Depressing thought of the day (but Ted Stevens lost, yay)

When I read that Ted Stevens had lost his re-election bid to Mark Begich by a margin large enough that the cheap bastard would have to pay for a recount if he wanted one, I gave a little sigh of relief. And then I realized what that sigh said: I don’t want a recount because I don’t trust that a recount wouldn’t come up with wildly different results because I don’t have any faith in election results in the United States anymore.