Hello Walter,

It is pretty interesting to follow this stuff isn't it? Just to balance your statements, here are some opinions:

>Besides this, many of us europeans don't understand why Bush is that popular:
>- He did nothing of any importance before he was 40.
Gore did? I think he invented the internet after he was 40...hehe

>- He had (has maybe ?) a drinking problem.
Hasn't had a drink in years, I believe

>- He was being rude at a journalist in public
Shows he has passion :)

>- He can't seem to get the words out right
He recovers nicely

>- He does not have the intellect, intelligence and experience Al Gore has.
Intellect and intellegence? Who measured this? Experience? Gore is a politician, Bush a successful businessman. Success in the private sector is a positive trait to have in the White House (in touch with the rest of the world)

>- He is a forestander of the death penalty though it is proven that are numerous cases where the prove of guilt is at least doubtfull and the judgement >seems to be based on race or other ethnical status.
We have a judicial system in this country. In the state of Texas, the governor cannot, by law, prevent an execution unless there is strong, compelling, new evidence that was not addressed in the case in court. He can't (by law) give a stay of execution just because he feels like the person shouldn't be executed tonight.

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>From our standpoint, this only can happen in the US......
>
And I'm grateful that it can happen here :)

Take care,