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...truth is our elections have always been a flawed process. Allegations and instances of voter fraud and voter intimidation are as old as the Constitution. Modern election day is a logistical nightmare involving more than 100 million voters. Because we have a federal system, states and most counties each have their own set of election laws and procedures. Most of us would like to believe that every vote is equal, but the system is very vulnerable to mistakes and abuse. For many years, no one noticed, but then again, most times the candidates in a presidential race were separated...
Some friends ask why I answer my phone if I know Mom is calling—especially since I complain so much about the incessant communication. The truth is, I can’t. not answer. I can’t freeze her out of my life because she’s too much a part...
...have much reason to get informed about the issues. Since no one vote is ever decisive, we never have to pay any price for the decisions we make on Election Day. Despite the fact that this election has energized more Americans than any in recent memory, the sad truth is that when most voters troop to the polls on November 2 they will be pathetically ill informed...
...orgy of palace building in the late '90s as a way to make it harder for enemies to spot him. He grew increasingly paranoid about assassination after attackers nearly killed his elder son Uday in 1996. In deepening seclusion, the former micromanager who used to personally ground-check the truth of his underlings' reports grew less engaged. A top aide reported it would "sometimes take three days to get in touch with Saddam," even in periods of crisis. At one point during the 2002 face-off with U.N. inspections, Saddam was AWOL, so a senior official took it on himself...
...relief from the sanctions while pretending he still had them to serve as a strategic deterrent. "The regime never resolved the contradiction inherent in this approach," says the report. Saddam privately told an aide the "better part of war was deceiving," but ironically he was telling the West the truth. In the end, his big bluff destroyed him--and drew the U.S. into an engagement that will help determine George W. Bush's fate at the polls next month. --With reporting by Timothy J. Burger and Elaine Shannon/Washington