Uh-oh.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6888837/

Yet, when told of the exact text of the First
Amendment, more than one in three high school students
said it goes "too far" in the rights it guarantees.
Only half of the students said newspapers should be
allowed to publish freely without government approval
of stories.

"These results are not only disturbing; they are
dangerous," said Hodding Carter III, president of the
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which
sponsored the $1 million study. "Ignorance about the
basics of this free society is a danger to our
nation's future."

The students are even more restrictive in their views
than their elders, the study says.

When asked whether people should be allowed to express
unpopular views, 97 percent of teachers and 99 percent
of school principals said yes. Only 83 percent of
students did.

How successful was yesterday's election in Iraq?
Let's look back, shall we.

U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote
Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror

by Peter Grose, Special to the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3-- United States officials were
surprised and heartened today at the size of turnout
in South Vietnam's presidential election despite a
Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting.

According to reports from Saigon, 83 per cent of the
5.85 million registered voters cast their ballots
yesterday. Many of them risked reprisals threatened by
the Vietcong.

....A successful election has long been seen as the
keystone in President Johnson's policy of encouraging
the growth of constitutional processes in South
Vietnam. The election was the culmination of a
constitutional development that began in January,
1966, to which President Johnson gave his personal
commitment when he met Premier Ky and General Thieu,
the chief of state, in Honolulu in February.

The purpose of the voting was to give legitimacy to
the Saigon Government, which has been founded only on
coups and power plays since November, 1963, when
President Ngo Dinh Deim was overthrown by a military
junta.

From the NYT, September 3, 1967.

Draw your own conclusions.