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George H. W. Bush: "Something Weird" About Iranian Elections
Real Clear POlitics ^ | June 15, 2009 | Real Clear POlitics

Posted on 06/15/2009 2:02:54 PM PDT by i88schwartz

Former President George H.W. Bush tells the Washington Times the results of the Iranian elections were "strange." He tells them: "It sounded funny when the opponent claimed victory by 60 some percent then the next thing you know he's on his back, counted out," former president, George H.W. Bush said on the debut broadcast of the Washington Times America's Morning News. "There is something weird about it, something strange about it."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush41; georgebush; iran
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1 posted on 06/15/2009 2:02:55 PM PDT by i88schwartz
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To: i88schwartz

Strange? It is called fraud. Just like our government is run on nowadays —— nothing new George!


2 posted on 06/15/2009 2:04:08 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: i88schwartz

Yes, the weird is he didnt win
It was fixed


3 posted on 06/15/2009 2:04:30 PM PDT by JaneNC (I)
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To: i88schwartz

Yes, the weird is he didnt win
It was fixed


4 posted on 06/15/2009 2:04:35 PM PDT by JaneNC (I)
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To: i88schwartz

Yes, the weird is he didnt win
It was fixed


5 posted on 06/15/2009 2:04:36 PM PDT by JaneNC (I)
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To: i88schwartz

You think? Thanks, Captain Obvious!


6 posted on 06/15/2009 2:05:23 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: i88schwartz

I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole thing had been staged by the mullahs to give the people the illusion of still having power. After a sufficient amount of protest and “review” of the vote, they throw “imagonnajihad” under the bus and put in the peoples’ choice, who still has their seal of approval.


7 posted on 06/15/2009 2:06:15 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (Achtung. preparen zie fur die obamahopenchangen.)
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To: i88schwartz

As usual, confused by “a thousand points of light”.


8 posted on 06/15/2009 2:07:18 PM PDT by givemELL (Does Taiwan Meet the Criteria to Qualify as an "Overseas Territory of the United States"? by Richar)
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To: i88schwartz

Hey, there was nothing strange or weird about it ... Carter was watching it. /s


9 posted on 06/15/2009 2:08:11 PM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (GOP: Stop listening, start doing -- we need new leaders!)
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To: Constitution Day
You think? Thanks, Captain Obvious!

Just goes to show, you have to get up pretty early to fool him.
10 posted on 06/15/2009 2:08:53 PM PDT by TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl
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To: i88schwartz

ACORN was involved?


11 posted on 06/15/2009 2:09:02 PM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: i88schwartz

Hundreds of thousands in the streets of Iran, and the ex-president finds it....”weird”. Politicians are so out of touch it’s beyond scary.


12 posted on 06/15/2009 2:09:40 PM PDT by ScreamingFist
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To: i88schwartz
No weirder than the last election here. BTW Thanks GW!\s
13 posted on 06/15/2009 2:09:40 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Diebold?


14 posted on 06/15/2009 2:09:46 PM PDT by woofie
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To: Cheetahcat

Yea right ..its Bush’s fault...fool


15 posted on 06/15/2009 2:10:45 PM PDT by woofie
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Hey now, even Iran’s president has some ethics — unlike the guy we have sitting in the White House today.


16 posted on 06/15/2009 2:10:54 PM PDT by Bushwacker777
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To: givemELL

A thousand points of light (where all those hanging chads were knocked thru...)


17 posted on 06/15/2009 2:11:46 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: givemELL

Bush I has always had this bizarre speaking style. I wouldn’t call it dumb, but his sentences just defies basic grammar.


18 posted on 06/15/2009 2:16:02 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist ("President Obama, your agenda is not new, it's not change, and it's not hope" - Rush Limbaugh 02/28)
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Maybe it was fixed but maybe it wasn't. Do we really know that a majority of the people of Iran are all that anxious to have a western-style country. I'm sure that the young students are but what about the old-line Muslims. Do we know the demographics? I don't. Do we really trust any pre-election poll in Iran? I don't. So I'm personally neutral on the issue of the election being stolen. Could be it was. Probably it was. But we will never really know for sure.

In any case the key issue for us is Obama's position on the subject. Clearly there are millions of Iranians who are unhappy with their current oppressive government. Even if they are a minority they still represent the side that we as a nation should stand with. George Bush did. Freepers do. But what about Obama? Where does he stand? All we have is silence from the Obama administration. So we don't know his position but suspect he is with whoever is in power and that means the Mullahs and ImaNutJob. What a wimp. A dangerous man to have as President in a dangerous time.

19 posted on 06/15/2009 2:16:02 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: woofie
Yea right ..its Bush’s fault...fool

Cheetahcat has been trolling for months.....hand it a shiny object and it will lose interest.

20 posted on 06/15/2009 2:16:59 PM PDT by ScreamingFist
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