Private incompetence pales in comparison to government incompetence. The NHS contracted several private IT companies to do the work for them for that very reason... erm...
"why would vote one way, then be ashamed of it 5 minutes later"
Perhaps they were ashamed of it when they voted? When you do something you're not particularly proud of you're unwilling to divulge it to anyone whose reaction you're not sure of. This was evident spectularly in the 1992 General Election here in the UK and has become known as (amongst other things) 'shy Toryism'.
I'm not sure that I necessarily agree with the statement in the article that "That shouting [about pride in patriotism and small government] has gone quiet, under the assault of Michael Moore, mainstream European opinion and the slivers of liberal America that run down the East and West coasts." - from over here it seems like there's been plenty of 'shouting' in favour of Bush for the last few years.
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Oi! Less of the 'hard-earned'... ;)
"why would vote one way, then be ashamed of it 5 minutes later"
Perhaps they were ashamed of it when they voted? When you do something you're not particularly proud of you're unwilling to divulge it to anyone whose reaction you're not sure of. This was evident spectularly in the 1992 General Election here in the UK and has become known as (amongst other things) 'shy Toryism'.
There was an article in the Daily Telegraph about this effect which speculates about a similar bias in the Presidential election just gone.
I'm not sure that I necessarily agree with the statement in the article that "That shouting [about pride in patriotism and small government] has gone quiet, under the assault of Michael Moore, mainstream European opinion and the slivers of liberal America that run down the East and West coasts." - from over here it seems like there's been plenty of 'shouting' in favour of Bush for the last few years.