Well, David, you've covered it well, except that Al Gore did get more popular votes than Bush. The disputed election in Florida, where his brother is governor, was decided by the Supreme Court, not the Congress, which according to the Constitution is supposed to do so and has done so in the 3 previous national elections where there was a problem with the electoral vote - 1824, 1876, 1888 - J.Q. Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Benjamin Harrison. Check out my facts, I don't do that any more. As to what it might be like - who knows - I might be able to walk and talk, rather than sitting on my butt waiting to die. Ray ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn