http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/election/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:21:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286289/posts "Iran said Sunday it has released a British-Greek journalist detained for two weeks during its postelection crackdown..." Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286289/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:21:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285559/posts CAIRO: A group of Egyptian activists launched a website demanding the release of Iranian protestors detained on account of demonstrations following the allegedly rigged presidential elections in Iran. "We were obliged to defend the rights of the Iranians to express their opinions without being condemned and jailed for doing so. They shouldn’t be detained for expressing their anger toward certain suspected glitches in the elections..." Daily News Egypt http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285559/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:51:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283690/posts Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called off a trip to Libya today as his regime continued to face heavy criticism over the disputed Iranian elections. In the latest development, images have emerged of suspicious ballot papers which appear to show the re-elected president's name written in the same handwriting on many sheets. Some have also claimed that the papers were suspiciously crisp and unfolded. The images were shown as part of footage of a recount, broadcast on Iranian state television to supposedly assuage concern over the results. ' These are images from the recent TV broadcast session where they 'recounted' some ballot boxes... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283690/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 23:38:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283605/posts TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Three leading Iranian reformists who have rejected the results of last month’s election questioned the legitimacy of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government Wednesday. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283605/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 21:51:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283514/posts He came to my shop around 10.30am. You could tell straight away that he had just been released. His face was bruised all over. His teeth were broken and he could hardly open his eyes. He was not even into politics. He was just an ordinary 18-year-old in the last year of school. Before the election he came to me and asked how he should vote. He looks up to me. His father is an Ahmadinejad supporter. guardian.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283514/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:02:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283306/posts An early victim of these marauding conquerors was Persia—Iran—arguably one of the greatest civilizations known to humanity. It was the ancient Iranians who gave humanity its first charter of human rights, championed the ideals of tolerance, justice and autonomy of the diverse peoples in their vast empire. Islam systematically destroyed that civilization and, over time, tried its utmost to replace it with a barbaric way of thinking and behaving. Millions of Iranians resisted the savagery and paid with their lives. Some were forced to live under jazyyeh—pole tax levied on non-Muslims. Others lost their identity and heritage and embraced the... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283306/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:23:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283261/posts Wenzel Strategies survey shows Ohioans favor Strickland proposal for slots at Ohio horse tracks, but incumbent governor does not appear to profit politically from the idea Kasich leads incumbent Ted Strickland 44%-35%, with 21% undecided Portman leads Fisher 39%-33% in U.S. Senate race with 27% undecided Portman leads Jennifer Brunner 43%-31% with 26% undecided Wenzel Strategies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283261/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:33:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283097/posts As the Iranian authorities warned the opposition on Tuesday that they would tolerate no further protests over the disputed June 12 presidential elections, a report emerged of the hangings of six supporters of defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. Speaking after Iran's top legislative body upheld the election victory of incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sources in Iran told this reporter in a telephone interview that the hangings took place in the holy city of Mashhad on Monday. There was no independent confirmation of the report. Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283097/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 09:09:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282221/posts Two video tributes to the brave Iranian demonstrators: Michael Jackson video with Iranian protesters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvOx4avw8WY&feature=related A TRIBUTE TO THE COURAGEOUS AND BRAVE CITIZENS OF IRAN - Election June 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf8hYLt534I&NR=1 YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282221/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:11:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282029/posts A new Mason-Dixon poll in Florida shows that Gov. Charlie Crist (R) continues to lead former House Speaker Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate race. But Rubio is gaining in the polls as he becomes more familiar to state voters. Republican Primary Election MatchupCrist 51 (-2 from May)Rubio 23 (+5)Undecided 26 (-3) In the May survey, 56 percent of Republican voters did not recognize Rubio. That number is down to 48 percent in the past month. Among voters who recognize both candidates, the race is much closer: Crist leads with 33 percent, with Rubio at 31 percent and 36 percent... Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282029/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:35:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281843/posts European Union members are threatening the collective withdrawal of their ambassadors from Iran to secure the release of the British embassy employees being held by the authorities. EU diplomats said tonight all the envoys could be recalled "temporarily" in solidarity with staff from the British mission in Tehran who have been accused -- entirely falsely, UK officials insist -- of involvement in protests over the "stolen" presidential election. guardian.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281843/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:21:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281816/posts House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) announced that his planned investigation into allegations of vote fraud committed by the Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN) has been canceled by “the powers that be.” “The President has advised me that it would not be in my best interest to press ahead with what he called ‘a witch hunt,’” Conyers said. “He says enemies of the Party would use evidence from my hearings to fan the flames of seditious resistance to the legitimacy of his administration.” Conyers said he was told that “failure to nip this in the... A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281816/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:54:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280717/posts This is a VIDEO: Human chain in front of anti-riot police You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280717/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:04:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279968/posts "The prevailing narrative today is that Romney has risen to the top of the 2012 Invisible Primary because he's the last man standing. True, Romney hasn't made any obvious mistakes. But his rising standing is a consequence of decisions he's made, and not just a result of the luck." "It's a credit to his communications team that he can appear on television once every two or three weeks and seem to be part of the dialog. When Romney has something to say, he'll find a venue to say it. On auto restructuring, on the Republican stimulus plan, on a free... The Atlantic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279968/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:34:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278854/posts "The demonstration was supposed to be peaceful," a contact in Teheran told this reporter. "But the Basiji [militiamen] beat people down like animals." He said the son of one of his employees, who participated in the rally, compared the scene to the frontlines of a war: "It was like they were beating up dolls. The security forces were out for blood. Hundreds of them charged out of nowhere. The next thing we saw was fire, blood, and clouds of tear gas," he reported. With Mousavi out of view, and all prominent reformist figures under arrest or also in hiding, the... