Election Fever

So, is India the newest entrant to the club of boring democracy?

We had an election where there was not a whole of visible campaigning and no one really took sides. The max fireworks were an old lady slagging off an old man and vice versa, and a lone nutter (of the name Gandhi) who was promptly jugged. The voters voted, a surprise government entered a few hours after counting started and that was that.

Iran is going through an election. Rallies in the streets. Lots of liar talk on the TV and the press. The whole thing is seen as a revolution.

The US went through an election. Rallies in the streets. Lots of liar talk on the TV and in the press and on the radio. The whole thing was seen as a revolution.

Does this say a lot about the countries or just that to ensure a boring election one the preceding government must have a boring and competent leader?

Manmohan Singh Zindabad, and I hope they next fellow the Congress chooses is just as dull.