President Bush's faith in the attraction of Freedom has been vindicated once again as 60% to 70% of eligible Iraqi's voted yesterday, including Sunnis in numbers that shocked -- shocked, I say -- the gainsaying pundits. The AP sounded as uncertain a tone as possible in this article, lovingly illustrated with photo upon photo of John Kerry.

Hundreds of fascist militants (commonly termed "insurgents" by the non-commital press) were rounded up, limiting the much-touted violence, which wouldn't have stopped the voters anyway.

The Mayor of Baghdad wants to put up a statue of Mr. Bush, calling him "the symbol of freedom."

Really folks, this happens everytime -- Afghanistan, the former Warsaw Pact countries, Nicaragua, Japan... How far back do we need to go? Arabs like determining their fates and exercising their rights just like everybody else in the world, if you simply give them a chance. When are certain ones going to see the obvious?

Meanwhile, the Cult-Liberals have painted themselves into a corner again, all unawares, and wound up on TV mocking the process. Cultists, as we know, have a very difficult time letting go of old, treasured doctrines.