Ahmadinejad Wins! (Duh)

By Monica Crowley

The government-run media in Iran (as opposed to the government-run media here) is announcing that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has “won” “re-election.”

This is like Saddam Hussein winning “re-election” in Iraq. He used to get 105% of the vote. (Just like certain presidential candidates in Cook County, Illinois!) Ahmadinejad is said to be “winning” with a measly 68% of the vote. (Can’t be too greedy, now. Look at what happened to Saddam.)

The joke, of course, is that the Iranian “election” wasn’t an election at all.

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