Friday, December 23, 2005
Perspective On Elections
as much as some would like to think that today is a new era and circumstance and all things are different allow me to point out that politics have not changed since the beginning of time.
politics are local, and the locals all have their favorites, rudimentary.
was someone really expecting the shi'ites to suddenly in large measure vote for sunni or kurds in iraq?
why is it that so many in the media are taking umbrage at numbers that would mirror most other communities in the world.
correct me if i am wrong, but by and large politics is frequently a matter of sects voting for their tribal favorites.
in city elections in the states you frequently have black vs. white, italian vs. jew, working class (studied publically and did a lot of handshaking) vs. silver spoon (some studying privately and made sure he maintained status in proper clubs)....
for all those saying that the iraqi elections are marred by voters making sure they are part of the correct sect we should ask for perspective.
as an example, when amir peretz recently wrestled away the labor party from shimon peres, it was widely said that part of peretz's method was to get as many sephardic jews (read jews from the arab lands) to newly register as labor members and vote thus taking the power away from the azhkanazi jews (read jews from euro & new world) who controlled the party.
and as much as no one wants to start a fire fight, it may be true.
thus part of the reason so many labor voters (read azhkanzi jews) have moved over to sharon's party or slipped into other parties quietly.
....we are going to have an election in israel in less than 100 days..........
we essentially have three genuine leaders to choose from,
we have a union leader - peretz - who is being portrayed as uncorruptable (pardon me while i choke),
we have a another man - bibi - who was an excellent finance minister but is widely disliked for his ability of speaking well and seeking power while doing it,
and an overweight jew - sharon - who at a very advanced age decided to have a stroke recently but is still able to out think the entire country......
politics are local, and the locals all have their favorites, rudimentary.
was someone really expecting the shi'ites to suddenly in large measure vote for sunni or kurds in iraq?
why is it that so many in the media are taking umbrage at numbers that would mirror most other communities in the world.
correct me if i am wrong, but by and large politics is frequently a matter of sects voting for their tribal favorites.
in city elections in the states you frequently have black vs. white, italian vs. jew, working class (studied publically and did a lot of handshaking) vs. silver spoon (some studying privately and made sure he maintained status in proper clubs)....
for all those saying that the iraqi elections are marred by voters making sure they are part of the correct sect we should ask for perspective.
as an example, when amir peretz recently wrestled away the labor party from shimon peres, it was widely said that part of peretz's method was to get as many sephardic jews (read jews from the arab lands) to newly register as labor members and vote thus taking the power away from the azhkanazi jews (read jews from euro & new world) who controlled the party.
and as much as no one wants to start a fire fight, it may be true.
thus part of the reason so many labor voters (read azhkanzi jews) have moved over to sharon's party or slipped into other parties quietly.
....we are going to have an election in israel in less than 100 days..........
we essentially have three genuine leaders to choose from,
we have a union leader - peretz - who is being portrayed as uncorruptable (pardon me while i choke),
we have a another man - bibi - who was an excellent finance minister but is widely disliked for his ability of speaking well and seeking power while doing it,
and an overweight jew - sharon - who at a very advanced age decided to have a stroke recently but is still able to out think the entire country......
// posted by Zevchi @ 12:02 AM 
