Sure.
Twenty or thirty years ago, I might not have said this, but now ... I kind of hope we get our government back some day. Or at least SOME kind of government.
There are changes I might wish for, but if I'm not wise enough to plant fall snap peas and Chinese cabbage at the right time, maybe I'm not wise enough to make single-handed changes in the government.
But I blush when I think that we had the gall to go to other continents and announce that WE were equipped to teach THEM how democracy should work.
One UN observer who usually monitored central American elections went to Florida a few elections ago. When asked how we compared to "young" democracies, he had faint praise like, "well, at least there were no armed gangs at polling places".
