January 27, 2006

DIRTY TRICK:

'We wanted to be in the opposition' (Orly Halpern, Jan. 26, 2006, THE JERUSALEM POST)

More than 50 percent of the Palestinian Legislative Council is theirs, and they don't have a clue what to do next, but according to at least one Hamas leader, talking to Israel is in the cards.

"We're examining our options," said Yasser Mansour, the No. 5 Hamas leader told The Jerusalem Post. "We are researching each and every issue."

Indeed, a Hamas leader in Nablus, a professor at An-Najah University who did not run, told the Post that many of the leaders were disappointed with the results. "We didn't want this, we didn't hope for this. We wanted to be in the opposition," he said, speaking at a green-flagged, rabble-rousing victory rally in downtown Nablus. "Now all the responsibility is on us."


The election forces them to grow up.

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 27, 2006 1:05 PM
Comments

Being the opposition is so much easier. You don't need to actually achieve anything other than endlessly singing "Whatever it is, I'm against it."

Posted by: Roy Jacobsen at January 27, 2006 2:33 PM

Sometimes you are so right it's scary. Now how about we get that 60-40 nation you were promising last election.

Posted by: Patrick H at January 27, 2006 3:12 PM

the democrats can advise them on how to become a minority party.

Posted by: toe at January 27, 2006 3:45 PM

Patrick:

"Bush carried 255 congressional districts on his way to winning reelection last November, while Kerry won 180."

Posted by: oj at January 27, 2006 3:50 PM

Why am I reminded of Dan Aykroyd's line in that scene on the university steps from Ghost Busters?

Posted by: BrianOfAtlanta at January 27, 2006 4:09 PM

They're not going to ask for a redo, are they?

Abbas, upon reflection, hey - you wanted it, you got it.

Posted by: Sandy P at January 27, 2006 4:48 PM

To quote Professor Peter Schickele introducing his latest P.D.Q.Bach "discovery": "You asked for it, now you're gonna get it."

(And what Marx Bros. film is the one where Groucho sings a song with the lines like "Whatever it is, I'm against it." ? I think he was the playing a president of a university.)

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at January 28, 2006 1:11 PM
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