Jack Cafferty – Elections are bad for Democracy

cafferty.jackjpg.jpgSubject: RE: Situation Room
From: “Cafferty, Jack”
Date: Wed, December 21, 2005 12:46 pm
To: kevin@…

That’s not what I said and you are a moron

—–Original Message—–
From: kevin@…
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 3:37 PM
You said yesterday, “The election results are in from Iraq, and it doesn’t look good for democracy”.

You are a glorified intern. Will you be reading my e-mail too?


From Transcripts on CNN.com:

Cafferty: “Partial results for the Iraqi elections are in, and at this point things aren’t looking too good for democracy. “

Transcripts from Dec 20, 2005

more correspondence:
1:25 PM Jack
Do you see the word “partial?” I also went on to say the results could change and won’t be known until January. What exactly is your point?

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1:33 PM Kevin
My point is that Democracy means a free and fair election not dependent on if the United States likes the results or not.

If the peoples’ voices are heard, then democracy is served.

–Kevin

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1:35 PM Jack
Kevin…don’t you get it. If the religious shi’ites win, they will go to war with the sunnis and the results will be a country very much like Iran or Afghanistan during the Taliban. That is hardly democracy.

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1:51 PM Kevin
I understand your point, if that scenario happens and democracy does not flourish it is because the situation we have created in Iraq is not conducive to democracy.

But my point is that in a TRUE democracy, the people have to be able to choose their destination, and if they choose not to have a democratically elected body, then it is their choice.

I believe in the long run, it is a wrong choice for them to reject democracy, but it’s partially a rejection of US policy in Iraq as well.
They are one of the most secular countries in the Mid-East.

I thought your statement yesterday was contradictory and hysterical.

–Kevin

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1:53 PM Jack
Opinions are like , ahh, noses…everybody has one.

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2 Responses to Jack Cafferty – Elections are bad for Democracy

  1. Anonymous says:

    How can you say they are the most secular country in the region? Kuwait is close to legalizing just about everything and Jordan seems pretty secular as well as Lebanon and Egypt. But fourth most secular out of seven countries isn’t bad.

    It is the middle east no matter who is elected, freely or not, there will mostly likey be violence. That is the way things are done over there. If you are a politian and don’t like what your opposition is saying you don’t go on Hardball or Hannity and Colmes, you send your militia to assasinate them. Until that mind set is over come the middle east will still be a dung pile. All for alternative fuels say I.

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    Josh

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