Posted on 11/26/2007 8:18:37 PM PST by camerakid400
He denounces it as the "Great Satan" and frequently dismisses its power, but the overtures of the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to the US seem to grow ever more extravagant. Having failed to win a response with an 18-page letter to President George Bush or to a request to visit the site of the September 11 2001 attack on New York, Ahmadinejad has offered himself as an observer in next year's presidential election.
The proposal came in a speech to volunteers with the Basij, a pro-regime militia. He said he was prompted by a belief that Americans would vote against the current administration in a truly free poll. However, the terms of Ahmadinejad's offer appeared to betray some confusion about the potential candidates.
"If the White House officials allow us to be present as an observer in their presidential election we will see whether people in their country are going to vote for them again or not," he said. The US constitution prevents Bush from seeking a third consecutive term, while no member of his administration is expected to be in the running in next November's poll.
Bush and international human rights groups voiced doubts about the legitimacy of Iran's 2005 presidential election, which brought Ahmadinejad to power. More than 1,000 potential candidates were disqualified by the guardian council, a powerful body of clerics and judges.
Some domestic critics pointed out yesterday that Ahmadinejad's idea clashed with his government's opposition to allowing independent observers at Iranian elections. The interior ministry, controlled by one of the president's most hard-line allies, has rejected pressure for party representatives to be allowed to oversee proceedings at polling stations for next March's parliamentary poll.
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
what a maroon.
I predict it already: Bush isn’t going to be reelected to a third term, final, absolute proof of the weakness and unpopularity of the Zionist Imperialists!
ahmen-a-nut-job wants to ensure that every dimmocrap vote is counted 5 times. or, perhaps, he envisions himself as the guardian of freedom and the opponent of tyranny /s>
Right. Can’t be any worse than Jimmah.
This mother bleepin' clown doesn't seem to realize that the current administration won't be on the ballot next year.
Let’s send Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to West Palm Beach so he can assist the addled elderly Jewish voters who mistakenly voted for Pat Buchanan in 2000 thanks to the butterfly ballot. (One of my favorite comic memories of the 2000 election meltdown, along with Freepers in DC chanting to Gore to get out of Cheney’s house)
You read my mind. Jimmuh and Ack-dinner-jihad: scum of a feather flock together. I hope these guys are roommates in hell and drive each other insane.
Right near Arthur Bremer's halfway house.
That’s funny. Moron.
Tell him the outdoor voting booth in Nome, Alaska needs special attention.
Who’s going to inspect the hanging chads, Putin?
Maybe Mumu Ack-dinner-jihad can investigate why the Father of the Internet couldn’t win his home state.
this cracked me up
Now where did I put that millstone?
Semper Fidelis
Hey, Mahmoud, observe THIS! .,|,.
hahaha....
No thanks, Ahnutjob.
Just what the world needs. A nuclear clown.
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