[DieHard the Hunter]

> I imagine that depends, a whole lot, on who is our President.

Wise words. It is a puzzle that frightens foreigners like me, who are avidly watching your Election ‘08 with a growing sense of foreboding and abject terror.

(Yuh, that is probably a fair assessment of the overseas sentiment of those of us who are watching. That said, there is a fair amount of apathy too — there always is. That is called Denial.)

In this foreigner’s view, the sole criteria for President should be “who will make the best wartime President for the United States of America?” All other criteria are subservient to that one.

Without a whole series of good wartime Presidents, there may not be a US to have an Economy, and even the Illegal Alien issue could become moot. Sure, these issues are vitally important too, but they take on less importance if the WOT is lost and as a result several US cities glow in the dark under terrorist-detonated nuclear glass.

We watch. And some of us say “God Bless America” and fervently mean it.

[DuncanWaring]

It is a puzzle that frightens foreigners like me,...

It is a puzzle that frightens a lot of non-foreigners, too.

[singfreedom]

Thank you, thank you for your sincere concern. It is always a relief for Americans to meet a foreign national that honestly wishes us, the U.S., well. It just doesn't seem to happen very often-—which makes it the more appreciated!