Iraqi Election~~~~~ Live thread.

All of us | Jan 29 2005 | Various Freepers

[Dog]

It is now 3 am in Iraq the polls will be opening in the next few hours as the world watches and hold's it breath. Iraq is about to undertake a historic vote.

Lets wish them well....... please post all comments and election photos to this thread.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Got here late. My computer locked up at about the time of your post and I had to run every utility I have to make sure it's OK. At least the rain is slowing down here.

[SeaBiscuit]

Better yet, than just watching on tv, I hope they handed Saddam a voting card and make him vote. LOL

[BigSkyFreeper]

He has a right to be pissed. Everything "Liberalism" or "Socialism" is going quickly to hell in a handbasket. It's all Bush's fault.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

But nothing beats CNN shooting up the checkpoint while leaving Tikrit.

[kcvl]

Christian on CNN is even having to report the voting is going really well. I know she is about to choke on her words. lol!

[BagCamAddict]

I don't usually have to take credit for things, but this one I'm kinda proud of, so I must...

I actually coined the phrase "Pretty Chicken."

For a long time we had been calling him either "Pretty Richard" or "Pretty Engle" because of his primping. And then when we saw him ducking and hiding every time a shoe dropped, we started calling something like "Chicken Richard"... so I combined them for the double entendre = "Pretty Chicken."

Pretty = beautiful/vain, and Pretty = very... Chicken.

(Geez, how vain am I that I have to take credit for that!!?? LOL)

[rwfromkansas]

But don't you know Fox is just like all the other media whores?

/sarc

[mfccinsd]

Shep just saying that according to sources (I forget the term he used...high up or in the know or something like that) said not a single US soldier has been killed OR injured so far today (11 am Baghdad time).

[Brimack34]

It is early but all channels are saying turnout is low. How do they know and why are they saying it know? Who is to say what turnout should be? They make up a number and then beat us over the head with it.

[Jet Jaguar]

Shep Smith on fox states not one American has died or been injured in Iraq during the election.

Good news and pray it keeps up.

[Citizen Soldier]

I just fired off an e-mail to Fox News complaining about susan estrich's whining on with Geraldo earlier about ted kennedy and how unsafe it is over there. My B/P went way up when I heard her spew her venom.

[goldstategop]

Jean Francois Cheri is going to have to throw out his, "Oh, Iraq is a big mess" playbook on Meet The Depressed today. Life is good! :)

Denny Crane: "I want two things. First God and then Fox News."

[TexKat]

But I don't believe it will be affective, the Iraqi's are showing great courage.

No, I don't believe it will be affective either, thank God.

Iraqi women wait to enter a polling station in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005. Iraqis voted Sunday in their country's first free election in a half-century, defying threats of violence from insurgents vowing to sabotage the balloting. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

An elderly disabled Iraqi man is carried to a polling station in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005. Iraqis voted Sunday in their country's first free election in a half-century, defying threats of violence from insurgents vowing to sabotage the balloting. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

[Soul Seeker]

Thousands of Iraqi's are walking from Abu Grabib 13 milies to the new polling station!

[Right_in_Virginia]

Shep is also reporting that people are walking 13 miles to cast their votes...

[abnegation]

I was wondering if Sheps "sources" are better than Rita's? (g)

[amom]

Also mentioning people walking 13 miles to vote.

[Jet Jaguar]

Hundreds of people are walking 13 miles to vote from Abu Grhiab to polling place. more good news

[Jet Jaguar]

yep!

[lainde]

wow this is GREAT news...Shep is giving amazing statistics! Go Iraqis!!!!