Posted on 01/31/2005 12:05:59 AM PST by kattracks
The sea of purple index fingers, stretching from one end of liberated Iraq to another, told the story.Like the orange flags and banners that so recently swept Viktor Yushchenko into the presidency of Ukraine, following a stolen election and an attempt to poison him, those purple fingers — marking an Iraqi who braved terrorist violence to come out to the polls and cast a vote — will forever serve as a symbol of Iraq's march to freedom.
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They waited patiently on line, sharing chocolates and juice with each other, clapping and cheering as they waited.
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"I cannot describe what I am seeing — it is incredible," said Baghdad Mayor Alaa al-Tamimi as he choked back tears. "This is a vote for the future, for the children, for the rule of law, for humanity, for love."
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You'd think that the astonishing success of Iraq's elections would have muted the voices of the Democrat defeatists in Congress. But no — unable to joyously proclaim the election a defeat, they simply declared it irrelevant. Like Ted Kennedy, who demanded that President Bush needs to prove "that [America has] no long-term designs" on Iraq. Or John Kerry, warning that "no one in the United States should overhype this election" and declaring that it is "hard to say that something is legitimate" because the turnout wasn't even larger.
If anyone had any doubts about the wisdom of U.S. voters in keeping Kerry out of the White House, he provided it himself yesterday — in spades.
"This is the last chance for the president to get it right," said the self-righteous senator. But what happened in Iraq yesterday suggests that President Bush has gotten it right far more often than the two senators from Massachusetts.
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And the Libs are too stupid to figure that out
"If anyone had any doubts about the wisdom of U.S. voters in keeping Kerry out of the White House, he provided it himself yesterday — in spades."
Ouch! That one should have hurt .. but I doubt Kerry will notice.
I have never in my life read so many - right to the point - editorials in all my life. Naming the dems and calling them what they are - losers (in another article) - it's amazing.
Denny Crane: "I want two things. First God and then Fox News."
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