pmb, people are stupid. But if the same thing were to happen in Iran, Saudia Arabia, etc... - a local girl converting to Christianity, trotting around the bazaar in daisy dukes and a halter top - I wonder what folks over there would do?

turbodog, people are stupid. Kerry is counting on that, and the complicity of the TV news media, to try and address different segments of the population with different messages - hoping they'll catch a soundbite they like and won't hear anything else.

Between Kerry's nuanced campaign strategy and the TV ads here in California for all the ballot initiatives, my confidence in democracy is being tested.