When Pots meet Kettles

MSNBC and I guess everyone else is noting the problems with the recent Ukranian election--the United States, via the pathetic sad sack also known as Colin Powell, announced that we've "rejected" the results...

But we've got nothing but praise for the election in Afghanistan, which, um, elected a president I guess--it's hard to tell, given that "president" Karzai actually controls little beyond his villa in Kabul. And we're pressing ahead with the "election" in Iraq, scheduled for January 30th--an election that Rumsfeld recently admitted might take place even if entire regions of the country can't vote.

Then there's the small matter of voting irregularities right here. I dunno, but when it takes upwards of eight hours to cast a ballot in Ohio (or, like Oyster noted, when voting machines in New Orleans precincts were late in arriving, or broken), it's a little disengenuous for us to run around whining about the electoral process in other countries.