And Iran, Iran so far away

[a_priori]

Wow, the results in Iran's election were just about the worst to be imagined. A narrow win for Ahmadinejad - or even a mere tie in the first round and narrow victory in the subsequent runoff - would have been better. In those circumstances, it might have been thought that he'd been legitimately re-elected

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[eve_prime]

I had been so optimistic about the outcome, too, eagerly looking forward to Friday.

[a_priori]

I was worried, but I really thought they'd finesse the fakery. I kind of expected Ahmadinejad to win, but only after a run-off, and I thought they'd choose a more realistic margin.

They need to take lessons in election-rigging from Kenya, or at least the Kennedy family

[eve_prime]

I thought Mousavi would win by about a 10% margin, probably after the run-off. *sigh*

[a_priori]

He would have been such an interesting president. I'm not sure if he would have been good, but nearly anything is better than the incumbent.