normal is a normal that is unconscionable. A normal where the "war on terror" is now "overseas contingency operations" and where vast swathes of the population don't really even understand that the US is at war. Etc. Etc. Etc. This is, of course, not an argument to vote for Romney. I think the only people who argue that (other than the right) are infantile leftists (a term used advisedly with full awareness of the term's history) who think worsening conditions will lead to a situation where revolution can finally occur. And it's not sufficient to reply that Obama is "human" with all the flaws that this entails. The point is that the situation we are in is inhuman and Obama is putting a human face on it. He's the true heir to Clintonite "new democrats". It's not just that the dems and repubs are two sides of the same coin, but that one side of that coin wants to convince us that they are the force of good in the world. What would be wrong with refusing to vote because you refuse to provide your approval, via the vote, for all this? It was repugnant to listen to Obama's acceptance speech knowing that this man keeps his little kill list of targets for extra-legal killing. To see him re-energized and blathering on about all the good that america is and all that is light and peace wanting and the greatest this and the greatest that. Garf. "What would be wrong