so, the dutch appear to be infatuated with american politics. so much so in fact that some noble grad students here have taken the time and effort to develop a great website to help americans make up their mind as to who they should vote for in 11 months.
check it out! – -edit: and another one (kp) – -
now i’m sure that those of you living inside the us get way more exposure to the whole campaign trail/expensive TV commercial thing, but you’d be surprised how much airtime hillary, mitt, rudy and the gang are getting over here where people aren’t even going to get to vote… anyway, i think that the leftover ballots from stay-at-home non-voters should get auctioned off here in democracy-crazed amsterdam. that would really make some dutchman’s day and, come november, america could probably do with the money… (w.g.)

presidential checkerboard
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