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Christopher Hitchens injects a healthy dose of realistic cynicism into the election debate. Issues not involved this election are the size and spending of government, proportional power of government relative to the people, freedom for Americans, tax reform, and border security. That's our fault. As long as we vote overwhelmingly for both parties, these issues will not be addressed.

Micky Kaus points out how perverse this election is for everybody. There is no good choice for liberals, conservatives, moderates or libertarians. Neither party represents anybody in America. Yet Americans re-elect the two parties 97% of the time. Einstein said that repeating the same behavior expecting a different result is insanity, and I agree. America is insane. There is one solution: stop voting for the bastards. Dream with me - America wakes up one Wednesday morning and 1/3 of all House seats are held by independents. Wouldn't you love to see everybody in both parties and the accomplice press crap their pants and kill each other in a race to work for real Americans? It would be a feeding frenzy with career politicians eating their mothers, their young, and each other. And we could do it if 1/2 of those voters who have opted out of the system came back and voted third party.

In the last month, having little substantial to differentiate themselves on, Republicans have been screaming about the Democratic boogey-man. Just look at the ads. Democrats have been crying about the Bush boogey-man for years. But the election conspiracy theories have hit a new level of stupid.

Christopher Hitchens argues that Saddam should not be executed. Christopher Hitchens is one of the most erudite commentators of our time, and I rarely disagree with him, but in this case I do. Hitchens' argument is really an argument against the death penalty in general. That argument was decided before the tribunal was set up - the rule of law allows for the death penalty, and if anybody deserves the supreme penalty of law, it's Saddam Hussein. Hitchens' argument also invokes personal experience, making it suspect. Finally, even though as Hitchens points out this argument has no basis in law, nothing short of Saddam's execution will free Iraqi's from fear, to grasp and implement the higher ideals of democracy.

Pakistani President Musharraf speaks some wise words.