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2003-02-26 Middle East

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Posted by Scooter McGruder 2003-02-26 07:04 pm|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Well, whether intentionally two-party or not I still say the founding fathers of the USA did a pretty damn good job setting up the system of governance they did, and US citizens are generally thankful not to have a parlimentary government. :-)

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2003-02-26 16:49:16|| 2003-02-26 16:49:16|| Front Page Top

#2 A parlimentary system is our government without a senate. The purpose of the senate is to neutralize the size advantage of the big states, who could dominate the system and impose mandates on the little states. Canada and the EU are two places that come to mind where an elected senate would correct a whole lot of abuses. (heck, electing the EU officials would be a damn big step forward.)

Posted by Ptah 2003-02-26 21:24:45|| 2003-02-26 21:24:45|| Front Page Top

#3 bibi couldnt be counted on to do Sharon's bidding. With a war coming up, Israel in need of US loans to help with its struggling economy, ferment in the PA, its probably wise of Sharon to keep bibi out of the foreign ministry.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-02-26 12:12:21|| 2003-02-26 12:12:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Shinui in the same coalition as the NRP? WTF, over?

Posted by Crescend 2003-02-26 12:15:11|| 2003-02-26 12:15:11|| Front Page Top

#5 poor move. Bibi is a perfect fit as FM and PM (post-Sharon).

Posted by kanji 2003-02-26 12:20:35|| 2003-02-26 12:20:35|| Front Page Top

#6 a lot of the modern orthodox who support NRP are just as fed up with things like ultra-orthodox draft exemptions as they secular are. The real contradiction is on foreign policy. when the Iraq war is done and Arafat has conceded a PM, expect US pressure to return to negotiations. If sharon says yes - expect NRP and NU to walk out. IF he says no, expect Shinui to walk out. Then more coalition talks, or a new election.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-02-26 12:29:45|| 2003-02-26 12:29:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Bibi wants the West Bank encorporated into Isreal, he was pretty clear about that in his book. I think they might be arguing about pulling settlers back to the Isreali side of the wall.

Posted by Yank 2003-02-26 12:32:36|| 2003-02-26 12:32:36|| Front Page Top

#8 Actually, Scooter, the Founding Fathers were aghast when a two party system developed. As with much of the Constitution, it just happened to work better than the people who designed it thought it would.

Posted by ereynol 2003-02-26 15:32:17|| 2003-02-26 15:32:17|| Front Page Top

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