Iraqi Elections

Bush Determined to See Iraqis Vote Jan. 30

Just like here: as long as something you can CALL an "election" takes place, the reliability of the results don't matter. He's consistent on THAT point, at least.

"President Bush, on a day of new violence in the Middle East, expressed determination to see Iraq hold elections on Jan. 30 and said they would show that terrorists cannot stop the march of democracy."

Already posted, but I'll do it again. Here's Bush's version of democracy:

"The US military is drawing up plans to keep insurgents from regaining control of this battle-scarred city, but returning residents may find that the measures make Fallujah look more like a police state than the democracy they have been promised.

Under the plans, troops would funnel Fallujans to so-called citizen processing centers on the outskirts of the city to compile a database of their identities through DNA testing and retina scans. Residents would receive badges displaying their home addresses that they must wear at all times. Buses would ferry them into the city, where cars, the deadliest tool of suicide bombers, would be banned."