Elections are necessary but not sufficient to establish genuine democracy. Aspiring dictators sometimes win elections, and elected leaders sometimes govern badly and threaten their neighbors. History demonstrates that democracy usually follows good governance, not the reverse.

- Rudy Giuliani, Sep/Oct issue of Foreign Affairs

I know Giuliani is talking about Iraq in this quotation, but… couldn’t he also be talking about us? I mean, if democracy follows good governance, what is gonna follow the past 7 years?