Reply #2: "We are having an election but the voters aren't showing up!!!"

[NYC Liberal]

I don't blame them, either. From just today:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31783-2005Jan24.html|Iraq Bomb Wounds 10 on Street to Allawi Office>

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber struck on Monday near a checkpoint on a street leading to Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's party office, wounding at least 10 people in the latest guerrilla attack before Jan. 30 elections.

Officials in Allawi's office said the prime minister was not in the area in western Baghdad at the time. Health Ministry officials said seven policemen and three civilians were wounded.

The blast echoed across central Baghdad, and a plume of smoke rose from the scene of the bombing. U.S. and Iraqi troops sealed off the area and helicopters buzzed overhead.

If I were an Iraqi, I'd be getting FAR FAR away from any polling place.