Americans have a history of electing the wrong person. Watergate was known before Nixon's re-election, yet he won in a landslide.  Plenty was known about our current President before his re-election, but that didn't affect the vote.Others, like Mike Gravel, were speaking out before the 1972 election, but they were looked on as radicals.It would be refreshing if this time all Americans would educate themselves BEFORE the election of 2008.  I won't hold my breath.