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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:07 PM Original message |
The simplest reason election fraud in Iran resulted in massive protests and in the U.S. it didn't |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. The logistics here are staggering |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Actually, they said it was 'normal'. It isn't. nt |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I recall them mentioning that he was the first president to hide in the limo ... |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Are the protestors in Iran protesting oppression, or simply who is oppressing? |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. AS my OP said.. 70% of Iran's population wasn't alive when the Shah was overthrown |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. At least the under 30's in Iran aren't threatening to vote Green in the next election! |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Actually, there are three candidates involved |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Four--but the only two that count at this stage are Mir and Mahmoooooooood. nt |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Wonder how much our CIA has to do with all of it. nt |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. 70% of 70 million is 49 million |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. So? |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. 70% under 30 and underemployed/unemployed, with inflation rates at 23% |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I was thinking along those same lines. (nt) |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:06 PM Original message |
Yes, the inflation is terrible and the under/unemployment especially hard on the young. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. to be fair the fraud was also more obvious from what I can tell |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm sure they aren't near as shallow as we are either... |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. It may be the simplest reason but not the main reason. The Democratic Party opposed mass protests. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. Certainly a factor in the equation. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Sorry- I forgot to rec this before. K & R. n/t |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. Plus the US election was so close it almost didn't feel like fraud |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. In America, it wouldn't matter how obvious. Florida was as blatant as it gets. 04 wasn't much better |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. Nice try but you are ignoring an even simpler explanation |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
21. .. |
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