Isn't it time we stopped agonising over the American presidential election. Americans have spoken! Why is it so difficult to accept their choice of who they want to rule them?

To call one hundred and ten million people ignorant doesn't sound very clever to me. I cannot say much about President Bush being ignorant. I can say, and categorically too, that the guy has nothing more to prove of his acumen and shrewdness. This is the quality it takes to study Economics and Finance (hopefully I am right) at Harvard; enter into business and do well for himself financially; redeem himself from being an alcoholic, enter politics, become governor, presidential candidate and president for two terms. Going back into history I am reminded of a newspaperman who called Emerson ignorant, yet Emerson's footprints will never be wiped off the sand of time. To draw parallel lines between the American and African electoral systems is shocking. I honestly wish there was but sadly there isn’t.

Shall we turn our energies and intellectual discourse to organising ourselves for the myriad of problems confronting our beloved continent. That way our people and our world will be better served.