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To: Alighieri who wrote (488108)	6/15/2009 12:30:38 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575429

Hillary's luke warm reaction to an outlaw state. news.bbc.co.uk

To: Alighieri who wrote (488108)	6/15/2009 12:34:02 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575429

Hey Al, darn those ideologues ... “Conservatives” Are Single-Largest Ideological Group gallup.com Of course, next I'm going to hear that liberals and moderates are all the same. Tenchusatsu

To: Alighieri who wrote (488108)	6/15/2009 1:20:02 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1575429

CHOREOGRAPHY "Barack Obama found it 'exciting,' and Hillary Clinton saw it as 'a positive sign.' Others, like Zbigniew Brzezinski, the former U.S. national security adviser, went further and praised it as a 'vibrant democracy.' A variety of useful idiots at home and abroad expressed similar illusions about the Iranian presidential election on Friday," Amir Taheri writes in the London Times. "Many had hoped the exercise would dislodge President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the maverick who has vowed to chase the United States out of the Middle East, wipe Israel off the map and prepare the ground for the hidden imam, Shiite Islams 'end of times' figure of retribution. In the event, the election turned out to be a choreographed affair designed to reinforce Ahmadinejads position as the leader of 'resurgent Islam,' " said Mr. Taheri, an Iranian journalist. "Officially put at 85 percent, voter turnout was the highest in Iran's history. Ahmadinejad won with 63 percent, collecting more votes than any of his predecessors. The results were arranged to give him a two-thirds majority among all categories of voters - men, women, young and old, poor and middle class, and in all of Irans 30 provinces. Whoever wrote the script also made sure that his three rivals, all veterans of the Khomeinist revolution, were roundly defeated even in their respective hometowns. Only one candidate, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the former prime minister, has tried to contest the results. Some analysts had tipped Mousavi, a cousin of the 'supreme guide' Ali Khamenei, as the likely winner and the ideal partner for President Obama in his quest for unconditional talks with Iran. By midday Saturday, it was clear that Mousavi would not try to rock the boat. Rather than calling his supporters into the streets, he wrote a letter to his cousin, pleading for 'action to avoid injustice.' Ahmadinejad's camp responded by announcing a rally in Tehran [Sunday] to celebrate his victory."