Consistency Check: Listening to an analyst describing efforts to protect Iraqi voters in January, I couldn't help wonder what all those people who were uniting to fight disenfranchisement, intimidation and even "voter terrorism" leading up to our election must be thinking now.

When Jesse Jackson and NAACP President Kweisi Mfume call the presence of a police officer at a polling place in the U.S. voter intimidation, one would think they'd be pretty outraged by Imams issuing religious commands - that to vote condemns one to hell - and terrorists denotating car bombs to discourage voters in Iraq. Odd how they get so upset over non-existent disenfranchisement and are so silent over the horrific violence being commited in Iraq designed to thwart one-person/one-vote.

One would think Jesse Jackson would be praising our troops for killing those who stand between voters and the polls.

Update: Guess who I'm watching on PBS Newshour right now... Jesse Jackson complaining about voter disenfranchisement. Not a word about the Iraqi voters and of course, still not one specific example of a bona fide case of U.S. disenfranchisement. Why do they even still have this guy in their rolodex? I'll post a link to the video when PBS uploads it.