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	<title><![CDATA[Less Democracy, Please]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-freeman/less-democracy-please_b_12573.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><img alt="rebelvote.jpg" src="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/archive/rebelvote.jpg" width="375" height="239" /></p>

<p>Could somebody please stop the spread of democracy in the Middle East? I do not like the way it's turning out. Iran for example has been having elections for almost thirty years, since the overthrow of the Shah, and look who wins them. Iran's election have produced presidents ranging from moderate right wingers like Abul Hassan Boni Sadr to full-tilt ultra-religious wingnuts like current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad whose politics appear to only slightly to the...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:46:00-04:00</date_published>
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