"Does that apply to Bobert too?"

yes the "rules" apply to all who post good news reports on iraq.

"In Iraq millions will go to the polls and elect their own government for the first time in their history."

this news has been reported quite frequently. i was hoping for some of the news dougR referred to that was so underreported. the stuff about infrastructure improvement, humanitarian work by our troops, etc. dougR doesn't seem to want to join in so i was hoping you, larryK, or beardedbruce or any other bushbuddies could pick up the slack and give us some real GOOD NEWS buttressed by links and sources we could check out. it's beginning to look to me like if it's not just repeating the talking points from rush, hannity, et al none of you guys really know how to look up a story and verify it with factual data. am i wrong?