Posted on 07/19/2009 3:38:54 PM PDT by edpc
TEHRAN,Iran – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, already at the center of a post-election crisis, came under criticism from his own hard-line supporters Sunday for appointing a first vice president who once caused an outcry by saying Iranians were friends of Israelis.
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From what I've read in the article, they're more upset about the 2008 comment than the nepotism.
Maybe he’s the Iranian version of Joe Biden.
Y’beat me to it.
Isn’t it “unconstitutional” to criticize Ahmadinejad or have the courts not decided yet? This could be a potential “hate crime”.
“Habib! Stand up, Habib, let ‘em see you! Oh... may the blessings of Allah be upon you!”
I saw the headline and first thing that came was that this was Barry prime chance to offer Biden as a well-qualified VP alternative.....
This is funny on several levels.
I wonder if the Iranian veep will prove to be as much of an idiot as ours.
Geez, first he appoints his son-in-law to be the new nuclear chief, and now he picks his son’s father-in-law to be his VP. What’s next, is he going to rename the country Ahmadinejadstan?
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