Monday, January 31, 2005

Sore loser Kerry slams Iraq elections

Iraqis poured into polling places by the millions for the first free elections in decades. Turnout was over 60%, higher than in the recent U.S. presidential election. That's good, right? Not if you're John Kerry:

"It is significant that there is a vote in Iraq, but no one in the United States or in the world — and I'm confident of what the world response will be — no one in the United States should try to overhype this election," Mr. Kerry said. The Massachusetts senator also cast doubt on the legitimacy of the election because of low turnout, especially among Sunnis, who are a minority but were in power under the Saddam Hussein regime. Sunni leaders called for a boycott of the election. "It's hard to say that something is legitimate when a whole portion of the country can't vote and doesn't vote," Mr. Kerry said.

Any shred of class that Sen. Kerry once had is completely gone. If he can't win in a democratic system, he doesn't even want democracy to exist.

By the way, the last time Kerry was re-elected Senator, turnout was under 40%. Was that legitimate?

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