I'll Stir my own pot

BMW X5 · #1 08-15-2006, 01:06 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/worl...=1&oref=slogin

please tell me exactly how you would like us not to dislike them all? FCUK that i say nuke their asses back to mahmoud and alah let them have their virgins and little boys and girls with large boobies

blondboinsd · #2 08-15-2006, 01:08 PM

Thats a dangerous step to take, then people will say "why not all muslims?" I agree both of them are a joke but I dunno if thats a good statement to make

rebound · #3 08-15-2006, 01:28 PM

I'm glad when they do this sort of thing. It shows the world what kind of people they (at least the leaders) are, and what they believe. Keep on talkin' I say!

Of course, none of their "subjects" have the right to speak their unedited mind in the same way...

BMW X5 · #4 08-15-2006, 01:39 PM

and though the leaders dont exhibit the population they are leaders for a reason meaning people chose them to power which means they belive in what they do. much like here with our administration but at least we get to vote for whoever we want without anyone showing up at our doorstep with a gun. i say "like one like all"

Eric5273 · #5 08-15-2006, 02:03 PM

Just a note: Whether or not you agree with the Iranian president, he was elected by a large majority last year, and the elections were indeed fair as they were monitored by dozens on international election monitoring groups including a couple of American ones. There were no claims of fraud or voting irregularities, which is far more than I can say for our own elections here.

blondboinsd · #6 08-15-2006, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric5273

Just a note: Whether or not you agree with the Iranian president, he was elected by a large majority last year, and the elections were indeed fair as they were monitored by dozens on international election monitoring groups including a couple of American ones. There were no claims of fraud or voting irregularities, which is far more than I can say for our own elections here.

rebound · #7 08-15-2006, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric5273

Just a note: Whether or not you agree with the Iranian president, he was elected by a large majority last year, and the elections were indeed fair as they were monitored by dozens on international election monitoring groups including a couple of American ones. There were no claims of fraud or voting irregularities, which is far more than I can say for our own elections here.

I don't remember - was Jimmy Carter there?

Aimster · #8 08-15-2006, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric5273

Just a note: Whether or not you agree with the Iranian president, he was elected by a large majority last year, and the elections were indeed fair as they were monitored by dozens on international election monitoring groups including a couple of American ones. There were no claims of fraud or voting irregularities, which is far more than I can say for our own elections here.

Yeah right. Hundreds of people were banned from running in the Presidential race in Iran.

Many ran. To get the majority vote all that guy needed was like 5% of the vote. It wasn't like the U.S where there were 2 candidates. Iran had almost a hundred.

Plus Iran's President is not even the leader of Iran. He has no powerr to do anything.

Eric5273 · #9 08-15-2006, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Aimster

Many ran. To get the majority vote all that guy needed was like 5% of the vote. It wasn't like the U.S where there were 2 candidates. Iran had almost a hundred.

A majority (over 50%) is required. If no candidate gets 50%, then they have a run-off between the two top candidates.

In the Iranian election last year, there were 7 candidates, not "hundreds". Ahmadinejad came in 2nd in the first round with 19%, and then won the run-off with 61%.

First Round:

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani - 6,159,453 (21.01%)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - 5,710,354 (19.48%)
Mehdi Karroubi - 5,066,316 (17.28%)
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf - 4,075,189 (13.9%)
Mostafa Moeen - 4,054,304 (13.83%)
Ali Larijani - 1,740,163 (5.94%)
Mohsen Mehralizadeh - 1,289,323 (4.4%)
Blank (no vote for president on ballot) - 1,221,940 (4.17%)

Voter Turnout: 62.66%

Second Round (run-off):

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - 17,284,782 (61.69%)
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani - 10,046,701 (35.93%)
Blank (no vote for president on ballot) - 663,770 (2.37%)

Voter Turnout: 59.6%

Aimster · #10 08-15-2006, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric5273

A majority (over 50%) is required. If no candidate gets 50%, then they have a run-off between the two top candidates.

In the Iranian election last year, there were 7 candidates, not "hundreds". Ahmadinejad came in 2nd in the first round with 19%, and then won the run-off with 61%.

First Round:

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani - 6,159,453 (21.01%)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - 5,710,354 (19.48%)
Mehdi Karroubi - 5,066,316 (17.28%)
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf - 4,075,189 (13.9%)
Mostafa Moeen - 4,054,304 (13.83%)
Ali Larijani - 1,740,163 (5.94%)
Mohsen Mehralizadeh - 1,289,323 (4.4%)
Blank (no vote for president on ballot) - 1,221,940 (4.17%)

Voter Turnout: 62.66%

Second Round (run-off):

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - 17,284,782 (61.69%)
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani - 10,046,701 (35.93%)
Blank (no vote for president on ballot) - 663,770 (2.37%)

Voter Turnout: 59.6%

Where do you get your information from? Some propaganda Iranian news agency?

You forgot that before the first round there were run-offs where hundreds of people ran and their votes were not counted because the head mullah said they could not run simply because they had a chance of winning and were part of the reform party.