Nov 16, 2017

Quote of the Day

I am the most ready and qualified to replace Netanyahu... It is no secret that many people come to me and tell me, come, let's get organized and establish something. I also hold a poll, one that I don't know who initiated, , but to the question "if you could have a direct election ad Netanyahu and Barak were running, who would you elect?", in the secular community I win, though in the general public he wins, though neither of us achieve 40%. 35% of the people do not know for whom they would vote, while Bibi is Prime Minister and I am just a citizen tweeting.

  -- Ehud Barak

too bad for Ehud Barak that:
a. elections include more people than just the secular community
b. Israel still does not have direct elections
c. he can't take over the Labor party. They already had primaries and selected a new chairman. Establishing a new party might be exciting for him, but it likely will not place him in direct competition with Bibi.
d. he is relying on the results of a poll that he does not even know who initiated. One of the surest ways to achieve disappointment




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3 comments:

  1. With Regard to point B - Israel used to have direct elections, it was a disaster, partially because the then prime minister (a chap by the name of Ehud Barak), decided to call a direct election after the knesset had been dissolved, which meant the country got to choose a new prime minister, but couldn't give him a majority in the Knesset.

    The candidate he was running against was at the time considered unelectable, his only benefit was that his name wasn't "Ehud Barak"

    Needless to say, the candidate not named Ehud barak won in a landslide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_prime_ministerial_election,_2001

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    1. Another problem was that people felt more free to vote for fringe parties, thus achieving the exact opposite effect of what was intended.

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  2. https://www.facebook.com/IsraelHayomEng/photos/a.158423370914040.37231.134023063354071/369622376460804/?type=3&theater

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