Skepticism ends at the Republican Party

It was quite enough when the mainstream media refused to examine Bill Clinton's multitudinous lies (remember the black churches that burned in Arkansas when he was a child, or his childhood friend who sold a gun used in a mass murder?), but the press's reporting on Iraq crosses the line from absurd to - what?
First the press actually reported that more than 11 million Iraqis unanimously voted for Saddam Hussein as a show of defiance against the United States. Now, they are reporting the deliberations of the "Iraqi Parliament."
Does anyone really believe that anyone in this sham parliament will produce anything but a unanimous affirmation of whatever Saddam Hussein wants them to say?
My favorite part of this story is where the parliament pauses after each mention of the dictator's name to applaud. Does anyone in Iraq have dignity?