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Reading Justin Raimondo, I cam across this quote in his article which I find mighty interesting so far as parallels go:

"Iran is a working democracy, albeit one in which hardline mullahs have successfully resisted the popular reforms of liberal President Khatami. When Thomas Friedman was confronted with this reality on Monday's Charlie Rose show, he loudly protested that the hardliners are constantly kicking reformist candidates off the ballot – a complaint that Ralph Nader's supporters in this country might find ironic. We allow basically two parties, given the laws in most states that make ballot access difficult if not impossible for third party challengers, while the Iranians have a multiplicity of party and factional groupings."

Liberal Wimps for War- by Justin Raimondo