Iraqi Election, Thread Two [LIVE THREAD]

Free Republic ^ | Jan. 30, 2005 | Freepers

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Iraqi Election~~~~~ Live thread.

[smonk]

---Have you seen THIS DUmmie thread?---

"I pray for failure" is all you really have to see in that pile of excrement.

[silent_jonny]

Did you see the DUmmie post that said this was the beginning of TET? That makes absolutely no sense--but then again, nothing they say makes sense.

[Lady Jag]

If you google Zarqawi you will be amazed at the number of different looks this guy can do. I have to go out this afternoon or I'd get carried away posting them here. He's a chameleon for sure!

[Timeout]

From a U.S. soldier posted on the road outside of Baghdad:

~~100 people started walking the 15km to a polling site in the city (their's was closed). The crowd grew to 300. Then 500. Eventually more than 1,000. Some made the walk barefoot.

As the reports came in our commander said: "Anyone willing to walk 10 miles to cast a ballot deserves to be protected."

Then he ordered us to provide security for them.~~

Thank God for such men. And Thank God he made me one of the people who get goosebumps when I read about such men.

How awful it must be to be one of those dried up, pinched, deluded, bitter people who can't get over the LAST election...and will go into new bouts of depression over this one. The (healthy) mind boggles.

[deport]

(I've been out of town!)

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Must have gotten back.... Hope you enjoyed.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I followed a blind blog link and ended up on MICHAEL MOORE's website.

My jaw dropped when I saw what he's posted there -- TODAY of all days:

[Saddam Hussein barf-o-rama]

What a dumb, fat f*ck. He can go to Hell for all I care. May all Iraqis give him the blue finger!

[BCrago66]

Here's a single DU post from that thread, which symbolizes the isolationism and reactionary attitude that used to be associated with some parts of the Right. The Dems have gone a long way from Kennedy's "pay any price, bear any burden":

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=printer_friendly&forum=102&topic_id=1196550&mesg_id=1196634

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1196634, Even if this were true
Posted by patsified on Sun Jan-30-05 09:32 AM

Even if all the Iraqis in the world are jumping up and down and clapping and dancing and crying for joy; even if there were really and truly 100% turnout for this election; even if the winner of this election were truly the choice to represent the majority of all Iraqis:

Was this worth destroying the United States of America? Was this worth sending our nation tumbling into the toilet? Was this worth destroying our reputation and the worth of our word in the world? Were the lies worth it? Was this worth the billions and billions of dollars emptied from our nation's treasury? Was the enrichment of Halliburton and the Carlyle Group worth it? Was this worth the bloodshed of soldiers and of innocents? Was it worth losing your arms, little Ali? Was there NO OTHER WAY to have achieved this? Am I supposed to jump up and down and clap and dance and cry for joy that MY nation has been turned into a shitpile and everyone in the world hates MY nation now? There is no democracy here in America, but I am supposed to be overwhelmed with good cheer that it exists for the Iraqis?

I can't think of a single cause outside of the borders of my country that would be worth destroying my country for. And that's what has happened, I don't care how happy the Iraqis are. I mourn what my country has become, and I am bitter because I know what she could have been. So I'm sorry if I can't join in the joy today.

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BTW, President Bush is on the air, I think in a few minutes.

[ClintonBeGone]

 

Now the picture works for me!

[Dog]

I'm told Freepers were part of that small group.

Yes there were....one posts on FR even today....that person is not the type of person you would expect to have stood up and faced down the RATS that day.

But they did.

[No Blue States]

Arabs Mesmerized by Iraqi Elections


"Arab governments may not say it, but they don't want Iraq's democratic experiment to succeed," said Turki al-Hamad, a prominent Saudi columnist and former political science professor. "Such a success would embarrass them and present them with the dilemma of either changing or being changed."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=2&u=/ap/20050130/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_election_mideast_view

[deport]

Anyone know when we start getting returns? I thought it was supposed to be just hours after the polls closed

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Zogby's exit polling indicates that Kerry may have an early lead......

[silent_jonny]

"I pray for failure"

Pray to who?

[Master of Orion]

[beckysueb]

Then he ordered us to provide security for them.~~

Can you imagine how good the Iraqi's must have felt knowing the US military was protecting them on their way to vote. This is just too emotional for words.

[No Blue States]

Anyone willing to walk 10 miles to cast a ballot deserves to be protected.

BTTT!

[marajade]

Its all about me me me me... How utterly sickening.

[Darkwolf377]

" So I'm sorry if I can't join in the joy today."

Typical DUmmie, thinking the world gives a popcorn fart whether he joins in the celebration or not.

[Fido969]

Just checked the latest Yahoo AP story photos. Six photos of somber Iraqis voting, and one of a pool of blood where a suicide bomber struck near a polling place. No photos of joyous souls dancing or weeping and proclaiming their freedom as were posted earlier on FR. Damn MSM.

Yeah, and they are complaining about too many people using the internet for news.

MSM: We've got to stop them!"

[smonk]

>>>>"I pray for failure"

>>Pray to who?

good point.

[Yaelle]

The feds working in concert with state hacks and a fed judge, burned our ballots and declared our historic free election illegal.

This isn't a thread on illegal immigration. If you can't be moved by our and the Iraqi sacrifices so that the Iraqi people can become a free people, simply because a referendum in California once had wording that arguably was not constitutional, you don't have much heart.