Iraq adopts U.S. style of "democratic" voting

When Bush said he wanted to bring American-style democracy to Iraq, he wasn't just whistling Dixiecrat. Though the denial of voting rights to people living in Sunni Arab cities because of violence and threatened violence has been publicized, it appears there were also other reasons people did not vote.

According to the New York Times, tens of thousands of potential voters in these cities were unable to vote because of insufficient ballots and polling centers. You've heard it before: They waited in long lines. They showed up and there were no ballots for them.

Oh, Florida. Oh, Ohio. Oh, Basra...When will voting rights be honored?