Did a CBS reporter compare Iran’s presidential candidates to the Tea Party?
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On Saturday night, CBS News covered the elections in Iran and reporter Elizabeth Palmer compared the "conservative" candidates to succeed Ahmadinejad as the Islamist equivalents of the American Tea Party movement:
JIM AXELROD: Liz, a man named Hassan Rowhani will be the next president of Iran. Is he in the mold of Ahmadinejad?
ELIZABETH PALMER: Well he was seen as the most reform-minded of all the candidates who ran this time. That being said, they were all very conservative. In U.S. terms, it was as if all the candidates for the presidency came from the Tea Party.
Nevertheless, young people especially see Mr. Rowhani as presenting a little bit of a hope for liberal reforms. He is a cleric. He is 64 years old. Hes a very experienced diplomat, quite charismatic and extremely close to the centers of power in Iran.
Read more: VIDEO: CBS Compares Tea Party to Iranian Hardliners - Fox Nation
P.S. Elizabeth Palmer is a Canadian - well she put the BS into the CBS.. what a snowflake.
Iran elects new president - YouTube
On Saturday night, CBS News covered the elections in Iran and reporter Elizabeth Palmer compared the "conservative" candidates to succeed Ahmadinejad as the Islamist equivalents of the American Tea Party movement:
JIM AXELROD: Liz, a man named Hassan Rowhani will be the next president of Iran. Is he in the mold of Ahmadinejad?
ELIZABETH PALMER: Well he was seen as the most reform-minded of all the candidates who ran this time. That being said, they were all very conservative. In U.S. terms, it was as if all the candidates for the presidency came from the Tea Party.
Nevertheless, young people especially see Mr. Rowhani as presenting a little bit of a hope for liberal reforms. He is a cleric. He is 64 years old. Hes a very experienced diplomat, quite charismatic and extremely close to the centers of power in Iran.
Read more: VIDEO: CBS Compares Tea Party to Iranian Hardliners - Fox Nation
P.S. Elizabeth Palmer is a Canadian - well she put the BS into the CBS.. what a snowflake.