[licker]

Death penalty is a non issue in the US as well, not sure why most europeans seem to think its a big deal here.

Creationism is also completly overblown, only crops up now and again in fairly backwater areas.

Politicians are generally all idiots though, so its nominally easy to find something to criticise them on, even if it's a minor issue which would ultimately never matter.

What I don't understand is how politicians who are convicted of fraud or other crimes keep on getting reelected. People in this country are seriously stupid or blind if they continue to support people like Stevens (Alaska) or Jefferson (La).