I know Declan is libertarian-leaning, but it seems to me he has good reason to hope Bush wins. Look at Bush's latest stump speech: Thursday October 19 2:13 PM ET Bush Calls Gore Out of Step with New Economy Reuters Photo By Patricia Wilson FRASER, Mich. (Reuters) - Deriding Democrat Al Gore (news - web sites) for ''analog thinking in a digital age,'' Republican George W. Bush (news - web sites) on Thursday cast himself as a better steward of the new economy who would protect the Internet from ``the heavy hand of government.'' .... Bush touted the technology boom in Texas and pointed out that a Texan, Jack Kilby, won a Nobel Prize last week for inventing the integrated circuit in the 1950s. ``It was an amazing achievement, unrivaled in the annals of technology until 1986, when one senator from Tennessee, alone in his office, invented the Internet,'' Bush said. Competing Plans The reference to Gore and the Internet, drew hoots of laughter and prolonged applause. Gore, who while in Congress was credited with helping to push federal funding for research that brought about the Internet, has conceded one of his biggest mistakes was when he was seen as claiming credit for helping invent the Internet. --end excerpt-- Seems to me that if Bush wins, Declan will be quite welcome in the White House. He may even be able to influence Bush further in the direction of "hands off" approaches, especially in censorship and filtering. If Gore wins, I expect Declan will face a chilly reception. --Tim May -- ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, "Cyphernomicon" | black markets, collapse of governments.