Then they've got a funny way of showing it. Bush and Co. are really stetching my limits. Allowing sh*t like this to occur chaps my ass, but good. Excerpt:

Yesterday, those 13 Democratic House members got their surprising answer from the State Department – the administration will indeed invite foreign election monitors to observe the U.S. elections in November.

Assistant Secretary of State Paul V. Kelly, who handles legislative affairs for the department, affirmed the invitation this week in a letter to the 13 House members. They had requested U.N. monitors for this year's elections in an effort to avoid the charges of voting irregularities that plagued the 2000 election, the closest in history.

Now, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the largest regional organization in the world with 55 participating nations, will monitor the U.S. election on Nov. 2. Members include Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Spain and the United States.

What the effing F?! I swear to God that I'm about to yank the Blogs for Bush ad from my gutter and put up a "Vote Nader" ad instead. This is an entirely domestic issue and I'm livid that we've actually INVITED foreign countries to monitor our elections like the US can't properly govern itself. Maybe the OSC can guarantee that one candidate gets 99.9% of the vote like some of those 3rd world leaders typically receive. Asswipes.

Update: I should have guessed that Vox would be Johnny on the spot for this issue.

Update #2: Outside the Beltway is all over it as well. Money quote:

I know we're busy reforming our intelligence community. While we're at it, it's high time someone looked at the State Department.

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