Dear Bernard, I was wondering (having never been to America) if you have a vote in the Presidential elections, and whether or not you would use such a vote. I find myself in peals of laughter at the candidates, stumbling over each other in their terror of using politically-incorrect words or terms or inflections or implied agendas… oh the list goes on. It’s hilarious. Do you hold much truck with this nonsense? If I had a vote over there I’d probably vote Obama. Not because I want to impress anyone with my enlightened thinking, but more ‘cos he’s young and smart and seems like a solid bloke. I could never live there, though. Too many pitfalls and landmines that everybody has to constantly hop over. Has it ever grated on your nerves? Paul, Ireland.