#5 Yes, NYTReader. And here's how the Paper of Record decides to cover this extraordinary achievement, made possible only because of the coalition's brave and decisive intervention:
Candidate Drops Boycott of Afghan Election
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The main opposition candidate in Afghanistan's first-ever presidential election backed off a boycott of the vote.
Plan for Inquiry Into Election Eases Dissent
A wire service story. Use of the word "dissent" to describe the opposition to the US-backed winner--y'know, dissent against BusHitler's tyranny, like Sakharov or Walensa.
Pathetic. |
An exit poll conducted by an American non-profit group found that interim Afghan president Hamid Karzai won Saturday's first-ever presidential election with the outright majority needed to avoid a second round. The survey by the International Republican Institute, which seeks to promote democracy abroad, found Karzai ahead of second place finisher Yunus Qanooni by 43 percentage points. The group would not give specific vote totals for either man, nor did it release supporting data. But it said that Karzai was well over the 50 percent mark necessary to avoid a runoff.