How stupid is Tim Russert?

Did he really say this?

"You have free elections in Iraq, and the head of the parliament calls us butchers. You have free elections in Palestine, and Hamas wins. You have elections in Lebanon, and Hezbollah wins 10, 12 seats in the parliament and two cabinet seats. Free elections are no guarantee of democracy."

"Free elections are no guarantee of democracy." Say what?!

First, free elections ARE democracy. They are no guarantee that our friends will be elected, but genuinely free elections are democracy.

Second, what the hell is his point supposed to be? That some of the nasty people in the mideast are nasty people? Damn, who knew?!

In a land of blind people, the one-eyed man is king. In an MSM filled with biased incompetents, Tim Russert is fortunate to have nothing worthy to be compared to.