...Asked And Answered? I don't understand why the righ is hiowling mad and screaming like children, all because Nico of the Huffington Post asked a question. What's the problem, is it because it was such a good question, or is the MSM mad because they didn't think of one that good?
Here it is, btw. "Under which conditions would you accept the election of Ahmadinejad, and if you do accept it without any significant changes in the conditions there, isn't that a betrayal of what the demonstrators there are working towards?"
Obama's response:
Well look, we didn't have international observers on the ground, we can't say definitively what exactly happened at polling places throughout the country. What we know is that a sizeable percentage of the Iranian people themselves, spanning Iranian society, considered this election illegitimate. It's not an isolated instance, a little grumbling here or there. There [are] significant questions about the legitimacy of the election. And so ultimately, the most important thing for the Iranian government to consider is legitimacy in the eyes of its own people, not in the eyes of the United States. And that's why I've been very clear, ultimately this is up to the Iranian people to decide who their leadership is going to be and the structure of their government. What we can do is to say unequivocally that there are sets of international norms and principles about violence, about dealing with peaceful dissent, that spans cultures, spans borders, and what we've been seeing over the Internet and what we've been seeing in news reports, violates those norms and violates those principles. I think it is not too late for the Iranian government to recognize that there is a peaceful path that will lead to stability and legitimacy and prosperity for the Iranian people. We hope they take it.
Ms Beck: That is certainly an odd statement you've made there, considering that it was one of the BEST questions asked at the press conference. Let me guess, you didn't bother reading it.
Tracy: For the record, Bush usually knew EVERY QUESTION that was going to be asked of. Heck, he didn't even have "town hall" meetings that weren't loaded with neocons and conservatives, who promised no funny business, or else.
Here it is, btw. "Under which conditions would you accept the election of Ahmadinejad, and if you do accept it without any significant changes in the conditions there, isn't that a betrayal of what the demonstrators there are working towards?"
Obama's response:
Well look, we didn't have international observers on the ground, we can't say definitively what exactly happened at polling places throughout the country. What we know is that a sizeable percentage of the Iranian people themselves, spanning Iranian society, considered this election illegitimate. It's not an isolated instance, a little grumbling here or there. There [are] significant questions about the legitimacy of the election. And so ultimately, the most important thing for the Iranian government to consider is legitimacy in the eyes of its own people, not in the eyes of the United States. And that's why I've been very clear, ultimately this is up to the Iranian people to decide who their leadership is going to be and the structure of their government. What we can do is to say unequivocally that there are sets of international norms and principles about violence, about dealing with peaceful dissent, that spans cultures, spans borders, and what we've been seeing over the Internet and what we've been seeing in news reports, violates those norms and violates those principles. I think it is not too late for the Iranian government to recognize that there is a peaceful path that will lead to stability and legitimacy and prosperity for the Iranian people. We hope they take it.
Ms Beck: That is certainly an odd statement you've made there, considering that it was one of the BEST questions asked at the press conference. Let me guess, you didn't bother reading it.
Tracy: For the record, Bush usually knew EVERY QUESTION that was going to be asked of. Heck, he didn't even have "town hall" meetings that weren't loaded with neocons and conservatives, who promised no funny business, or else.