Practice What You Preach

It's awfully generous of Mr. Bush to try to give the Sunnis a guaranteed part in the government, even though they make up only about 20% of the population in Iraq and some are scared to vote.

The Bush administration is talking to Iraqi leaders about guaranteeing Sunni Arabs a certain number of ministries or high-level jobs in the future Iraqi government if, as is widely predicted, Sunni candidates fail to do well in Iraq's elections.

But it seems contrary to the way things are done here in Bush Country. With Bush claiming a mandate with 51% of the vote, the talk of "the nuclear option" in the Senate to prevent any input by Democrats into judicial confirmations, and the new and exciting DeLay rule, I think we could use some help here at home in trying to have a true democracy.