandon as a Democrat-controlled Congress.