On Aug 24, 2006, at 12:37 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi quoted:
> "We love him. We love Ahmadinejad," says Mahnaz Dargahi, a young woman
> in her 20s dressed in full hijab and ankle-length chador, who is
> watching a rally in Nir. "He's very popular. He does a lot for the
> youth. His focus is on the development of the country and on the poor
> people." Her friends nod in agreement, giggle, then pull their scarves
> closer to their faces.
>
> "He is a nice man," says Nafice Mohammadzade, 10, the daughter of an
> Iran-Iraq war martyr, after presenting the president with a bouquet.
> "He asked my name and what grade I'm in. He said he hoped I would make
> progress in life and in Islam." Nafice was given a plastic
> presidential ballpoint and a scroll.
>
> "We welcome the president," says Ahmad Asaadi, 40, a Turkish-speaking
> man in the town of Parsabad Moghan. "He's defending our country. He
> cares about people. He's hard-working. We need more jobs here. He
> understands the problems we have with schools, with bureaucracy, with
> the water. He will do something for us."
So now you're quoting people at a political rally? You could have gone to a Bush campaign appearance in 2004 and gotten similar quotes about the leader of the free world.
Doug