Saturday, June 13, 2009
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is heading for a "resounding win" in Iran's presidential election, the electoral commission says. What a surpise!!! ...
By the BBC ... with a few subtle additions by me
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is [as expected!] on course to be re-elected as president of Iran with a resounding poll win [yeah, right!], according to electoral commission figures. [The commission is run by Ahmadinejad's government, so did we really expect anything different?]
With 80% of the votes counted, the commission said Mr Ahmadinejad had already won 65%. [Of course they would! A candidate has to secure 50% of the votes in the first round to avoid a run-off!].
His main rival, reformist Mir Hossein Mousavi, also claimed victory and has complained of voting irregularities [but it won't do him any good!].
However, the Iranian election commission said Mr Mousavi's share of the vote was around 32% [well they would, wouldn't they?!].
The state news agency Irna [also controled by Ahmadinejad] has declared Mr Ahmadinejad the "definite winner", and his campaign manager was quoted as saying "any doubts cast on this victory will be treated as a joke by the public" [Ha Ha!!! We're all laughing!!!].
The president's supporters celebrated by taking to motorbikes on the streets of Tehran, chanting "God is Great", while there were reports that a rally for Mr Mousavi was broken up.
Mr Ahmadinejad needs 50% of the votes to avoid a second round.
Mr Mousavi has alleged widespread electoral fraud.
It was Al Gore who really won the US Presidential election in 2000. Not George W. Bush.
The whole world is a mess.
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