Five years ago for the sake of the kids; my wife and I unplugged our television. (There's a story to be told on this subject, but not here. E-mail me at the address below with the subject heading "TV and Kids." My wife and I will share our experiences.) Bottom line, the Karlgaards could not watch the election on TV. So we followed it on the Internet. Wise choice. Around 10 p.m. Eastern we knew George Bush had the vote in the bag, even in Ohio. The fat lady was singing lustily on the IP channels. I fired off an e-mail to a friend in Connecticut, urging him to relax and go to bed. Bush was sailing to an easy win. Television—old, slow and biased—wouldn't tell us the truth for another two and a half hours.
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