Damned if you do, Damned if you don't

Today there is an election going on in Iran. This "flowering" of democracy is all over the news, and our state run media breathlessly awaits the results of the election. But really, this farce of the democratic process is by far one of the biggest jokes on the planet. Why do our so-called perceptive journalists continue to be flummoxed by fake democracy abroad and cry out with calls of fascism and cheating at true democracy at home?
The first answer is quite clear. Journalists are all communists. Now, I realize that this is not entirely realistic, but only communists can really believe this bad propaganda. This farce of democracy was pioneered by them. You could always tell a communist police state by what a country calls itself. The Democratic Republic of Germany, the Democratic Republic of Korea. East Germany and North Korea are (and I will repeat this) NOT examples of free democratic societies. For those of you that have received public school educations, East Germany and North Korea are NOT examples of free democratic societies. You see, blatant totalitarianism became passe after the Second World War, and The Second World (First World - West, Second World - Commies, Third World - Everybody else) sold themselves as democratic communist states. This gave them sympathy in the stupid people of the world, who actually took anything said by Communists at face value. Non-democratic governments in our modern worldview are seen as illegitimate, which is not a bad thing. This view is corrupted by the totalitarians, who only add a facade of democracy.
This tactic expanded beyond the traditional Communist sphere, where it can been seen all over the world, with every crackpot dictator in and out of Africa. This is even further muddled by dictators elected with a real democratic process, and then continue to remain in power. This can be seen in Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, who just banned Coke Zero because Coca-Cola is resisting his takeover of all of the infrastructure of the country. People with at least a modicum of education should be able to tell the difference between real democracy and dictators who wrap themselves in it.
This brings us to the second reason for why our media seems confused about it. They engage in intellectual dishonesty for agenda reasons. This disease is most often seen on the left, and fits nicely into their bias against anyone who disagrees with them. This is the reason why that can report on the 99% approval of Saddam Hussien pre-2003 in elections, and the "election" in Iran, tongue in cheek. You see, they know what they are talking about is BS, but promoting it serves their purpose. Before the wall of the Berlin Wall, election returns from Communist nations demonstrated the popular support for these regimes, and this reason continued past that for spotlighted dictators who practice acceptable policies, like Chavez.
But, how can I say that Iran's election is bogus? Well, for starters just look at their official name, The Islamic Republic of Iran. Iran is a theocracy, and controlled by the mullahs of Iran. The president of Iran is only a public face for these religious nuts, and they get to pick him. They cloak this is an election, where the ballot boxes contain a shredder inside of them to "change" their votes. The people of Iran "joyfully" engage in this practice, because if they don't they might disappear. Here in America, most of us cannot fathom what it means to live in a police state. They tell you what to do, what to say, what to think. Polling is worthless, and fear is rampant.
Our media and our Dear Leader are using this "election" for their own purposes. Our Dear Leader is taking credit for the increased debate in Iran, no matter what the outcome (determined yesterday). Apparently, his speech in Cairo is a benchmark for the Middle East, much like Reagan's Tear Down This Wall. It also seems that this speech is responsible for democracy in Lebanon, which would be good evidence for time travel. Well, I am not buying it.
What we should be doing is continuing to condemn these bastardizations of the democratic process. It harkens back to Moral Relativism, which taints our true democracy by putting these farces on their same level. If we don't, we continue to leave these people in one of Gary Larson's classic comics. There is a guy standing in hell, and the devil is there. There are two doors, one that says Damned If You Do, and the other Damned If You Don't. The devil is saying, cmon, hurry up and decide. My choice would be Door Number 3.