On Jun 16, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Chris Doss wrote:
> I doubt the Persian Prince won the election, at least by that much,
> but you're assuming that the economy, and not say religion, is the
> most concern for the Iranian poor in general and the A-Man's
> electorate in particular.
>
> --- On Tue, 6/16/09, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>>
>> I don't deny that the rural poor may have good reasons for
>> supporting Ahmadinejad, but he hasn't really delivered a
>> better economy - as Dabashi pointed out, the country is
>> suffering from what we once called stagflation. Not that the
>> "liberals" would deliver the goods either. But the 62% vote
>> is just implausible. And it looks like they may have
>> overplayed their hand. If you're going to steal an election,
>> it makes more sense to do so with 51% than 62%.
Where do you get that from what I wrote? "I don't deny that the rural poor may have good reasons for supporting Ahmadinejad, but he hasn't really delivered a better economy...." How is that some crude econ determinism?
Doug