Ethics

Elections in Iran: The Jokes Write Themselves

By Ed Brayton

Without bothering to watch any of the late night talk shows on Friday, I can envision some of the more obvious jokes about the Iranian election:

It became obvious that something was fishy with the Iranian election when Ahmadinejad went on state television and accused ACORN of voter fraud. He claimed that Mickey Mouse was registered to vote in Tabriz.

Usually when they refer to "hanging chads" in Iran they're talking about executing American spies.

I bet "voter caging" has a whole different meaning in Iran.

Ahmadinejad's new campaign slogan: ayastollah the election.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on June 13, 2009 (boomark / email).