Did I miss something... It's been a month since the Iraqi elections

[WCGreen]

Have they been able to form a government yet....

Have they even counted all the votes....

Did I miss something....

They promised the voting would be done and that a new government would be in place within a month...

Did I miss something...

[babylonsister]

1. They're still 'counting' the votes. Absurd, isn't it. nt

[Chipper Chat]

2. It takes full-time electricity to run the Diebold machines.

And, of course, it takes weeks to incorrectly enter all those paper ballots into the Diebold machines so the "pre-fixed" count matches up.

[snowbear]

3. If they can't sort it out.. Baghdad Bob wins by default.....

[WCGreen]

4. Love those microphones.....

Everything in the middle east is hairy...

[VPStoltz]

5. The * administration did not get the kind of results it wanted.

So there seems to be a delay until votes for what it did want appear. Kind of like in Ohio, Florida, etc.

[babylonsister]

6. I don't think that's going to happen; thus the news blackout. nt

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. No news is good news. The whole thing will disappear

and will never be mentioned again.

[aKinderGentlerDUer]

8. Possibly

It may take a little longer than a month.

[JohnnyRingo]

9. "The schools are open"

And electricity is on about half the day.

No wonder we hear these speeches about all the headway wer're making.

[MrBenchley]

10. Funny you should ask....

http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/13638027.htm

[DrDebug]

11. I love the spin on that article. We only lost 1% of the votes

So it cannot have any effect on the overall vote.

And there were less irregularities than in the Jan. 30 election, so that's a good sign as well, right? The votes must be valid now... :sarcasm:

[MrBenchley]

13. Isn't that a hoot?

You'll also notice the peculiar inference that a ballot box in populous Baghdad is equal to a ballot box in a tiny hamlet somewhere...

[d_b]

12. They're spinnin brodies

in the mall parking lot while blaring Paula Abdul and all sorts of other fun things they couldn't do when Saddam was in power.