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Well, of course the administration rejected it . . (none / 0)

they saw how much trouble direct elections caused them in 2000. Plus, until Ashcroft gets his hand-picked lawyers over there to revamp the legal system, they can't be sure the Iraqi courts will bail them out of any election snafu.

by Heraklitus on Thu Dec 04, 2003 at 02:41:19 PM PDT
- Re: Well, of course they rejected it (none / 0)
  
  What did you expect? Without his brother and Tammy Faye Harris in town to rig the election for him, why the hell would Bush let them hold one?
  
  Lick Bush in '04! Sharp Left Turn
  by Sharp Left Turn on Thu Dec 04, 2003 at 02:55:45 PM PDT
  
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- Domestic considerations paramount (none / 0)
  
  Perhaps what bothered the Bush administration is that the Iraqi elections were supposed to be held in September. A resounding defeat of American interests in that election would have gone over VERY poorly in the general election in the U.S.
  My prediction: they delay the census by less than 6 months. Just long enough to make the Iraqi election after the U.S. election.
  
  Here's what a progressive working in health insurance sounds like.
  
  by jd in nyc on Thu Dec 04, 2003 at 03:45:11 PM PDT
  
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