tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post5225033295712943127..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: The Next Prime MinisterYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-88675318420198995362009-02-23T18:22:00.000+02:002009-02-23T18:22:00.000+02:00Joe in Australia - you're absolutely right. The on...Joe in Australia - you're absolutely right. The only indication of the voting public's desire is that the rightist bloc can form a coalition, and no one else can - ergo, the only thing we can learn from the elections is that the public wants a right-wing coalition. If something else was desired, we have no way of knowing it.LBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03246649908259127942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-33036235643695478882009-02-21T15:21:00.000+02:002009-02-21T15:21:00.000+02:00I think that's what the voters wanted in the first...<I>I think that's what the voters wanted in the first place...</I><BR/><BR/>No: some voters wanted Likud to lead the government; some wanted Kadima. Some knew that Shas wouldn't win but they wanted it to be powerful enough to represent their interests. I'm sure there were many people who wanted a coalition of the sort you describe, but how could they have directed their efforts? How could they have voted in order to achieve their desire? You can say that the election results show that voters swung to the right: this means that fewer voters supported left-wing candidates than formerly. But you can't say that the voters "wanted" a particular outcome when in fact they had no way to indicate this desire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-24143951040177736932009-02-20T13:00:00.000+02:002009-02-20T13:00:00.000+02:00Bonde said..."I don't get"...for which there're tw...Bonde said..."I don't get"...for which there're two answers: 1) Clearly 2) you didn't understand a word of what Yaacov wrote (you did read it, I assume)<BR/><BR/>Kadima was voted out of power, the proof being the success of the Likud...<BR/><BR/>...Netanyahu didn't win, the proof being that Kadima still exists in reasonable shape<BR/><BR/>The focus of the voting emphasized that the country wants a change, but that it doesn't view the Likud as having any messianic potential.<BR/><BR/>The electorate is hoping and praying that maybe somehow and in someway that the political community can overcome itself and form a government whereby...<BR/><BR/>the People of Israel don't lose the elections.<BR/><BR/>Two miracles for the price of one!<BR/><BR/>Shabbat ShalomAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07525873508507417115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-90072898472464027712009-02-20T12:43:00.000+02:002009-02-20T12:43:00.000+02:00Why would Netanyahu be the prime minister of a coa...Why would Netanyahu be the prime minister of a coalition with Kadima? As i understand it, he claims the win because overall the right wing parties won the elections. If he now chooses not to work with those parties, he loses the reason he himself put up for justifying his claim on the premiership. <BR/>Therefore, the largest party in the coalition would naturally supply the prime minister, and that would be Livni. <BR/><BR/>I don´t get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com