Is Bush really as stupid as he appears?
He must be.
"I say to Bush: `Thank you,"' quipped Intelligence Minister Ali Yunesi. "He motivated people to vote in retaliation."
The sharp barbs from President Bush were widely seen in Iran as damaging to pro-reform groups because the comments appeared to have boosted turnout among hard-liners in Friday's election...
The president's words sounded too much like the prewar rhetoric against Saddam, and many on-the-fence voters were shocked into action, said Abdollah Momeni, a political affairs expert at Tehran University.
“People faced a dilemma,” Mr. Momeni said. “In people's minds it became a choice between voting or giving Bush an excuse to attack.”
My real question after the fold.
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