I agree with you that there are millions of people who did not vote for Bush therefore not stupid. I was not saying that ALL Americans are stupid, just that Margaret is making sweeping statements about Americans when she has only been to one section of its society and has really only experienced a very small part of New Zealand's. I live with an American who still thinks of homself as an American even though he has been in New Zealand since he was 4. I certainly don't think he is stupid. Mad maybe. I really like and admire most individual Americans I meet. I enjoy much of theur culture that they export but do not like republican presidents who have all been disasters in foreign policy.DX