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How do you explain to 3 or 4 year-olds that their Daddy just blew himself up trying to take out an oil pump…

Never mind the VIDEO of Mexican Leftist Lopez Obrador stating he’d respect the IFE’s final election decision, even if it meant he lost, “because he’s a democrat”…(The clown in the

That Howard Dean really knows how to communicate to those rural Red State voters!

Bolivian voters did not buy the Castro, Chavez, Morales Alliance promises today in national parliamentary elections.Bolivian President Evo Morales, on election day in the town Villa 14 de Setiembre, in the coca-growing region of Chapare, Bolivia July 2, 2006.

High turnout is expected today as Kuwaiti women become the first women in any Gulf Arab state to be allowed to vote in national elections.An election campaign volunteer, center, helps an elderly Kuwaiti woman voter, left, into a polling station at Salwa, Kuwait City on Thursday, June 29, 2006 during the country’s parliamentary elections, the first to include women.

California Conservative is following the elections out west today.

With the passing of Memorial Day weekend, the 2006 election season is on its way.

Fausta has a terrific post today on the Chavista Revolution.

Young Marxists and Anti-war activists greeted Laura Bush at a Providence fund raiser for Senator Lincoln Chafee, the Rhode Island senator who voted against tax cuts and her husband, George Bush, in the 2004 election.Shane Jones, right, holds a sign as Bill Pagliarulo, left, uses a bullhorn to protest the arrival of first lady Laura Bush, who was in town for a Rhode Island Republican Party fundraiser and to support Rhode Island Republican congressional candidate Sen.

It took several minutes for the Italian Parliament to calm down after the new Leftist Prime Minister Prodi called for Italian troops to exit the Iraq “mistake”:The BBC’s David Willey in Rome says Mr Prodi’s comments on the Iraq war caused uproar among opposition politicians in the upper house.

Several Egyptian activists were rounded up and beat down before they were dragged off to prison where fellow activist and Alaa sits after his arrest last week.Egyptian policem clash with protesters during a protest in Cairo May 11, 2006.

Mary Cheney was interviewed on Hannity and Colmes last night to promote her book Now It’s My Turn,FOX VIDEO HEREMary Cheney says, “I am not a single issue voter.”In a rare television appearance, the Vice President’s daughter, Mary Cheney talked about the attacks on her and her family during the last election in an interview last night with Hannity and Colmes.She also declared that unlike many homosexuals in today’s society, she is not a one issue voter.Mary Cheney has glowing remarks about her family’s acceptance of her lesbianism when she came out to them in high school:The attention is welcome now, but it wasn’t during the 2004 presidential campaign, when her sexuality became, to her, an uncomfortable campaign issue.Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, his running mate, John Edwards, and various gay rights groups talked openly about her lesbianism.

Ayatollah Ali Sistani again urges unity in Iraq and calls for militias to lay down their arms and become loyal to the central nation.(AFP/File)Ayatollah Ali Sistani calls for disarmament!Ali Sistani called for dismantling of private militias operating in the country saying only the central government ought to have weapons:The grand ayatollah said only the government should have weapons, and its forces should be loyal to the nation – not to individual political parties.

Two white (rich?) lacrosse players are accused of raping a black female stripper (mother, student) at Duke University and it makes headlines for weeks.But, black gang members* viciously thrash, beat, stomp, and whip a white hotel worker (caught on film) in Las Vegas then go on a spree of violence for two nights and the media does not say boo about race.It looks like one of the brutal thugs from the Duke lacrosse team was actually in a taxi cab at a fast food restaurant when he was supposed to be raping a drunk stripper who said that she lost her nails on his back even though there is no DNA evidence and the fake nails were not seen in pictures of her before she was brutally raped by an accused boy who was at the same time picking up a chili cheese dog at a fast food restaurant before heading back to his dorm.

The courts are still looking at the voting irregularities that could overturn the election results in Berlusconi’s favor……

Berlusconi was behind the center-left candidate in the early exit polls but he appears to be making gains.Stefania is tracking the election at Pajamas Media and Publius Pundit.Update: Wow!

The women were all smiles as they lined up to vote in Kuwait today.

Robert Mayer is live blogging the elections at Publius Pundit.There may be a rally forming in October Square in Minsk!BR23 is also following the developments closely.Via Glenn Reynolds, Global Voices is also live blogging the election.Let the protests begin…Supporters of Opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich gathered on on a main square in central Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, March 19, 2006.

At least, SIX democratic officials were convicted or sentenced this past week for election or tax evasion crimes.Marion Barry was sentenced to three years of probation for failing to file federal income taxes for the past 6 years,VIDEO HEREMarion Barry was pleased that he will not be sent to jail for his crimes.Although, DC Councilman Marion Barry did not pay taxes on an estimated income $534,000 since 1999, he will not face jail time for his crimes:Former mayor and current D.C.

The Best Oscar for Original Song, “Hard Out Here for a Pimp”, could not have been more timely as the East St.

** In a city that is nearly 98% black, the attorney for Democratic Party Leader Charles Powell Jr.

Hugo Chavez blows a kiss to Condoleezza Rice during his Sunday broadcast after she accused Venezuela of being undemocratic.

Now that the election is over, Michael Moore gets a reply to his “Open Letter”…To the chagrin of Michael Moore, Alec Baldwin and other elitists, The Great White North lost its most favored nation status last week.

Hamas says that it will not be “blackmailed”VIDEO HERE”I think we have to take Hamas at its words and assume that as Islamists, they have some core beliefs that won’t change; that the entire land of Palestine belongs to God and is Muslim holy land.”Hisham Ahmed, a Political Scientist at Birzeit University in Ramallah and a student of Hamas.

Rasmussen Reports shows significant gains in President George W.

A day after elections, Hamas and Fatah exchange gunfire in Gaza,VIDEO HEREThey’re packing heat and torching cars within the walls of Parliament.Is this it for Arafatistan?In Gaza this is a protest, in France this is unrest, in LA this is rioting.A protestor holds a Fatah flag next to a burning car inside the courtyard of the Parliament in Gaza City Friday Jan.

** The Party of Lincoln looks good on these Black Republican Candidates.

Every few months the mortality equivalent of two southeast Asian tsunamis plows through this African nation.38,000 Perish in the Republic of Congo Each Month!4 Million have died in Congo since 1998!A Congolese soldier walks past burning homes in the village of Nyakakoma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, July 15, 2005.

145 Years of Elections in MissouriClark Mountain Musings put together a great flash presentation on Missouri Presidential Election results by county.

PALESTINIAN GUNMEN EXCHANGED FIRE IN GAZA EARLY TODAY, CRITICS FEAR ABBAS IN UNABLE TO ENFORCE SECURITY,VIDEO HEREAs Gaza battles escalate between factions and before elections planned for next month, Israel fears a Palestinian Collapse.Palestinian gunmen from the Fatah movement take position on the roof of a government building after storming the building, northern Gaza Strip, December 27, 2005.

“Our victory as a government, our real victory, is that the election process included all political groups,” al-Jaafari said.

The “Bush Hating” label is from articles on Judge Robertson from last year!The Washington Post reported this morning that Federal Judge James Robertson resigned from the court today in protest of George W.

59% in January, 64% in October, 70-80% Turnout Expected Today in Iraq!A nation awakes from a long and very dark slumber.AZ AZUBAYR, IRAQ – DECEMBER 15: An extended family walks through a heavy morning fog to vote in parliamentary elections on December 15, 2005 in Az Azubayr, Iraq.