"I TOLD YOU NOOO WIRE HANGERS! NO WIRE HAAANGERS!"
Posted on 03/14/2012 5:26:07 AM PDT by nuconvert
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was summoned to parliament on Wednesday for an unprecedented grilling by lawmakers who accused him of economic mismanagement and making "illegal" appointments.
Less than two weeks after a drubbing in parliamentary elections, Ahmadinejad became the first president in the Islamic Republic's history to be called before the legislature which has the power to impeach him if unsatisfied with his answers.
Traditionalist factions who express complete loyalty to Iran's most powerful figure, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have been trying to summon Ahmadinejad for months over what they say are repeated challenges to the supreme leader's authority.
Emboldened by their success over Ahmadinejad supporters at parliamentary elections this month, they finally had the chance to interrogate the president about the near-stagnant, high-inflation economy and concerns over his allegiance to Khamenei.
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"I TOLD YOU NOOO WIRE HANGERS! NO WIRE HAAANGERS!"
Replace one group of rabid, foaming islamists with another group of rabid, foaming islamists.
No real change in the wind at all.
Me too
You could have substituted Barrys name in there and it amazingly describes him and what he is doing to a “T”.
when someone is grilled by the Iranian Parliament I always assumed it involved hot coals and an actual grill
nah, you’re confusinfg it with kebab
you are right, that President Kebab was almost as big an a-hole as Ahmedinejad.
Imma-Dinnerjacket is in deep doo doo.
Ahmadinejad is a puppet, a figurehead...Khamanei is the real power in Iran.
There’s something wrong with this world when the Iranian parliament is harder on an Islamic genocidal maniac than the American president is.
The Iranians are showing you what they want you to see. It’s all Kabuki Theater.
“You could have substituted Barrys name in there and it amazingly describes him and what he is doing to a “T”.”
Indeed. But with one exception. Namely, U.S. Congress doesn’t have the balls that the Iranian parliament has.
...by lawmakers who accused him of economic mismanagement and making "illegal" appointments. Less than two weeks after a drubbing in parliamentary elections...
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