Low turnout in Iraq's election reflects a disillusioned nation

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/883151.html ^

[chessplayer]

Excellent point. Stinking msm does it again.

[Yardstick]

By the way, here is the sole sentence that supports the headline:

"Interviews suggest that the low voter turnout is an indication of Iraqi disenchantment with a democracy that, so far, has brought them very little."

Interviews? How many interviews? And of whom? A handful of Sunnis sitting at a sidewalk cafe drinking tea and bitching about the government? And who is it that's interpreting the meaning of these interviews? A Bush-hating American journalist? An America-hating Arab journalist? An America-hating European journalist? A lefty NGO type?

[MinuteGal]

I think the turnout was excellent given the fact that it's not as easy for Iraquis to get to the polling places as here in this country.

Here, almost everyone has some kind of wheels to get to the polls. There, especially in rural areas, it's probably an animal cart or shank's mare.

For those of you in Rio Linda, shank's mare means your own two legs.

Leni

[RedMonqey]

"Like any election, we read and see many promises but nothing real (happens) and there is still a crisis, a security crisis, an economic and a services crisis."

A year from now, many Obama voters will feel the same way.

Will this invalid America's democracy?

[RedMonqey]

A Bush-hating American journalist? An America-hating Arab journalist?

McClatchy Newspapers says it all...

[xrmusn]

A year from now, many Obama voters will feel the same way.
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I think the ‘glow’ will wear off long before then.

Also believe that it will take a REAL ‘Second Coming’ to get a lot of them out to vote anytime soon. Once they realize they have been ‘had’, they will never ‘trust’ the system or a ‘false prophet’ again.

[mass55th]

I heard they had to extend the hours because of the turn-out.

[Unam Sanctam]

I understand the Kurdish provinces are having their elections later, so maybe that is also factoring into the 14 million registered voter figure.

[Candor7]

FADEL of McClatchy? Yeah right. Obama Kool Aide drinker. She has purple lips but no purple finger?

I love it how these down and out liberals take freedom for granted. Even after thousands of Americans sacrificed their blood for it, one of the greatest gifts any human can give to others: Freedom.

Maybe FADEL would like to be subjected to the tender mercies of Sadaam Hussein's style of community action in relation to women like her, which would now be the status quo in an Iraq without its new found freedom?

To be bliunt, Fadel is dumber than dirt, as are all who think like her.

GUILTY!!!

[elpadre]

and I doubt there were any fraudulent voters there - from all appearances, the Iraqi election system is much improved over ours

[ikez78]

utterly disgusting and over-the-top anti U.S. and over the top pessimistic piece

[Inkie]

They just never stop. Now that GW is safely stowed in Texas, they still have to make their digs. They should be thanking him for their safety for 7 years.

[RedMonqey]

“Once they realize they have been ‘had’, they will never ‘trust’ the system or a ‘false prophet’ again.”

Worse still, they(both blacks, browns, whites), with help of the media, will blame Bush, Republicans and whites in general for Obama’s failures. And act accordingly...

Last thing they will ever do is take responsiblity for themselves.