Spinoff: Iran Envy?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

On a scale of one to ten, what would be the normal range for the intensity of one's ( likely emotional) reaction to the comparison of the 2000 US election and the situation today in Iran?

I'm wondering if my this-is-too-absurd-to-do-more-than-snort is normal.

Quite normal, I think. As a yellow-dog (okay, a green dog) Democrat, it never occurred to me to compare the two events until someone mentioned it here.

Of course, while I might be a Democrat, I always thought the "Bush stole the election" claim was . . . irrational? . . . at best.

Originally Posted by jennyj87

Ksig is being rude.

Huh? How?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Quite normal, I think. As a yellow-dog (okay, a green dog) Democrat, it never occurred to me to compare the two events until someone mentioned it here.

Of course, while I might be a Democrat, I always thought the "Bush stole the election" claim was . . . irrational? . . . at best.

Well, there's a certain amount of that for me although I can understand being frustrated with the whole Florida mess, particularly if you were a Gore fan. It wasn't an especially desirable way to resolve a US election, and it was going to seem sketchy no matter how the vote was resolved, sort of like the Coleman-Franken recount seemed to GOPers last fall.

But more than anything in regard to Senusret's OP, it's the failure to appreciate the differences in the whole process in both countries that kind of makes me dismissive of anyone who could seriously make that kind of claim.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Well, there's a certain amount of that for me although I can understand being frustrated with the whole Florida mess, particularly if you were a Gore fan. It wasn't an especially desirable way to resolve a US election, and it was going to seem sketchy no matter how the vote was resolved, sort of like the Coleman-Franken recount seemed to GOPers last fall.

But more than anything in regard to Senusret's OP, it's the failure to appreciate the differences in the whole process in both countries that kind of makes me dismissive of anyone who could seriously make that kind of claim.

Exactly. Frustration with the disaster that was Florida in 2000 (or the mess that Minnesota is now) is one thing. Conspiracy theories of stolen elections is another altogether. And as you say, we're talking about two very different processes/systems.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Exactly. Frustration with the disaster that was Florida in 2000 (or the mess that Minnesota is now) is one thing. Conspiracy theories of stolen elections is another altogether. And as you say, we're talking about two very different processes/systems.

I agree.

That's why I think a loose comparison can be made, at best, in that some Americans are interested in international affairs more than domestic affairs.