MICHAEL POWELL WOULDN'T BE SO LIBERAL:

The Frustrated Archbishop (Arthur Chenkroff, OpinionJournal, 12/6/2004)

Iraq has drafted in a local comedian to star in a series of adverts designed to drum up enthusiasm for elections due next month....

In the first one the comedian, known as Udai, is talking to his much taller girlfriend who mischievously reminds him that he'd said things would get better after the elections.

Employing plenty of innuendo, Udai tells her Iraq's recent difficulties have been keeping him down but after the elections are successful he'll grow much bigger.

The Iraqis are already proving baseless the Left's fear that democracy in the Middle East will empower Islamic fundamentalists.

Posted by Paul Jaminet at December 7, 2004 7:22 AM