So is it presidential elections then? I hear aside from a nasty Hasan Rohani showing up to cry ideas he stole from the National Security Council before anyone could say "president," offices are coming up with jingles and slogans for a better known side of the campaign that toots Khatami's ego. Many speak up without trying to hide a support that looks rather like a desperate salute to a nostalgia. I do not find any eight years to be too embarrassing or trivial to be reviewed professionally. But I like their spirit. No one would think his last term was a nation-wide politically-charged emotional breakdown. Why not use his charisma to sort things out. Gosh, did he even imagine he had such charisma? Or his fans did. Why, could any one actually have someone's charisma --or the real qualification that could run the office-- inflicted on them? Like when you carve out the idol out of the wood that is not even the right size?

Or, I would admit, he might be the right size. But what change does the new term constitute? That is the problem with all the sensations and such. It is good that people have faith in their own beliefs. But how far would a cleric go? Tailoring an Iranian suit of government and life, based upon the dead ideas of a religion that should have been long gone, nothing different would come out. Not actually. So why all the fuss? I am sure the party of fans shrunk to exclude those who once expected Khatami to bring «justice» and «freedom» and ... not thinking if he is going on to the point of excommunication. And who has time to doubt if a country needs serious managers and politicians instead of wannabe showmen and rock stars?

It has been painfully difficult for me at times trying to figure out how others infer while I thought it is me who is not understanding what is going on. But fortunately for me I am starting to disparage people with intelligence quota with size of peanuts and their poignant manners.