Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Dem., CA) exposed the latest CIA plan to"help" the"free" elections in Iraq. Condi Rice was not pleased. Bottom Line: in a scaled back effort, we will continue to"run a number of overt programs to support the democratic electoral process," and as Time notes,"as the U.S. does around the world."

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1101041004-702122,00.html

M.D. Fulwiler - 9/28/2004

Sounds like they are moving toward a variation of the old Soviet system where you were "free" to vote for anyone as long as they were approved by the state.