Iranians vote today. Ahminadinajacket may lose.

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  1. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Iranians vote in droves, rival victory claims

     
    red55, Jun 12, 2009
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  2. CajunlostinCali

    CajunlostinCali Booger Eatin Moron

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    ...and the peasants rejoice

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  3. Cajun Sensation

    Cajun Sensation I'm kind of a big deal Staff Member

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    Cajun Sensation, Jun 12, 2009
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  4. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Iran's election result staggers analysts

     
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  5. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    wow they didn't have a fair election

    well shiver me timbers
     
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  6. bayareatiger

    bayareatiger If it's too loud YOU'RE TOO OLD

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    I thought dude said there was none of this goin' on in his fiefdom...

    Not that there's anything wrong with that...
     
    bayareatiger, Jun 13, 2009
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  7. gumborue

    gumborue Throwin Ched

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    itll be interesting to see what O does now. he'd just offered an olive branch of sorts.
     
    gumborue, Jun 15, 2009
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  8. Bandit88

    Bandit88 Old Enough to Know Better

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    This place is a mess. One thing is for sure - autocrats everywhere are watching and learning. If you want to rig elections and get away with it, you better damned sure not let personal media (blogs, twitter, texting, etc) out amongst the general public.

    This is going to get it's own chapter in many books about the democratization (or in my opinion the hyper-specialization) of the modern media.
     
    Bandit88, Jun 16, 2009
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  9. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Totalitarians are so paranoid that they feel that they must pump up their support. So they rig a landslide election instead of a reasonably close election and it triggers all of this. They have no style or subtlety at all. They might have gotten away with this if it tuned out to be 52%-48%.

    Saddam used to win by 95% and never knew that it just made him look ridiculous.
     
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  10. gumborue

    gumborue Throwin Ched

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    no more posts about this. i read (from cc on a bar tv, fwiw) that the head of security was assassinated. he had leaked that the election was rigged and the real results had dinna jacket in 3rd. thats just as hard to believe as him winning a landslide.
     
    gumborue, Jun 19, 2009
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