"Yowzah, Marz Geo'ge, we's in charge'n our gubmint, now, suh."

[BurtWorm]

"We's gwine hol' dem 'lections right on schedule des' like yo' said we would."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/international/middleeast/06iraq.html?oref=login

White House officials would not discuss the 15-minute conversation between Mr. Bush and Mr. Yawar in anything more than generalities, sidestepping questions about whether the two men had discussed the merits of moving forward on Jan. 30 or delaying.

Yet the fact that Mr. Bush felt the need to discuss the matter with Iraq's leaders twice within 48 hours suggested a new level of concern in the White House that the movement for delay within the Iraqi cabinet must be cut off. Because Mr. Bush insists that Iraqis are now fully in control of their own country, White House officials say, the president has to move cautiously so as to not appear to be interfering in Iraq's internal politics.

"In the end, this is a decision for the Iraqis," one senior administration official said. "But we see no benefit in delay. It would give the insurgents what they are looking for."

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Plus, all those out of country Iraqis who have no idea what the

situation on the ground here is like will be able to cast their votes. Safely, of course.

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