No surprise, but Bush's Iraqi Elections spin was wrong

by Joe in DC

12/20/2005


Just yesterday, the Criminal-in-Chief praised the Iraqi elections as a
major success:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/20051219-2.html


"Last night I addressed the nation about our strategy for victory in
Iraq, and the historic elections that took place in the country last
week.

In a nation that once lived by the whims of a brutal dictator, the
Iraqi people now enjoy constitutionally protected freedoms, and their
leaders now derive their powers from the consent of the government.
Millions of Iraqis are looking forward to a future with hope and
optimism.


But, today, we learn that might not be so true...and it looks like
trouble is brewing:

Sunni and secular political parties angrily claimed Tuesday that last
week's Iraqi national election was rigged, demanding a new vote and
threatening to leave in shambles the delicate plan to bring Iraq's
wary factions together in a new government.

Faced with preliminary vote counts that suggest a strong victory by
the United Iraqi Alliance, a coalition of Shiite religious parties
that dominates the outgoing government, political leaders of Iraq's
Sunni Arab minority hinted that insurgent violence would be
accelerated by the suspicions of fraud.

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What a difference a day makes.

Harry