Obsessed with Democracy in Iraq!

Okay, it's almost 02:30 and I'm still up watching Fox News to see how things are going with the election in Iraqi today (Sunday). I may be an obsessed news junkie. However, I'm pretty sure that I'm simply an American who is so very proud that my country has brought this special moment to reality for repressed Iraqis to finally have a voice in their future.

Every time a news reporter interviews Iraqis in line at a polling place (ex-pats in other countries as well as Iraqis in their hometowns), there are huge smiles and thumbs-up. I almost thought for a few minutes tonight that Geraldo Rivera was going to break into song and shed some tears of joy right on camera! He overflowed with pride and happiness right there on camera as he talked about the Iraqis he saw voting today. I am so proud of the Iraqi people and of our valiant men and women in uniform! What a special day in history!

God bless them all and keep them safe on this day of freedom!

For the rest of my obsessed friends, you might like to know that Spirit of America is doing a broadcast event online and CSPAN will be showing some of the Spirit of America broadcast from 2-4pm EST today (Sunday). Also, check out Friends of Democracy as they blog the happenings directly from Iraq. I'll probably be glued to all of this as well. Okay, it's official: I'm obsessed!

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