Always a wild enore with Bob fireworks everywhere, Hopefully we get our satisfaction with this election. Make sure you vote on Tuesday.
Take care all

You say don't vote because it only encourages them ... on the other hand whether you cast your vote or not there will be someone elected next Tuesday.

In my country (Sweden) there is saying that goes "if you don't vote, you have no right to complain afterwards". It's so true ...

The problem in my country is usually that the people who will benefit the most from social and economic justice are the ones that most likely will not vote. This means the lower classes, so to speak, will lose even more after an election. Isn't that just stupid, not to cast your vote, when that vote would have meant a better change for you in person??

Sure every country have its equal share of dumb ass politicians but why give them a chance to control your everyday life??

There will still be politicians in charge of your country, why not take the opportunity to try to get slighty better politicians in control, in that case??

Please vote!

Micke Östlund,
Växjö, Sweden

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it's a sign of tremendous privilege and entitlement when someone shirks their responsibility to vote. as we all know there are parts of the world where they would love to be able to have a say in what goes on in their government...and even die for it. our system is far far from perfect, but to not participate, ESPECIALLY in an election as important as this one, is a crying shame. i think of people like you around the world watching for our election results and the people who poo-poo the election process here and i get disgusted. it's something like throwing away food in front of someone who doesn't have the opportunity to eat.
thanks for hangin' with my ramblings, and good luck to us all.

I was there dressed as Santa Claus... Great run of shows. I would love it if it came out as a boxed set!

Let me say this, the American election was so important to the rest of the world, that the oldest Swedish public service TV-channel covered the last 8 hours of it. A matter a fact, as some guest on the program said, it was remarkable since not even the election to the European Union gets that much attention and coverage from the Swedish media!!!

Of course I followed most of the program and saw both McCain and Obama speak - in real time. The leader of the biggest Swedish party, Mona Sahlin of the Socialdemocrats, said that the American people have restored their reputation with the election of Barack Obama. She also said that Barack Obama has shown the world that there are more deep to American politics before tonight than most of us believed. The opinion otherwise has been that American politics is more about ballons, glitter and glamour, than any real life politics.

So from the rest of the world, we wish America the best of luck with your new administration. Even though we understand Barack Obama might turn the war in Afghanistan into what has now been the situation in Iraq, but then ONE ongoing war is better than TWO ongoing wars, and perhaps if both you and the Afghanistani people are lucky, the foreign politics of Barack Obama will eventually put an end to the war in Afghanistan as well.

Good luck America!

Micke Östlund,
Växjö, Sweden

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