Iraqi voting has started

MickeyLumbo · 01-30-2005, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

I know a Republican who told me that Bush is a genius for drawing all the terrorists into Iraq and fighting them there. Life's precious, eh? Viva freedom!

I meant terror warnings here in America. They seemed to have stopped. I know they bumped up the color scheme for the inauguration, but that's the only post-election threat warning I can think of. I guess there's no need to scare the electorate at the moment.

from baghdad to mosul,75% turn-out, in spite of risking one's life to cast a ballot. consider the fact that to cast a ballot, voters dipped their finger in purple ink - a stain that insurgents could clearly see. a remarkable journey to Freedom and Liberty.

Americans should be ashamed at OUR pathetic low voter turn out we are accustomed to. the price of Freedom is very high and should not be taken for granted.

Viva la Bush!

oh, and to make you feel better Sactown, here's some humor to start your day: [love ya]

The President, the First Lady and Dick Cheney are flying on Air Force One.

George looks at Laura, chuckles and says, "You know, I could throw a $1,000 bill out the window right now and make somebody very happy."

Laura shrugs her shoulders and says, "Well, I could throw ten $100 bills out the window and make ten people very happy."

Cheney says, "Of course, then I could throw one hundred $10 bills out the window and make a hundred people very happy."

The pilot rolls his eyes, looks at all of them and says to his co-pilot, "Such big shots back there..... hell, I could throw all of them out the window and make 56 million people very happy!"

Ghoulish Delight · 01-30-2005, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MickeyLumbo

from baghdad to mosul,75% turn-out, in spite of risking one's life to cast a ballot. consider the fact that to cast a ballot, voters dipped their finger in purple ink - a stain that insurgents could clearly see. a remarkable journey to Freedom and Liberty.

Of course, the Suni turnout is low, underscoring that fact that no matter what we do, the ethnic division is going to remain in force. One unrepresentative election isn't going to fix that.

And let's not forget he 35 people killed while trying to vote.