Ahmadinejad, It Turns Out, Is Just Like Us; Welcome To Your America

With all the media attention being paid to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to America, it's surprising that no one has pointed out the many curious similarities that should make him feel right at home. Note that all quotes come from Wikipedia.

• Ahmadeinjad has said that "I will only accept something as truth if I am actually convinced of it." When President Bush heard that, he said "Wait a minute, that's my line!"

• In a secret report specifically investigating whether or not Ahmadinejad was involved in hostage-taking at the American Embassy, the CIA declared this identification "Not proven." Here, Ahmadinejad has much in common with the many Americans who've been investigated by the CIA, and about whom the agency hasn't been able to prove anything, either.

• Ahmadinejad believes that wealthy Jews run the world. Billionaire Mayor and potential presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg was at the synagogue and unable to comment

• Even though he is "the highest directly elected official in Iran, he has less power than the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameni." Our highest directly elected official, President Bush, also must kiss the ass of religious extremists.''

• In August 2007, Ahmadinejad gave his approval for Oliver Stone to make a biopic film of him. Not to be outdone, President Bush has greenlighted an authorized film of his life to be directed by Quentin Tarrantino.

• Even after his election, "Ahmadinejad continued living in a simple apartment flat and eating meals brought from home, to his office. Both of these traits contributed to his widespread support amongst the poorer classes." Similarly, John Edwards has promised to continue to bring his $400 haircuts to his office even after his election.

• His campaign motto when he ran for President was "It's possible and we can do it," displaying the same desperate lack of imagination as American presidential candidates.

• "His critics include some of the conservatives who helped him win the 2005 presidential elections." Arlen Specter, Chuck Hagel, John Warner and Susan Collins refused to comment.

• "In his blog, Ahmadinejad described his reaction to the incident {when he requested that student protestors not be questioned or disturbed} as "a feeling of joy" because of the freedom that people enjoyed after the revolution." Note that Ahmadinejad, like millions of Americans, actually has a blog, in which he has also blamed his unhealthy fixation on Jessica Alba on the five-member United Nations Security Council.

• "Some critics have alleged that President Ahmadinejad is becoming increasingly unpopular at home for spending too much time criticizing the United States and not enough time reforming the nation's stagnant economy." See. Tehran and D.C. are closer than anybody thought.

Comments

[Thorn]

"Bloomberg was at the synagogue." I get it. He's a Jew.

Classy.

[maddogbitesback]

And he is rich too. And he is mayor of New York. Not running the world but if he were elected - well he would be sort of running the United States. That is a little part of the world but most Americans do think of it as the world or at least the center of the world. So what else is it you want to say. I mean could you elaborate.

[posthumous]

I would be first on line to see a Tarantino movie about Bush. He does remind me of a character in a Tarantino movie, one who gets shot about halfway through after doing something really stupid.

[eidhsubplz]

At least Ahmadinejad can form a complete sentence without having note cards in front of him.I also think he is a far less dangerous man than George W. Bush.

[OldKnute]

Yes eidhsubplz

YESSSS!!!!!


Well,,, we might remember that Iran helped us in Afghanistan. The Sunni extremist than bombed us on 9/11 are his most threatening adversary too. SEE: The Iran/Iraq war.

And where do the al-Qeada Sunni extremist now come from that kill out soldiers? Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Algeria, Tunisia, the same extremists that would kill Ahmadinejad, if given a chance.

And now we see the FOX News junkies out in force!

Screaming and chanting!!!!!!!!

Sorry, what I see is a man of courage. Here, he comes to the capitol of his detractors, New York. The very HUB of the Business community that would see him dead and his people under some contrived Provisional Authority and their oil confiscated.

Courage???

YES!

Do you see our leaders even willing to meet with the man, ONE on ONE, like Ronald Reagan did, and SEEK PEACE and a BETTER Nuclear Arms agreement that suits us all? Makes the WORLD SAFER?

No, they would rather have FOX News spin up all the radical right extremists nutcases, and have them fill the streets with protesters.

Fear, Fear, Fear,,,,War, War, War,,, Kill, Kill, Kill!

Their signs, their screams, their chants, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb,,,,,,, Bomb, Bomb Iran.

Sorry, I just never thought I would ever see the day our AMERICAN people would act this way.

Even when Nikita Khrushchev came to America and wanted to go to Disneyland,,,,, nearly immediately after the Cuban Missile Crises,,,,, we did not treat him this way.

We wanted PEACE with Russia.

NOT WAR!

What have we become?

WHAT,, have we become??????

War, war, war, death, death, death!

Not good!

All the best

Knute (Neo-LIB)

[Ani]

Ahhh, Knute -

YES!

What you say is so very, very true.

No one could have said it better today that your articulation of what happens when we close our minds, clamp our mouths down, and exclude thoughtful dialogue with the very people to whom we should speak.

What good does it do when we only speak with those who agree with us?

I'm afraid our Neo-Cons have a sad little choir whose voices have turned tinny, off-key and out of tempo.

My best to everyone today,

Ani

[JimR]

One thing I'm sure of... you can trace more deaths directly to the policies of Bush than you can to Ahmadinejad.