Jimmy Carter said that. Heh. You have to overlook a few things, like a lot of violence leading right up to the election, and what's happened since. Meryl Yourish (It’s called “rioting,” AP) and Robert Spencer (Hamas, Fatah battle over election results) have round-ups on some of some of the goings-on.
Another dhimmi heard from:
http://andreamdalton.blogspot.com/2006/01/elections.html
Another dhimmi heard from:
http://andreamdalton.blogspot.com/2006/01/elections.html