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| Rubber Stamp Carter to monitor PA elections |
| 2005-12-07 |
| Ummmmmmmmm...no. Not Pennsylvania. Former American President Jimmy Carter set to arrive in region to supervise Palestinian elections in January, ensure democratic, clean process Oh, absolutely. Can't put nuthin over on him. Former United States President Jimmy Carter will arrive in the region soon, as head of an American monitors delegation that will supervise elections on January 25 for the Legislative Council in the Palestinian Authority. Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright may join the delegation as well, Israel's leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported Monday. Wow, the Dynamic Duo Goes To Palestine. The delegation will represent the American National Democratic Institute (NDI), an organization headed by the former state secretary which specializes in dispatching envoys to countries across the world, in a bid to ensure democratic, transparent and proper elections. Some 80-100 monitors are expected to arrive, including high ranking government officials, senators, congressmen and governors. Some of the envoys have already arrived in the region, and are expected to remain here for two months. It's junket heaven! See the Holy Land on somebody else's dime and pretend it's for World Peace! In addition to the American monitors, Canadian and European observers are also planning to operate during elections as well. What? You don't trust Jimmah and Maddy to rubber stamp this on their own? Representatives of NDI met with Foreign Ministry officials several days ago, in a bid to coordinate the monitors' activity during elections. During the meeting, Israeli representatives stressed Israel's concern regarding the participation of Hamas in the elections, and stated that although Israel will not interfere with the internal Palestinian process, the involvement of a terror organization in the elections is worrying and raises hard questions. Oh, don't worry, Israelis. Jimmah will take care of it.The Palis love Jimmah. He'll tell 'em no blowing up shit and there'll be no blowing up shit. You can trust Jimmah. But if it does happen, just know that Jimmah will blame it on you. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #6 I'll only agree to this if the Paleostains agree to keep them both - permanently. Six feet under in a pine box would be best. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2005-12-07 20:25 |
| #5 Carter was at West Point this week. Told the cadets Bush wasn't up front with them about Iraq and a lot of other things. |
| Posted by: anon 2005-12-07 19:56 |
| #4 Hopefully, his itinerary for tours of Gaza will leak. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2005-12-07 16:42 |
| #3 And I always think it's Palo Alto. Gotta keep an eye on those Stanford students, ya know. |
| Posted by: Glomogum Elmirong1363 2005-12-07 15:39 |
| #2 Whew -- for a moment there I thought Jimmy was going to monitor Pennsylvania (PA) elections. That could really be trouble. Palestine, on the other hand, can't be much more messed up than it already is. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-12-07 15:33 |
| #1 Jimmah shall not live by penuts alone.... |
| Posted by: Evil Elvis 2005-12-07 14:37 |