Mr.
GW Bush has made us all aware of Mr Hussain's tyrannical reign
over the people of Iraq. Mr. Hussain had a unique way of winning
'democratic' elections, through manipulation of the media, election
rigging, and oppression of the opposition. Although we Kerry people
may be outraged by the use of similar tatics in Bush's campaign,
we have to question if similar tactics are employed in our own
presidential elections.
Yes, there are many ways to to influence an electoral process,
it may seem that the irish way is for the political parties not
to only deny others the opportunity to run, but also to judge
it too costly to run any candidates themselves. It's a pity they
don't do the same at the next general election and allow for some
real choice,
