September 11: Compare, Contrast

In two days, Saint Paul will have its mayoral primary (for those of you outside the Twin Cities, this is not just an endorsement primary, but in fact the runoff for the November election; the top two vote-getters for Mayor and, IIRC, the top four for School Board will advance to this fall's final ballot).

There are those who say turnout for this primary will be 10-15% in relentlessly, noxiously Democrat Saint Paul.

Compare with the nation whose liberation began four years ago today:

I was talking with one of interpreters yesterday and we were talking about the up coming parliamentary election. He stated that he would be voting and everybody he knew would do so too. When asked about the Taliban terror campaign to disrupt the election, he scoffed at them stating that the Afghan and American armies are disrupting the Taliban’s plans and the Afghan people will vote despite the Taliban’s efforts. I am thinking that the national participation in this election will have a higher participation level than some European or American elections. When I asked him why he and others will vote, he just pointed to the children hanging around interjecting with their views of the election.