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278854/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:47:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278149/posts Her name was Neda. In Farsi, it means “the voice.” True to her name, she loved music; sought freedom; and she’s dead – shot down in the streets by the Iranian regime’s state sanctioned murderers. mccotterrocks.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278149/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:11:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277057/posts (Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net ... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277057/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:44:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276925/posts Any hope that the result of last week’s presidential election in Iran might be overturned is now, more than likely, gone. More than 200 of the 290 members of Iran’s parliament have endorsed the victory of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has declared that there were no irregularities in the vote. Protestors and opposition leaders have been warned that they will be held accountable for creating “chaos” if street protests against the government continue, and the Iranian government appears to be making good on that pledge. Truth be told, though, as far as U.S.... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276925/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:29:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276900/posts Should the Green Revolution succeed in toppling the regime, it will be the greatest event since the collapse of the Soviet Union. It will prove to be a more decisive event than even the invasion of Iraq and will rival the attacks of September 11, 2001, in influencing the course of history. The stakes could not be higher. The regime could fall, resulting in the greatest victory in the war on terror to date, or the regime will survive, leaving behind tens of thousands of bloodied bodies, a discouraged population unlikely to take such risks again and bitter at the... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276900/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:47:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276846/posts Why did the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei decide to suppress demonstrations and not order a reorganization of new elections to solve the crisis? What is the analysis inside the Khamanei/Ahmedinijad “war room”? Based on several assessments, it appears that the regime feels the protest movement is too wide and too determined to allow it to expand further. The ayatollahs in charge of the “revolution” and the top commanders of the Revolutionary Guards as well as their financial operatives fear a popular shift inside Iran’s population along the magnitude of East Europe’s revolution against Soviet rule. The most cataclysmic parallel would be... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276846/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:36:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276831/posts Washington Examiner - Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) leaders are using the threat of a law suit to silence and intimidate critics, according to current and former members of the liberal activist group. In a letter dated June 11 an attorney for ACORN advised top whistleblowers that their unauthorized use of the organization’s name could make them liable for monetary damages and injunctive relief. ACORN executives have also changed their organization’s name, which was tarnished by investigations in at least 14 states of allegations of voter registration fraud during the 2008 presidential campaign, and charges by current... www.kxmb.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276831/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:22:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276710/posts TEHRAN — Locked in a continuing bitter contest Monday with Iranians who say the presidential elections were rigged, the authorities here acknowledged that the number of votes cast in 50 cities exceeded the actual number of voters, state television reported following assertions by the country’s supreme leader that the ballot was fair. But the authorities insisted that discrepancies, which could affect three million votes, did not violate Iranian law and the country’s influential Guardian Council said it was not clear whether they would decisively change the election result. New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276710/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:40:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2276423/posts Watching the mainstream media coverage of the demonstrations in Iran following their elections, you would think that the protests have been all about Obama and his Cairo speech delivered on June 4. Barack Obama appeared to take great credit for whatever would happen when he delivered a rambling answer to a press question about what was happening in Iran prior to the election results being released (and Ahmadinejad being declared the winner): “Uh, we are excited, uh, to see, uh, what appears to be a robust debate taking place in Iran. And obviously after the speech, uh, that I made... Start Thinking Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2276423/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:58:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276267/posts It's a letter by the Interior Minister, Sadegh Mahsouli, to Khamenei informing him of the steps taken to declare Ahmadinejad the winner of the election. The letter also includes the actual results as follows: Total votes: 42,026,078 Mousavi: 19,075,623 Karroubi: 13,387,104 Ahmadinejad: 5,698,417 Rezai: 3,754,218 Invalid votes: 38,716 (See letter HERE) AND (Whistleblower killed in suspicious car accident)Iran protests: live - 17 June 2009 | News | guardian.co.uk11am: The man who leaked the real election results from the Interior Ministry - the ones showing Ahmadinejad coming third - was killed in a suspicious car accident, according to unconfirmed reports, writes... iReport and The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276267/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:04:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275953/posts WASHINGTON- Hundreds of people protested in front of the White House Saturday calling on President Obama to denounce Iran's presidential elections. Demonstrators say they want President Obama to seek help from the United Nations and ask for a re-election or recount in the country. They say the White House's inaction over what's happening in Iran does not look good because the rest of the world looks to the U.S. for leadership. WTOP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275953/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:56:03 GMT