28 September 2004

Jimmy Carter fears repeat of election fiasco in Florida

Guardian Unlimited | US elections 2004 |: "Mr Carter said reforms recommended after the recount in Florida had still not been implemented 'because of inadequate funding or political disputes'."
So are we to see a reapeat of the current administration of the USA lecturing other nations on democracy when there is a lot to be desired at home? I can't help remembering seeing a chunk of a hearing with Donald Rumsfeld on Television recently where he was commenting that the Iraq elections might not be perfect but it was bettter than nothing. And I wondered whether he had another upcoming election in mind too ...

No comments:

Review: It happened in Hell

 It seemed to me that this book set out to do two main things. One was to demonstrate that so many of our notions of what goes under the lab...