Obama gets excited by the Iranian debate
Gimme a break - Ahmadinejad out and out steals the election and Obama is excited by the debate?
From
Reuters:
Obama "excited" by Iran's robust election debate
President Barack Obama said on Friday he was hopeful the robust debate taking place in Iran's presidential election would advance his administration's efforts to engage longtime U.S. rival Tehran in new ways.
"We are excited to see what appears to be a robust debate taking place in Iran," Obama told reporters when asked about the Iranian election during an event at the White House.
"Whoever ends up winning the election in Iran, the fact there has been a robust debate hopefully will advance our ability to engage them in new ways," he said.
Here is some of that debate from
MyWay/Associated Press:
Iran declares win for Ahmadinejad in disputed vote
Iran declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner Saturday of an election that pitted the conservative establishment against candidate with broad backing from the country's youth. Riot police attacked opposition supporters, beating them with clubs and smashing cars.
A statement from Mousavi posted on his Web site condemned what he described as the "manipulation" of election results.
Some more debate:
Police attacked the demonstrators near the Interior Ministry, where the election results were announced, beating them with clubs and smashing cars.
And some more:
An Associated Press photographer saw a plainclothes security official beating a woman with his truncheon.
Of course, an election fraud like this could never happen in the USA.
Oh...
Wait...
And what is ACORN up to these days?
Posted by DaveH at June 13, 2009 7:29 PM