Hi steve,

Without starting a battle made out of opinions the following comments:

>>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

I don't know much about Bush, but I know that Al gore has 8 years of experience in the white house as vice president. I know that he has significant experience in foreign businesses (I don't know the official term, sorry).

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

That is what he wants you to believe ;-)

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

Shows that he's stupid. He should know that anything he says can be used against him, whether or not he knew that the microphone was set on.

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

eh... Wasn't the press saying this ??? The papers and the TV explicilty showed his mistakes in word choice. Bush's intellect and IQ was doubted by many journalists....

>>- 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.

No bush, is the son of a former president. From there it is real easy to be a succesfull businessman. From the former elections I learned that being a succesfull businessman does not have anything to do with the elections.

>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.

Bush has explicitely declared that he is a great forestander of the death penalty. You can't tell me there is no relation between the highest number of death penalties in the US and mr George bush. Neither you can tell me that the number of blacks in death cells is a prove of an equal and fair juridical system. In none of the european countries a single person has been put to death by a death penalty. I know we are arguing cultural differences, but for an european the death penalty is unacceptable.

>>From our standpoint, this only can happen in the US......

>And I'm grateful that it can happen here :)

And i'm glad it only happens up there, LOL, ;-)

>Take care,
Same to you...

Walter,