I may have misread you, but you seemed to be implying that because he hasn't delivered on the econ, therefore he would be unlikely to have support.
--- On Tue, 6/16/09, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Hamid Dabashi on Iran
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 6:56 PM
>
> 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
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