My representative in Congress is Jan Schakowsky of Evanston. As I've noted before, she's part of the far-left wing of the Democratic party. Proof? Well, in January, she called for an immediate withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.
Thursday, elections took place in there. Turnout was very high, and even in the Sunni areas, the level of violence was low.
Of course, Jan being a liberal means she is for "the people," yet she has not issued a statement on these elections. Quite ironic.
Especially since one of the 15 polling places in the US for Iraqi expatriates (and one of just three in the Midwest) was located in Schakowsky's 9th District.
Pictured above is the Caldo-Assyrian Community Center, located just south of Golf Road in Skokie. From Monday through Thursday, Iraqis living abroad traveled there to exercise their recently gained right to vote, something that would've been impossible if Saddam Hussein was still in power.
Visiting Jan's web site this evening, there is no mention that a small part of history was being made in the heart of her district.
Not even local pride, I guess, can encourage Jan to speak out if it makes President Bush and the Republican Party look good.
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