I explained this. The Gore-if-it-makes-a-difference voters are choosing an illusion which pleases them -- one of participating meaningfully, even critically in a great historical event. There's a thrill in imagining that one wields some kind of power, especially of the smoky-room sort. Similarly, I may go to the polls and vote for some marginal candidate in order to pursue the illusion that I am somehow kicking over the apple-cart. It would take only about five minutes for me to perform the slight task of registering my opposition to Gore's (and Bush's) programs of war, mass murder, theft, fraud, imperialism and plutocracy. Though the sky is empty, one might stop by a wayside chapel and mumble a prayer anyway. Mammon, Moloch, Kali, Ashtoreth, Spider Woman -- the choice is yours.