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Mr. Smith is a Systems Architect for Wells Fargo, Communications Director for the Polk County Republican Party, and a political blogger at the Des Moines Register. He is a founding member of Valley Evangelical Free Church in West Des Moines, Iowa. Art is the Publisher and an Editor of The Conservative Reader, The Conservative Reader: Iowa and Editor of Blog Net News Iowa. He occasionally appears at BitsBlog, and substitutes for Tim Albrecht at "The Beanwalker Live!" on the internet radio station Des Moines Local Live. Art's views are purely his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Wells Fargo, Polk County Republicans or Valley Evangelical Free Church.

Pakistan Elections Delayed

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By Art Smith. Posted Wednesday, Jan 2, 2008 at 7:50 am
Filed Under: Current Events, Pakistan, international politics

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From the WSJ:

Pakistani authorities announced that elections will be delayed until Feb. 18 because of unrest following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. The vote had been scheduled for Jan. 8. Opposition parties alleged that authorities are postponing the polls to help the ruling party, which is allied to President Pervez Musharraf. Many believe Ms. Bhutto’s party would get a sympathy boost if the vote were to take place on time.

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I’m not particularly surprised. I think the motivation behind this is purely selfish on the part of Musharraf, but at the same time I think tensions need to be settled down before the election is held. I’m not a big fan of the current government, but I’m also not a fan of voting emotionally.

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danderoo | Jan 2, 2008 at 7:36 pm | Reply

Perhaps we can outlaw emotional voting in this country, but then again that would effectively disenfranchise liberals from voting. Just a thought…