Rigged elections?
While I am no fan of President Bush, and voted for Mr. Kerry in the 2004 election, I feel compelled to correct your claim that Bush was elected through manipulation.
In the 2000 election, it was clear in at least three re-counts that Al Gore could not have hoped to win Florida, and could therefore not have won the election.
In the 2004 election, my own state, Ohio, was the subject of similar speculation. A review of the supposed undercount, as well as a look at the likely (Democratic) votes of those who were unable to vote, indicate that John Kerry could not have won Ohio, and therefore the election.
The mystery is not that George Bush was elected POTUS in 2000. Rather, many of us wonder how it can be that Mr. Bush was actually re-elected in 2004.