U.S. says Iran election results are "cooked"

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Source: Reuters UK

The United States, at loggerheads with Tehran over its nuclear program and Iraq, cast doubt on the fairness of Iran's parliamentary elections on Friday and said any outcome of the poll would be "cooked."

"In essence the results are cooked. They are cooked in the sense that the Iranian people were not able to vote for a full range of people," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack of the poll.

Iranians voted on Friday in an election likely to keep parliament in the control of conservatives after unelected state bodies barred many reformist foes of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from the race.

"They are given the choice of choosing between one supporter of the regime or another supporter of the regime. They were not given the opportunity ... to vote for somebody who might have had different ideas," McCormack told reporters of the poll.

Ahmadinejad has shrugged off criticism about the poll.

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Pot. Kettle.

[niyad]

1. naturally--so we have to go to war NOW

[C_U_L8R]

2. They should know; they're the pros

and why does everyone have such a compulsion to criticize the "other guy".
I'm really sick of it.

[papau]

11. my thought also

[Mountainman]

3. Whether they are cooked or not depends on whether the administration likes the outcome.

[Magleetis]

4. Just like the US elections n/t

[shain from kane]

5. Are Florida and Ohio provinces of Iran?

[frebrd]

6. LOL! So Iran's results are "cooked"...

as opposed to our pristine, absolutely reliable results in the US.

:rofl:

[xxqqqzme]

7. oh, the irony - the clowns

in DC are just stunning in their ignorance - absolutely stunning!

I am convinced they believe they are the smartest men in the room and the rest of the rabble are dazed by their brilliance.

[Javaman]

8. Pot. Kettle. Black. nt

[redqueen]

9. Projection?

[Judi Lynn]

10. Truly obnoxious. It's something we learned to expect from these assholes in 2000. n/t

We learned it the hard way every day since then.

[Benhurst]

12. This sounds like what psychiatrists call "projection."

[FreepFryer]

13. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHA! HA! HAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHA! HAHAHAHAHA! (thud) (n/t)

[Forrest Greene]

14. Boy, You Just Can't

...make up stuff like this.

[rcsl1998]

15. From The Old 'Takes One To Know One' adage...

[ElsewheresDaughter]

16. kinda like our 2000 and 2004 elections eh?

[Acadia Blue]

17. Ditto lol

[habitual]

18. U.S. says Iran election results are "cooked", need better training.

"In essence the results are cooked. They are cooked in the sense that the Iranian people were not able to vote for a full range of people," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack of the poll.

McCormack further stated "This is just another example of the Iranians showing a demonstrable desire to cook elections but having no idea how to do it properly. If the Iranians were serious about cooking the election in a way that wouldn't bring world condemnation, they'd be more discreet about it and simply have the software take care of any results that aren't in line with Gov't objectives."

[jaybeat]

19. Bomb, bomb, bomb. Bomb, bomb Ohio! (nt)

[Lucky 13]

20. And we would know, dammit. nt

[zonmoy]

21. says the pot to the kettle

right now I figure that every part of our electoral system is part of the fix.

[corporatemedia]

22. Ho Ho Ho....Ho Ho Ho.....Ho Ho Ho....

that's a damn funny headline.

(sorry to sound like El Spitzer, but that's the way I laugh)

[Xithras]

23. Bush has a penchant for stating the obvious.

Then again, the obvious is probably all he can grasp.

In Iran, only candidates approved by the Guardians Council, a group of religious leaders, are permitted to run for office. Liberals need not apply.

[coalition_unwilling]

24. Here we allow the Liberals to run but then simply don't count

the votes for them (in the Presidential elections of 2000 and 2004) or actually commit other electoral shenanigans (like the infamous Butterfly Ballots that produced a massive show of support for Pat Buchanan among one Florida County's predominantly Jewish population).