To the editor:

Hypocrisy n. – stimulation or pretense of goodness; feigning to be what one is not; insincerity

It is the American tradition to not only celebrate the victor (Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup win), but to also high-five the loser (Detroit Red Wings) as a game well played. Not so in politics.

Iran’s recent election in which incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received 63.29 percent of the vote is a dramatic example. Iran could now be considered the champion of democracy, with an 84 percent voter turnout; and they actually have paper ballots unlike our dubious electronic voting machines. In our national elections, two out of three voters usually stay home, and in some local elections it’s a challenge to get even single digit participation.

Now here is the irony, even though Ahmadinejad received this huge victory, the sore loser American Press (the bastion of the fair and balanced) rejected Ahmadinejad’s claim of victory. They talked about some trash bins along with a vacant bus being set afire, and some isolated vocal protests. Ahmadinejad, to his credit, took the high moral ground comparing the incidents to the aftermath of a soccer match and asked for a limited recount of the votes.

In the first place, why should we tell anyone how they should run their elections or their country? Isn’t that what’s getting us into trouble worldwide? This demonizing and hate mongering by our Zionist controlled press is a disgrace to any American with an ounce of objectivity in their soul. Maybe we should send a few Democratic voters from Palm Beach and Broward counties in Florida (the land of the dangling chads) over to Iran to teach them how to read a presidential ballot as well as they read theirs in the controversial 2000 US. Presidential election.

Lee County, Fla., has had seven murders between May 30 and June 15, 2009, while Iran’s 70 million mostly Indo European population appears to be the symbol of moderation and self restraint as they voice their political opposition, yet the anti-Iranian beat goes on.

The whole world press recognizes Ahmadinejad as the political victor, the U.S. media representatives must be living on another planet.

In my opinion, any turmoil emanating in Iran after this recent election is partially engineered, funded and promoted by those who would undermine a newly elected democratic government; mainly the United States military industrial complex and Israel.

Jon Larsen Shudlick

Cape Coral