Conservatives lead in sham Iranian election

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3509151.stm

<Early results from Iran's general elections suggest that conservative supporters of clerical rule are heading for a sweeping victory.

This had been widely predicted after more than 2,000 reformist candidates were disqualified from standing.

Rajab Ali Mazrouli, a leading member of the pro-reform Islamic Participation Front, said: "Most of the winners this time are conservatives. It was a race without competition

"Candidates have been barred from participating in the elections in an attempt to limit the choice of the Iranian people for their government," state department spokesman Adam Ereli said./.

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1. must be a conservative trait...

it happened here in USA in 2000 too :eyes:

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2. Yeah

What Bush did justifies what a terrorist, Neanderthal, fundie, and despotic regime in Iran does. :eyes:

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3. There's a difference, though...

Bush didn't wipe Gore off the ballot.

He simply ensured that the votes didn't count.

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4. No, much more like what the DNC did to Dean n/t

Not at all like 2000.