An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
A Non-Election Election?
Iran’s Election Loser Slams Poll Result
Mir Hossein Mousavi lost the vote to incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but has branded the election as a “dangerous charade”.
Opposition supporters say more than 100 political activists have been arrested in Iran following yesterday’s controversial election result.
Mohammad Reza Khatami, the brother of ex-president Mohammad Khatami, is among those being held, leading reformist Mohammad Ali Abtahi told the Reuters news agency.
There have also been clashes in Tehran between protesters and police, with some journalists who filmed the violence being briefly detained.
Tens of thousands of pro-Ahmadinejad supporters have marched through the capital’s streets.
I wonder how much Ahmadinnerjacket paid his “supporters”?
I’ve been watching all this from the sidelines, not commenting here what I thought of the doings in Iran. Well, I’ve broke my silence now, haven’t I.
If anyone truly believes that this farce of an election was legitimate, I’ve got some swamp land…. Eventually, people get fed up with being oppressed, and they will react, as we are now seeing happening in Iran.
Then our very own Obummer said this on Friday:
“We are excited to see what appears to be a robust debate taking place in Iran,” Obama told reporters when asked about the Iranian election during an event at the White House.
“Whoever ends up winning the election in Iran, the fact there has been a robust debate hopefully will advance our ability to engage them in new ways,” he said.
Is that what he calls this? A “robust debate”? Does this guy even live on the same planet? It takes two people to make a debate, and from what I’ve been reading, with the ‘Booboo pretty much controlling all forms of media, not much debating has been going on. The statement from the self proclaimed victor that the current clashes “are not important” speaks volumes about the mindset of the ruling ‘class’ of Iran. Evidently, he doesn’t believe it was possible for him to really be defeated. Personally, I think he was! I pray for the freedom yearning of Iran to succeed in their quest, but when you have the thought police in charge, I question if this possible.
Watching all this from afar, I am wondering how our upcoming elections, 2010 and 2012, will play out. Will we, too, have riots in the streets? Will our so called elected officials go quietly when they are voted out of office?
Since Iran won’t allow international over seeing of it’s election, we may never know who really won the election. The Apology Tour 2009 in Cairo a couple of weeks ago evidently didn’t do much to influence the Iranian powers that be (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei), into allowing more freedom for the Iranians. Will they even give a flip if the U.S. rejects the results? Oddly enough….NO! Gee, go figure. They don’t care what Obummer says either. Hmmm…..
“Ballot” swiped from The Political Jungle.
