Althouse: "I am the absolute winner of the election by a very large margin."

१२ जून, २००९

"I am the absolute winner of the election by a very large margin."

"It is our duty to defend people’s votes. There is no turning back."

Says Mir Hussein Moussavi, who — one hopes — has ousted Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

१७ टिप्पण्या:

Roger J. म्हणाले...: i do hope that westerners who think who won the the election for president of iran will sway the mullahs who actually run iran.; १२/६/०९, ५:१९ PM
mccullough म्हणाले...: This passage was amusing:

"Just after 8 a.m., a set of brown curtains opened and the leader emerged, a gaunt 69-year-old with clunky glasses and a long white beard, with a black turban on his head and a black clerical gown draped around him. The journalists, mostly Iranians, gasped and then chanted a religious blessing."

Iranian journalists aren't any different than American journalists.; १२/६/०९, ५:४४ PM
Palladian म्हणाले...: "Iranian journalists aren't any different than American journalists."

Did they ask Moussavi what most enchanted him?; १२/६/०९, ५:५१ PM
AllenS म्हणाले...: I'll bet quite a few got a tingle down their leg.; १२/६/०९, ५:५२ PM
Daryl म्हणाले...: One radical Islamist stooge of the Guardian Council goes out; another goes in.

Iran does not have free elections, because the regime decides who is allowed to run. The regime uses these elections to distract people from the fact that they don't really have a choice when it comes to the most important issues.; १२/६/०९, ५:५२ PM
mccullough म्हणाले...: Palladian

It was actually the ayatollah casting his ballot.; १२/६/०९, ५:५३ PM
Palladian म्हणाले...: Oh, they were praying for Khamenei.

Hey, Obama does have a turban.; १२/६/०९, ५:५४ PM
mccullough म्हणाले...: Daryl,

The 86 mullahs are sort of just Super Delegates without regular delegates without primary voters.

They're probably what the founders were hoping the electoral college would be.; १२/६/०९, ५:५६ PM
veni vidi vici म्हणाले...: The Iranian presidency is like a modified Stroh's beer:

"From one douchebag to another..."; १२/६/०९, ६:१२ PM
Bruce Hayden म्हणाले...: On the other hand, State media declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner of Iran's election but challenger Mirhossein Mousavi alleged irregularities and claimed victory for himself.; १२/६/०९, ७:१३ PM
अनामित म्हणाले...: How moderate can the new guy be if the mullahs approved him? Nothing was different under Khatami.

If anything, it's more dangerous to the world to have a nice guy than a wack job, if the policies remain the same.; १२/६/०९, ९:५१ PM
Once written, twice... म्हणाले...: Boy, it seems a lot of people on this forum have a stake in Iran not becoming a more moderate political society!

Mousavi has been running on a much more moderate vision for Iran. To me that makes a difference. If he won the election then it says that most Iranians want a more moderate Iran. I would ask those who seem to be threatened by this "that is a bad thing because?"; १२/६/०९, १०:५४ PM
Peter Hoh म्हणाले...: I wonder if Norm Coleman's legal team is advising Ahmadinejad on how to delay the inevitable.; १३/६/०९, १२:०१ AM
traditionalguy म्हणाले...: L E Lee...The moderate Iranian people are in a Police State with an evil tyrant making all the decisions. But you are correct that it is encouraging that the people want moderation from the evil tyrant over their police state. It's sort of a warm fuzzy feeling that gives Hope to all the people of the world who are soon to be vaporized by Iran's Obama approved Atomic weapons.; १३/६/०९, १०:०३ AM
Derek Kite म्हणाले...: L.E.Lee: You have described what I heard called the Beijing Consensus.

Where it works, it works well, in the 'trains run on time' sense.

Where it doesn't work, there is fake elections, fake choice, where the real power center remains regardless of the opinions of the ruled.

Derek; १३/६/०९, २:०५ PM
Peter Hoh म्हणाले...: Obama gets the blame for Iran having nukes? Only if you pretend that Iran's nuclear program began in January, 2009.; १३/६/०९, ३:०५ PM
अनामित म्हणाले...: You must wonder if the Iranian election was run by the St. Louis, MO election commission.

But, can anybody explain why we should give a shit? We've been told it's quite evil to impose our value (I bet Nelson Mandela is happy we didn't believe that back during apartheid) and if Iran wants to keep Pres. Bob in charge, fine.

Serves the lot of them right.; १४/६/०९, ८:०१ PM