Meanwhile, our political elites loss their collective minds over alleged - and likely - election fraud in Iran a couple of months ago. That fraud angered me as well...still does. The Iranian people deserve better. But do client states that we occupy get a free pass when they do the same thing? Jeez, it's like the numerous fake elections that were held in South Vietnam while we were fighting over there.

I would argue that in a case like this, we should actually be more vocal in our displeasure and opposition. With Iran, there wasn't much we could do then say, "We think you cheated and we don't like it". But in Afghanistan, a country occupied by the US/NATO that gets a lot of cash from us, I have to think we have a lot more influence over the government and election process. If we don't, why they heck are we still there? What's the benefit of occupying a country if that country's government is going to do whatever it likes. I'm not saying they shouldn't...sovereign nations have a right to govern themselves as they choose and if there's election fraud, they should handle it themselves. But if we can't do anything...if we're not even going to acknowledge that it happened, if we're going to downplay the claims in the face of contrary evidence, why don't we just leave?

This comment is, quite frankly, atrocious. Is he implying that every charge of vote fraud will be found untrue, as in Coleman's attacks on Franken? Or just what is he trying to say?

"so many charges of irregularities" sounds like Ken Blackwell's Ohio election of 2004.