If Iranians were like us
Woman: I am so slightly annoyed that they stole the election.
Man 2: Get over it! Move on! Your guy lost!
Man 3: Girl, you are sooo tackily pre-6/14! Shut up!
If I were an Iranian I would surely have voted for Mousavi and would be on the streets of Tehran at this moment, being the educated, humane, non-relgious, cosmpolitan leftist that I am. But it is entirely possible that Ahmadinejad actually, unfortunately, did win. Among superstitious rednecks he had a following and, Iran living under constant threat of military assault by you-know-who and you-know who-else, the tougher, meaner guy may have gotten the nod. As a North Carolinian, I lived through over twenty years of representation by the crypto-fascist , racist tenure of Jesse Helms, yet I have never personally known anybody who admitted voting for him. In general, mean rednecks seem to have a built in advantage. (BTW, the last poll taken before the election seemed to give the edge to Amjad). Lotta things in life suck.
Michael Moore got it right years ago when he said America has always had a one-party system. Your vote always goes to the demopublican/republocrat candidate.
The fact was also illustrated by an episode of the Simpsons: alien doppelgangers had kidnapped both party’s presidential candidates and when the aliens were exposed by Bart, they still had the last word: LOL, you still gotta vote for one of us!
So whether you vote “left” or “right,” the system makes sure the right candidate that’s left always gets elected.
It’s all nonsense anyway. Berg is a certifiable whack-job. By the “birthers” standards, McCain is even more dubious. In his case we have authoritative proof that he was not born in the US at all! Obama was born in Hawai’i to an American parent. He’s a citizen.
audie, you got it right about 2000 and the Shrub anointment by the evil Rehnquist - I know, one should only speak good of the dead, he’s dead, Good! If those of us, the popular vote majority, had taken to the streets then there would have been mass slaughter, egged on by those entertainers on Faux and that fat drug addict who I am now calling the Barbra Streisand of the right wing, not that she is either fat or a drug addict, but I know that that is the name that will most rankle the unintelligentsia. and all he is is an entertainer. The electoral process in this country is broken, all we can do is watch in wonder as other countries try to do what we can’t.
mattro65 almost 15 years ago
If only the Iranians had more couches and more television options…
Motivemagus almost 15 years ago
Ouch.
lifeofB almost 15 years ago
Iran is not Afghanistan
They have couches, TV, internet, (evidently) cellphones with SMS, modern roads, an Air Force with modern fighter jets, etc etc…
this cartoon is inaccurate b/c her head isn’t covered…
jcoop almost 15 years ago
woa, do you always get comments like these?
My first reaction was “Ted Rall gets it right again” and I’m one of those boomers you resent! (lol)
Keep it up, Ted. Tell us what we need to hear. Show us what we need to see.
pugnax almost 15 years ago
If I were an Iranian I would surely have voted for Mousavi and would be on the streets of Tehran at this moment, being the educated, humane, non-relgious, cosmpolitan leftist that I am. But it is entirely possible that Ahmadinejad actually, unfortunately, did win. Among superstitious rednecks he had a following and, Iran living under constant threat of military assault by you-know-who and you-know who-else, the tougher, meaner guy may have gotten the nod. As a North Carolinian, I lived through over twenty years of representation by the crypto-fascist , racist tenure of Jesse Helms, yet I have never personally known anybody who admitted voting for him. In general, mean rednecks seem to have a built in advantage. (BTW, the last poll taken before the election seemed to give the edge to Amjad). Lotta things in life suck.
Lt_Lanier almost 15 years ago
Ted Rall also stated in an editorial that Obama had failed.
audieholland almost 15 years ago
Oh come on…
Michael Moore got it right years ago when he said America has always had a one-party system. Your vote always goes to the demopublican/republocrat candidate.
The fact was also illustrated by an episode of the Simpsons: alien doppelgangers had kidnapped both party’s presidential candidates and when the aliens were exposed by Bart, they still had the last word: LOL, you still gotta vote for one of us!
So whether you vote “left” or “right,” the system makes sure the right candidate that’s left always gets elected.
bromonation almost 15 years ago
hahahah i loved this one. spot freaking on regarding modern election psychology.
9/10
MaryWorth Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Cpt. Jason Lanier, Obama has only been in office FIVE MONTHS!
stripper71, Hawaii is an American state…
pbarnrob almost 15 years ago
BTW, for all the [Where’s the Birth Certificate] bumper stickers, it’s posted. Honolulu. Enough of the Red Herring.
MaryWorth Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Red Herring is somewhat close… Obama’s birth certificate is pink!
Motivemagus almost 15 years ago
It’s all nonsense anyway. Berg is a certifiable whack-job. By the “birthers” standards, McCain is even more dubious. In his case we have authoritative proof that he was not born in the US at all! Obama was born in Hawai’i to an American parent. He’s a citizen.
cdward almost 15 years ago
Besides that, there is no questioning that his mother was a US citizen – which makes him one.
audieholland almost 15 years ago
Striper77, is there also a way to keep Americans inside the US of A instead of littered all over the planet in military bases?
I bet that would solve most of the world’s problems.
And if you make some room for all those great Israelis they can have their own state and I know all Americans LOVE Israelis.
How about if you people give them Utah or something (kick out the handful of people that live there first of course).
CorosiveFrog Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Stripper, you should melt your pole into tin foil and make hats with it, if you haven’t already did.
wmclay almost 15 years ago
“However here is the latest from your American terrorist president…”
Everything after that was invalidated by that ridiculous opening statement.
wmclay almost 15 years ago
Pete Rogan said, “You need to be taken out. When I find you, I shall do so. You won’t see me, but I’ll see you … so say good-bye, terrorist.”
Now, THAT is an inappropriate post that needs to be flagged. Threats of violence have no place in a political discussion.
redbank2 almost 15 years ago
audie, you got it right about 2000 and the Shrub anointment by the evil Rehnquist - I know, one should only speak good of the dead, he’s dead, Good! If those of us, the popular vote majority, had taken to the streets then there would have been mass slaughter, egged on by those entertainers on Faux and that fat drug addict who I am now calling the Barbra Streisand of the right wing, not that she is either fat or a drug addict, but I know that that is the name that will most rankle the unintelligentsia. and all he is is an entertainer. The electoral process in this country is broken, all we can do is watch in wonder as other countries try to do what we can’t.