[extropy-chat] Re: is america fascist yet?

[Dirk Bruere]

Mike Lorrey wrote:

>Sorry Samantha, but Ned is right here. You can't call a voter turnout
>of over 60% a 'farcical event' when that exceeds the typical turnout
>for US elections. In spite of 44 people being killed in violence
>(including a child suffering from Downs syndrome used as a suicide
>bomber), the Iraqi elections were an unqualified success, as
>international observers have all said. Turnout in the shiite and
>kurdish areas was over 70% according to reports, so it appears the only
>people who were discouraged from voting by the Sunni terrorists were
>the Sunni citizens of Iraq. Holy backfires, batman. The mayor of Bagdad
>has stated that they are going to erect a statue of Bush in the city
>center as a 'hero of freedom'. Hope his pose isn't the same as Saddams
>(assuming they use the same pedestal).
>
>  
>
http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news3/nytviet.htm

U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote:
Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror

by Peter Grose, Special to the New York Times (9/4/1967)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3-- United States officials were surprised and 
heartened today at the size of turnout in South Vietnam's presidential 
election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting.

According to reports from Saigon, 83 per cent of the 5.85 million 
registered voters cast their ballots yesterday. Many of them risked 
reprisals threatened by the Vietcong.

The size of the popular vote and the inability of the Vietcong to 
destroy the election machinery were the two salient facts in a 
preliminary assessment of the nation election based on the incomplete 
returns reaching here.


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Dirk

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