Perhaps rather than trying to silence an opposing viewpoint, you could be persuaded to share your unique insights with me about where I am mistaken? It has been my experience in the past that the first person to seek an end to conversation is invariably the one with the weaker argument, but I could be wrong, I suppose.

Free advice: this is not a good way to do business. Don't discuss politics or religion, it's not a good practice. I hope this guideline is included in the version 3 of Code Complete. I just came to this Web site to check it out and the first thing I see is something political that I don't agree with and find irritating. Tell me to take a hike, please. Tell me you don't want my business or that you don't care. I'll forward your comments on to your advertisers.

I hate whining, therefore I voted against Bush. Every time he gave his sob story about Al Qaeda having been responsible for the loss of 1,000,000 American jobs, or bad information from the CIA having caused him to launch an unjustified war, I wondered how he could possibly consider himself a conservative. Conservatism, in my book, means believing that a good excuse is no substitute for performance. From Bush, we got nothing but excuses for four years of failure.

It reminded me of when his dad went to Japan 12 years ago to beg them not to take away our jobs. At least in that case he wound up vomiting on one of them, which was at least somewhat amusing. There is nothing amusing about George W Bush's incompetance.

And, lest anyone think I'm a "liberal," you might recall that I began the Editorial by praising Regan and, yes, I voted for George W Bush the first time. I think you needed to be a religious nutcase or a multi-millionaire to vote for him the second time, though.

I'm so tired of the whining. I lost my job during the Clinton administration, and I NEVER considered blaming the President of the United States. Hello?!?!! Are we to take any responsibility for our lives? In the 2nd year Bush's reign, I changed careers and made more than ever before -- and in the 3rd and 4th years, I doubled my income. So here we have two stories. Time to work hard - if you're in a career that doesn't pay, then CHANGE JOBS.

While I agree with the other posts that this topic might be more well suited for another forum, and that the election is amply covered by the mainstream press, I do wish to weigh in on the matter.

Perhaps there is a flaw in equating the economic preosperity of the late 90's to president Clinton. Some would say he presided over a period of notable prosperity, but attributing it to him is difficult at best. As you well know by the subsequent fallout, much of the buildup was more hype than substance.

Some say it was the change in money supply leading up to the year 2000 "bug", as authorized by Mr. Greenspan, or his propensity for lowering interest rates. Whatever the case may be, there is distinct evidence that the last quarter or so of the Clinton administration saw a reversal in economic direction. Were he to have remained in office an additional term, his propensity for raising taxes would ,I opine, have thrown fuel on the fire of recession.

I want to go as far away from both Kerry and Bush as possible, so some Pacific island maybe where my Treo gets connectivity and I can just chill beyond the reaches of politics, empowered by wireless tehcnology...

A dreamer

Anyone who thinks technology and politics are unrelated has never been to Bangalore or Chennai. There is a "bigger picture" to everything, and to pursue technology a a career in a vaccuum is as foolish as to try swimming in a pool without water.

I agree with your article too on that we need to think on november 2nd where are we heading. I do not think this is irrelevant for this type of magazine, the election of a new president or continuation of one, will impact our lifes in one way or another. I am glad you have written a brief article on this. I am also concerned about how our industry have changed in the last 4 years, jobs going overseas, salaries decreasing, cost of life going up. I hope more people start opening their eyes on to where are we going if things continuing the way it is going....

Definitely agree with that statement! Excellent case in point would be the two parties' approaches to education reform in this country. The Republicans want higher standards without additional funds and the Democrats want more funding, but hate the idea of holding our schools responsible for achieving any kind of results. Oh, what I wouldn't give for a *viable* third alternative!

Not sure how relevant this is for the magazine -- interesting but I get enough of this on the TV, magazines, newspapers -- in short, we are part of the "ignored majority" and neither the Dems nor Repubs offer me anything but rhetoric -- and no ... I am not voting for Nader -- just wish that I had REAL representation ... the choices suck -- I will still vote but not convinced that the "haves" or "have not" parties represent me very well ...

Agreed. However, as far as I am aware, the Bush administration isn't in the middle of any big infrastructure improvement projects -- unless you call tax cuts and the war in Iraq infrastructure improvement!

This is called the 4-year cycle. Voting for 4 year gains means never embarking on major infrastructure improvements.