Wait a minute... have we checked that Bush actually knows what the word 'Democracy' means?

Because he thinks Musharraf is doing a fabulous job:

President Bush yesterday offered his strongest support of embattled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, saying the general "hasn't crossed the line" and "truly is somebody who believes in democracy."

Bush spoke nearly three weeks after Musharraf declared emergency rule, sacked members of the Supreme Court and began a roundup of journalists, lawyers and human rights activists. Musharraf's government yesterday released about 3,000 political prisoners, although 2,000 remain in custody, according to the Interior Ministry.

But Canada included in the nine Commonwealth nations suspends Pakistan (link via Chet Scoville of Vanity Press):

A committee of foreign ministers voted Thursday to suspend Pakistan from the Commonwealth over anti-democratic actions taken by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf during his emergency rule.

Representatives from nine Commonwealth countries, including Canada, voted unanimously to suspend Pakistan "from councils of the Commonwealth pending restoration of democracy and rule of law in the country," said Secretary-General Don McKinnon.

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"We adhere to and we support the principles of democracy and right now we have to uphold that," she said. "We have to stand behind that and we have to support that and Pakistan has not done that."

Pakistan — which was also suspended from the Commonwealth in 1999 after Musharraf came to power in a coup, but reinstated five years later — had pleaded for more time before the group's meeting and argued that it was making progress toward restoring democracy.

But the Musharraf government has failed to meet any of the five criteria set out for it by the Commonwealth, said Helena Guergis, Canada's secretary of state for foreign affairs, who is accompanying Prime Minister Stephen Harper to the summit.

"We adhere to and we support the principles of democracy," Guergis told reporters as she entered a meeting. "Right now, we have to uphold that. We have to stand behind that, and support that. Right now, Pakistan is not doing that."

So we know that Georgie has done his homework:

de·moc·ra·cy /dɪˈmɒkrəsi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[di-mok-ruh-see]
–noun, plural -cies.
1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
2. a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies.
3. a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.
4. political or social equality; democratic spirit.
5. the common people of a community as distinguished from any privileged class; the common people with respect to their political power.

Georgie... you notice the part about 'the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system'?

Now, do you want to explain to us just how Musharraf is supporting democracy? Or how you are, for that matter?