The idea of Western Europeans mocking the U.S. election system amuses me, if only because those on the mainland at least have U.S. troops to thank for their presently having democratic forms of government at all. Meanwhile, I wouldn't mind seeing more ridicule placed on the people who publicly complained after mismarking their ballots. If you make a mistake, it's a mistake - people forget to turn the page on standardized tests every now and then, too. Seems really unfair and unfortunate, but it's not like they get a chance to take the test again if they realize later that they screwed up. I would think that a more appropriate reaction would be for them to apologize (at least to the Gore campaign) rather than to demand that the electoral process be brought to a halt. Anyway, obligatory quiz-bowl content: What kind of spin do people expect from the questions they hear at invitationals about this? Two years ago, as impeachment dragged on, it appeared from the independent circuit writing output that we're a Democrat-leaning bunch, at least an impeachment-opposing bunch. Multiple bonuses about the peccadilloes of Republican House members made no attempt to hide the bias of the author. :-) I'm not condemning this by any means (if it's your own pack, do what you want), but wondering if the editorial commentary will go both ways this time. (Again, this is limited to the independent circuit. Election results don't seem acacemic enough for ACF. TRASH questions, if they touched the election at all, would be all about mocking it. Presumably both CBCI and NAQT do their best to strip away any bias in the editing process.) Matt (speaking only for myself, as usual)
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