The US President stood astride the world, monarch of a domain that exceeded the dreams of Alexander . A single executive order could make or break fortunes, spare or spend human lives. Such a prize is not given up so easily, and it was inevitable that someone like Al Gore would come along and at least threaten to cross the Rubicon . Oh boy, I can hardly wait for the 2004 elections. You've got to understand that American democracy is not like the system that you have.
American democracy is kind of like a life raft.
It bobs around the ocean all the time. Your feet are always wet. Like the original sin of Adam and Eve, who ate of the forbidden fruit, the temptation to usurp the forms of our constitutional republic will in the end prove too much for our political leaders to withstand. Al Gore may be the first in modern times to succumb to the lure of a coup, legal or otherwise, but he will hardly be the last. Our future is rife with Al Gores, not only the original but some even more ambitious and aggressive models.