Hope you don't hate me for this....I am spamming this info to try to get it out there so it eventually hits the blogs:
FYI, AFGHANISTAN'S TURNOUT.....IN A MUCH LESS HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT:
"Despite violence leading up the election in Afghanistan, more than 70 percent of those eligible voted there."
TURNOUT IS COMPARABLE TO Afghanistan (there were no exact numbers placed, only estimates for Afghanistan it appears)...from 70-80 percent there. This is a HUGE victory for 72 percent to occur in Iraq, a country filled with much more violence than Afghanistan.
Huge.
Iraq's elections were a resounding success.
Shep Smith just asked Geraldo about the people (read dems) that have been saying that the Iraqis are gaining democracy only at the point of a gun---saying that US is FORCING democracy on the Iraqis--
Geraldo---"That is a load of crap!" That was his answer verbatim. He then said that he had been with the voters and they all were ecstatic about this opportunity, and the bravery they have shown should not be discounted by the naysayers!!!
He got really hot under the sports-collar!!!