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Neal is out rubbing elbows with high-powered political types Thursday and Friday. He'll be back Monday so tune in for all the details. Meanwhile, the staff will give you a little bit of Nuze.

HISTORIC VOTE

Right now, Iraqis are going to the polls en masse (which means "all at once" for you clueless government school types,) to elect a new parliament.  275 freely elected representatives will be seated to select the President, Prime Minister, the Cabinet and so on.  This is nothing short of a miraculous time in the history of the Middle East.  The good news is starting to spread throughout the media...there have been very few incidents.

So what does this mean? This means that as we wind up the third year since the American liberation of Iraq, things are moving along just fine.  Once the election takes place and the new government is in place, we can start to leave.  Sometime next year, the troops will start to come home.  Expect George Bush's poll numbers, already on the rise, to increase further.  This will infuriate the media and the Democrats.  Why?

Because the left is invested in defeat in Iraq.  They want us to cut and run, no matter what the chance for success is there.  If democracy in Iraq succeeds, then that's good news for George W. Bush and by extension, the Republican Congress, and Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid can't have that.

If the election concludes without many problems, expect the media and the left to be skeptical.  They'll tell us how much work is ahead and start doing the political backstroke on their 'cut and run' statements.  Once Americans start to see the faces and purple fingers of Iraqis tasting liberty for the first time, then they'll start to realize the war has been worth it.

Then, of course, Democrats will revert to their original position, which was being for the war.  That is, before they were against it.

BUSH COMES OUT SWINGING

Finally it seems the president is getting some good political advice.  In his fourth speech yesterday on Iraq, Bush laid it out the situation in Iraq.  To summarize, he said:

1.) The intelligence turned out to be wrong, but who cares because removing Saddam Hussein was still necessary.  Exactly right.  Remember that Saddam Hussein defied the United Nations for 12 years and that it was the policy of the United States to change the regime in Iraq throughout both Democratic and Republican administrations.  That WMD was the sole reason for taking out Saddam is a revisionist fantasy of the left.

2.) Saddam was a threat to the American people.  That's right...Saddam Hussein was harboring terrorists, financing suicide bombers and had the capability and the means to produce and sell nuclear weapons.  These are facts. 

Immediately following Bush's speech, military bashing Congressman John Al-Murtha began his tirade: "We've got nation building by the U.S. military, and that's not a mission for the U.S. military.  I've said this over and over again: They're not good at nation building. You've given them a mission which they cannot carry out. They do the best they can, but they can't do it."  More music to Zarqawi's ears.  He must be using Murtha's press conferences to recruit new Islamic terrorists by now.

I am sure our fighting men and women in Iraq appreciate the vote of confidence by the Democrats.  But Bush is on the right track here.  Put the left on the defensive as much as possible, and keep hammering the facts.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

If you have recently purchased a new operating system for your computer (or about 10 years ago, but hey, it's still funny!) then here's how to make sure you didn't end up with the Alabama version by mistake. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

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