So. Who won this stupid Iraq Election?

[MikeG]

[Bouncy Ball]

1. SADDAM HUSSEIN IN A LANDSLIDE!!

Just kidding, bush won it. He wins all rigged, slanted elections.

[TomClash]

2. The Steelers

[MikeG]

6. Stick to the topic, sparky. Not funny.

[TomClash]

8. Well, it would be a win nt

[htuttle]

3. Iran

[Dark]

4. Chalabi, I hope. That would be a hilarious act of defiance. n/t

[googly]

5. Won't know for 8-10 days. They are using all paper ballots!

No electronic machines to speed up fraud LOL.

[LisaL]

7. Does anyone even know who run?

[TomClash]

10. Slates of unknown candidates

It will either be the Alawi or Sistani slate that wins. Probably Alawi - he's like the house in blackjack.

[killbotfactory]

12. You think we'll let Sistani take over?

After months, even years, of trying to prevent anything resembling democracy where we couldn't hand pick the leaders and have de facto control of the government while delaying these sham elections for this long?

I don't.

[TomClash]

16. No

Allawi's slate will translate into a lot of seats and he will retain his power through the Presidency Council.

He's the house in blackjack.

[theresistance]

9. A national assembly now votes for a govt

The Council on Foreign Relations is the only place I have seen that has actually explained how the election system works: http://www.cfr.org/background/iraq_leaders.php

No idea of results yet.

[killbotfactory]

11. It was close, but Team American Puppet pulled it off

Team Iranian Puppet was close, but when the votes were counted, by, someone in a secret underground bunker, Team American Puppet edged ahead.

A great day for Democracy Fans everywhere.

[Selatius]

13. It's time to play the waiting game

Most likely the Shi'ites won a plurality if not a majority of the seats. If the Sunnis sat out the election, then the results would be skewed towards the Shi'ites further. You'd have a government that under-represented Sunnis. Worst case scenario is Sunnis wanting to leave the Iraqi government to form a separate nation.

[illflem]

14. I heard they're sending Blaclwell over to do the counting

[dkofos]

15. He can't count

[illflem]

17. Yer right

It probably isn't ethical to use your toes when counting in a Muslim country.