U.S. lowers expectations on Iraq vote White House: Process is key, not turnout

"I would . . . really encourage people not to focus on numbers, which in themselves don't have any meaning, but to look on the outcome and to look at the government that will be the product of these elections," a senior administration official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity at a White House briefing yesterday."

No meaning at all.

None.

Zero. Zip. Squat. Ignore the numbers. Don't get bogged down in the numbers. Sorta like ignoring the score in the Super Bowl, isn't it?

Ya gotta wonder what "election" means to them. Usually it means choice, for instance. With the majority ruling.

Of course here they don't have a meaningful choice, so I guess the numbers don't matter. Sorta like the Super Bowl where the winner is determined in advance. Makes sense, then, that the score doesn't matter.

Arf