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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-22-08 08:33 AM
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BUSHCO's concept of democracy: The popular vote should NEVER be honored. Accept his puppets or else.
Edited on Fri Feb-22-08 08:44 AM by kpete
Stop the Bush democracy !
His concept of democracy: the popular vote should NEVER be honored. Accept his puppets or else.

He’s yet to create one functional democracy that meets anything close to the common definition. His plan is old news, it’s been done for generations and propped up strongman governments always fall and cause us greater problems later.
http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/archives/2008/02/22/stop-the-bush-democracy/


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Exclusive: U.S. urges Pakistanis to keep Musharraf, despite election defeat
By Jonathan S. Landay and Warren P. Strobel, McClatchy Newspapers
Wed Feb 20, 6:45 PM ET

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan _The Bush administration is pressing the opposition leaders who defeated Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to allow the former general to retain his position, a move that Western diplomats and U.S. officials say could trigger the very turmoil the United States seeks to avoid.

U.S. officials, from President Bush on down, said this week that they think Musharraf, a longtime U.S. ally, should continue to play a role, despite his party's rout in parliamentary elections Monday and his unpopularity in the volatile, nuclear-armed nation.

The U.S. is urging the Pakistani political leaders who won the elections to form a new government quickly and not press to reinstate the judges whom Musharraf ousted last year, Western diplomats and U.S. officials said Wednesday. If reinstated, the jurists likely would try to remove Musharraf from office.

Bush's policy of hanging on to Musharraf has caused friction between the White House and the State Department , with some career diplomats and other specialists arguing that the administration is trying to buck the political tides in Pakistan , U.S. officials said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080220/wl_mcclatchy/2855957
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-22-08 08:35 AM
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1. there is nothing even remotely "democratic" about the * regime's view of government
it is totalitarian autocratic rule from start to finish.
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k8conant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-22-08 08:37 AM
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2. So sad, so sad...
:puke: :puke: :puke:
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BleedingHeartPatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-22-08 08:41 AM
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3. Bush has already made it clear he prefers a dictatorship, due to the ease of governing.
This is completely in line with his f**ed up POV.
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