The election: An interesting opinion

Well, I am not trying to be fair about the election, I simply hate GWB and think he's a threat to the whole world.

Still, there are people who try to put some serious thoughts at the election, and Tim Bray gave the whole debate a new perspective:

"The rest of the world is largely convinced that George W. Bush is an ignorant malevolent jackass. Here’s a story by way of highlight; we recently had an old friend over for dinner, and we were talking over the US election and he burst out “Americans are decent people and I like them, but if they go and re-elect that #*!^!% #$*!%* &*@!$%!, there’s just no excuse and the #!%$* with ’em!” I would say that there are a lot of people, not just in Canada, who feel about the same.

Let’s completely ignore the subject of whether they’re right or not; maybe Dubya is an enlightened, straight-arrow kind of guy who is just misunderstood. But consider the consequences. If you’re running a company and there’s a general perception that your CEO is an asshole, eventually it won’t matter that much whether he really is or isn’t; the perception will become an obstacle. And right now, the United States of America is facing that obstacle."

ongoing · That American Election

Well done, Tim.