There will be no flames, Roy.....Not on this list. I regard your comments a "Sad But True Humor". Dr. Bill (Bill@Dr-Fox.Com) . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <roystock@compuserve.com> To: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 5:06 AM Subject: [NEWGEN] Election Day : Dr Bill wrote..... : : >>Vote your conscience, but for heavens sake VOTE.<< : : I EXPECT I will get a barrage of abuse heaped on my head as an outsider : butting in on America's private affairs, but I thought you folks might like : to know how the US election is being seen over here by the British media. : The Daily Mail, a popular, middle-market national daily tabloid, probably : sums it up when they describe it as a contest between "The Nerd" and "The : Nincompoop." I don't, presumably, have to tell you which candidate they : regard as which! This is a polite - no, perhaps not so polite - way of : saying that neither candidate is too highly rated here. The same paper also : publishes a report by its special correspondent covering the election that : a poll shows that a quarter of all young Americans aged between 18 and 24 : have never heard of either Gore or Bush! Can this be really true? : : Gore is portrayed as being a smart alec, too clever by half for your : average redneck Joe Sixpack voter in Kansas, but very boring to most : people, while I am afraid Bush is seen here as being somewhat...er, how can : I put this delicately...shall we say, "intellectually challenged". Whereas : Clinton had trouble keeping his trousers on, George W. Bush is seen by most : commentators here as a man who has trouble finding his own fly buttons! : What worries the commentators is that a man who aspires to be president of : the most powerful nation on earth has such an insular view of the world : that he has only ever been outside America three times, has never once been : to Europe and appears never to have heard of any other world leaders. Our : media are asking how he will deal with the likes of the Russiaian : president, the Chinese and our own Tony Blair, who is one of the smartest : politicians who ever lived and formed an outstanding personal rapport with : Clinton. Bush's verbal gaffes and his apparent inability to string more : than four words together coherently have been much seized upon, plus his : alcoholism, drink-driving case and lack of interest in the environment (we : are told he has turned Texas into the most polluted state in America). : No-one seems to have much to say about Gore, but the word "boring" crops up : quite a lot. : : In an interesting way it mirrors our own situation. We have a clever-dick : prime minister who is intellectually brilliant but seen by many as a man : who cannot be trusted, while the Tory leader William Hague is widely : regarded as an overgrown schoolboy with the brain power of a retarded : hamster. Politicians, who needs 'em! Personally, when I was last over in : your country back in May this year, I don't recall hearing anyone : discussing the upcoming election at all. There seemed to be a distinct lack : of interest at that time. : : As I pointed out at the start of this message, I am merely giving you the : wider view from this side of the pond, not necessarily my own, so keep the : flames mild, eh!!! : : Roy Stockdill : Editor, The Journal of One-Name Studies : The Stockdill Family History Society (Guild of One-Name Studies, FedFHS) : STOCKDILL PREST YELLOW BOLTON WORSNOP : GIBSON MIDGLEY BRACEWELL SHACKLETON BRADLEY MOODY in Yorkshire North & : West Ridings : MEAD YOUNG in Somerset, Wiltshire & Gloucestershire : Web page of the Stockdill Family History Society:- : http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/roystock : Web page of the Guild of One-Name Studies:- http://www.one-name.org : "Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does he will tell you. : If he does not, why humiliate him?" - Canon Sydney Smith (scholar and : humorist 1771-1845) : : : ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== : HTTP://WWW.DR-FOX.COM HAS A LINKS PAGE WITH : MANY, MANY HOOK-UPS TO VALUABLE INFORMATION SITES.