The Bush junta administration is leading by example yet again as it preaches democracy around the world. The people should speak, right? Voting is a sacred right, right?

The records show that Bush campaign operative James Tobin, who recently was convicted in the case, made two dozen calls to the White House within a three-day period around Election Day 2002 — as the phone jamming operation was finalized, carried out and then abruptly shut down.

The national Republican Party, which paid millions in legal bills to defend Tobin, says the contacts involved routine election business and that it was “preposterous” to suggest the calls involved phone jamming.

Preposterous? Any sane person could not help but conclude that the calls were related. The man was convicted, after all.

How do they do it? The Republican organizers get people to call the voting support line and then hang up when volunteers answer the phones. This means people with real problems can’t get through and, therefore, can’t vote.

Once again, Bush wastes the lives of young men and women who die abroad for his phony commitment to democracy. What are people in the countries he is supposedly trying to “liberate” to think? This is democracy? Some improvement. Truly a tragedy of our times. Bush’s presidency can’t end soon enough. Hopefully, the American public have had enough of the Republicans in general and will give control of Congress back to the Democrats next fall.