The Whole World is Watching

Everyone is watching the US election.

Fraud could be the real story. Many states -including some swing states- have extremely hackable voting systems. An unclear result could have dire consequences for the US.

I wish more non-US citizens would have the decency not to take sides. Wouldn’t you be annoyed if an American had the chutzpah to tell you who to vote for? I might vote for someone else just to spite them. We have to trust they will make an informed decision; it is what democracy is all about. US readers: please do go and vote.

The pollsters are more wrong than usual. Most pollsters are under-sampling youth vote as well as underestimating their likely turnout and skew for Obama.

Many impacts of this election campaign will be non-obvious. Recently bookmarked in politics, a story about Obama’s organization. It will serve as a template and inspiration to political organizers the world over. If that network stays active in the US, there’s no saying what can happen.

Republicans will self-destruct, but how? The odd alliance of neo-cons and religious fundamentalists is unraveling, and tonight looks like their coup de grâce. While the real conservative might come back and oust the neo-cons, the fundamentalists are more unpredictable. All I know is there will be gnashing of teeth, frothing at the mouth and more gay pastors being outed.