Bush 'Realistic' on Palestinian Democracy

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Monday that even with a Palestinian election scheduled next month he was "realistic" about achieving democracy among the Palestinians.

The Jan. 9 election to choose a successor to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is only the beginning of the process of developing a democratic state, Bush told a news conference. However, he said he was hopeful and that "now is the time to move the process forward."

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"I am realistic about how to achieve peace," Bush said.

"And it starts with my understanding that there will never be peace until a true democratic state emerges in the Palestinian territory," he said.

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http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-bush-mideast,0,7818748.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[LynnTheDem]

1. bush is so dumb, it's unbelievable. Good for him he's filthy rich

Otherwise he'd never have made it past puberty.

[DireStrike]

2. Bush "realism":

They're getting nuked whether they vote for it or not, so a democracy for them is pointless.

[uppityperson]

3. These headlines make me snort. Thanks for the laugh.

How, why... Does he read the same newspapers as the rest of the world? (that's right, he doesn't read any, lets others tell him what they read)

[MasonJar]

4. I am just grateful that he is realistic about something.