Communist Party Submits 257 Canidates For Iraq Elections

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Democracy at work?

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Iraq's communists join election race

Saturday 18 December 2004, 18:43 Makka Time, 15:43 GMT
The communists, Iraq's oldest political party, have submitted a list of 257 candidates drawn from all sectors of Iraqi society and united under one banner, newspapers said.

"The Union of the People list includes personalities of all faiths and all communities," party secretary Hamid Majid Musa told the daily Al-Madaa, without saying who would head the new group.

He said, however, that one of those on the list is Culture Minister Mufid al-Jazairi, who represents the communists in the interim government.

Musa said negotiations to link the party with other non-religious ones and the Kurds in order to have a wider-based list had failed.

"Each preferred to go it alone," he said.

The communist party is the oldest political group in Iraq.

It was founded in 1930 and became one of the most powerful parties in the Arab world, before being progressively weakened by the former ruling Baath party and the advance of socialist ideology throughout the world.

Second major list

The communist list is the second major list submitted for the elections, following one backed by Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the most influential Shia figure in Iraq.

The main Shia parties form the backbone of this list which was also open to other groups. It comprises of 228 candidates.

Iraqis are to elect a 275-member national assembly on 30 January in the country's first free elections in half a century.

The assembly will write a permanent constitution, which, if adopted in a referendum, will form the basis for another poll to be held by 15 December next year.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2FE03C11-ABD1-4E87-9AEC-665E52654EE1.htm

[Spider]

aint that a kicker ........

[RaiderH8r]

aint that a kicker ........
The irony is we had better success in dealing with communists than muslim radicals. Maybe this is a good thing. At any rate, we have plenty of Communists on state, local, and even federal tickets here in the US. And no, they're not the democrats.....well, not always anyway :) Vote your representation.

[Hercules Rockefeller]

Democracy at work?


Actually a group being elected through the vote of the people would be democracy at work, even if that group in and of itself does not espouse democracy. Look at Europe, their legislatures all have individuals who are communists or socialists and they were all elected through democratic means.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Actually a group being elected through the vote of the people would be democracy at work, even if that group in and of itself does not espouse democracy. Look at Europe, their legislatures all have individuals who are communists or socialists and they were all elected through democratic means.
Absolutely! But I'm pretty sure the Bush administration isn't ready to proclaim Iraq a success of democracy if religious fanatics or communists end up ruling Iraq.

[Spider]

Actually a group being elected through the vote of the people would be democracy at work, even if that group in and of itself does not espouse democracy. Look at Europe, their legislatures all have individuals who are communists or socialists and they were all elected through democratic means.
Thats one way to look at it ....... Actually it would be a success if we could install a goverment ( oops slip up there ) if the Iraqi people could set up a goverment that we could work with .........

[Rascal]

Absolutely! But I'm pretty sure the Bush administration isn't ready to proclaim Iraq a success of democracy if religious fanatics or communists end up ruling Iraq.

BS!!

Bush already said publicly that if they elect someone that is a religious fanatic or whatever that he would support them because that's what their people wanted.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

BS!!

Bush already said publicly that if they elect someone that is a religious fanatic or whatever that he would support them because that's what their people wanted.

ROFL!
You believe that? After suffering over 20,000 casualities and spending 300 - 400 billion to build a communist or religious fanatic country (like the one we attacked and invaded)? ROFL!

[Spider]

I wonder what the Iraqi 527 groups will be like ? ..Gotta admit we had some doozies ...ROFL!

[Rascal]

ROFL!
You believe that? After suffering over 20,000 casualities and spending 300 - 400 billion to build a communist or religious fanatic country (like the one we attacked and invaded)? ROFL!

I guess we will just have to wait and see then won't we.

[Sideburn]

I wonder what the Iraqi 527 groups will be like ? ..Gotta admit we had some doozies ...ROFL!
Yeah, moments before the election, reports of Muhmad abu Bush skipping out on Camel piloting for the Iraqi National Guard. The reports are a counter to the claims that Muhammed backa backa Kerry didn't earn his 3 wooden limbs for his service in Saddam's "elite" republican guard. More at 11!

[Spider]

Yeah, moments before the election, reports of Muhmad abu Bush skipping out on Camel piloting for the Iraqi National Guard. The reports are a counter to the claims that Muhammed backa backa Kerry didn't earn his 3 wooden limbs for his service in Saddam's "elite" republican guard. More at 11!
LOL ... that would be so kick ass ......... Maybe SNL could do somthing with that ........ Cantact em sidburn , see where you can go with it .......

[Spider]

Hell sideburn , after reading your skiing trip Post , you could write the skit

[Sideburn]

I'm on it!

[Spider]

I'm on it!
Right on ......... good luck

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Democracy at work?


Democracy a la Bush Quotes

"In a darkened hall, candidates for Iraq's main Shia party sit listening to a turbaned cleric speaking into a microphone. They are being told how to campaign for the election without getting killed. The instructions are simple - avoid public places and do not reveal your identity, the cleric advised.
Most candidates should stay at home as much as possible, he added."

--Jack Fairweather, explaining Bush's vision for the Middle East

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/25/wirq25.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/01/25/ixnewstop.html

"I will not be voting because it is a useless charade. Any clever person can see that this war and its expenditures would lead to a government that opposes the Americans.”

--Salah Abrahim , who lives in the district of Baghdad populated primarily by Shia Muslims

http://www.sundayherald.com/47274

"Who are these people? Where do they come from? Put yourself in my place, who would you vote for?"

--Yusrah Naif, a 52-year-old Shiite in Baghdad

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21079/

"I have no idea who these people are. We are all religious in Iraq but we want an honest, educated leader, not someone crying about what happened 2,000 years ago."

--Adil Guzzaz, 47, a Shiite who doesn't know any of the Iraqi candidates

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21079/

These elections are a worse sham than the ones that elected Bush in the states. How the hell are they supposed to vote for a candidate who won't reveal his name?

Of course, the networks, and the Republicans are all for this. They think voting for candidates nobody knows is the cornerstone of democracy.

The good news?

This never-ending handjob will only cost $600 billion and 3000-8000 American lives.