I thought that the USA were a Democracy

Well, yes, during the more than 7 years under the rule of G.W. Bush Democracy was... declining... very much. But until now I really thought that it was the fault of Bush and his Neo-Fascist-Cons, and that soon with these criminals gone America would be a Democracy again.

Until recently I thought so. Now I'm not so sure anymore. I'm watching the primaries since January and would like to know how it is possible that elections in the US are sometimes more chaotic and irregular than elections in a Third World Country. How is it possible that votes aren't counted, voting places aren't prepared to receive the voters, people are bullied when they cast their votes, lawsuits are filed when a candidate isn't happy with the outcome and so on? How is it possible that serious journalists and TV anchors talk about the mere possibility to seat the delegates of Florida and Michigan when the primaries in these states were a joke with no campaigning and/or not all the candidates on the ballots? How is it possible that rules are bent to satisfy one candidate or the other? Is it really an election or a circus? And I always thought that the Democrats were "better" than the Republicans!

I'm sorry to say that, but if Hillary Clinton bullies and cheats and "law-suits" herself to the Democratic nomination, I'm done with America. As much as I like Barack Obama, I would have been comfortable with Clinton as the nominee, had she won the nomination in a normal and regular way. But what is happening right now is disgusting. I have lived in three different Democratic countries in Western Europe and never ever during an election here have I seen something like this. Americans are sending election observers to Pakistan but aren't able to hold their own elections in a correct way?? I'm really sorry for America. As much as I love John Kerry, he is only one man and he can only fight so much...