"An ambitious but limited regional politician who has spent time in the air force, he achieved election through a campaign for vague "reform" -- whether with results or not is a good question -- heavily tinged with religion or at least religiosity. In office, his term has been marked by a string of spectacular gaffes and crowd-pleasing rhetoric aimed at the hard right of the political spectrum, as well as a deliberately provocative foreign policy. Coming up to the election, [he] leaves the economy in considerable trouble after over-spending on the belief that the boom would go on forever, and passing out considerable sums in favours to his clientele. Politically, he relies on low-information rural voters in parts of the country where the integrity of the ballot is frequently in doubt."
While it seems at first blush to describe Bush and the U.S., this article is actually about Ahmedinejad and Iran.
Original article here. (http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/europe-and-the-world/throwing-the-bums-out-in-iran/)