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To: tejek who wrote (54891)2/5/2007 7:04:40 PM
From: TimF  Respond to of 90947
 
By your definition, Iraq had a democracy under Saddam. After all,people voted for their leader.

Not at all. I could see how you could miss the point, but its odd that you frequently quote the point and then miss what you yourself have quoted - "and that the votes have meaning (sham elections conducted by dictators don't make for a democracy)"