Haaretz poll shows drop in Sharon's credibility

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It's hard not to gloat. Oh heck, a little anticipatory
gloating can't hurt.

In anticipation of the "do you want NuttyYahoo" comments, it's
my opinion that if the Israeli public selects NuttyYahoo to replace
Sharon then they (collectively) deserve the screwing they will get
in consequence of that selection.

Edit: great pic of Jabba, BTW.


Approximately 59 percent of the Israeli public
says that they do not believe Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon will carry out the unilateral
withdrawal in the territories, knows as the
disengagement plan, which he announced in his
speech at the Herzliya conference a few weeks
ago, according to a survey conducted by
Haaretz and the Dialogue polling agency,
supervised by Professor Camil Fuchs.

The poll results show that Sharon's
credibility, which was his winning ace in the
elections last year, is sorely damaged.

According to the survey, a solid majority of 64
percent of the Israeli public says that if it
transpires that Sharon was involved in criminal
affairs, then he would have to resign.

This survey, which was held before the charges
against contractor David Appel for bribing
Sharon were presented Wednesday, indicates
that the prime minister has plunged to the same
level as his government.

Haaretz

[tinnypriv]

1. We could always get Mofaz or Shalom

Although I wouldn't take the latter's name literally¹, and the former would have to change the law first.

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1. For an illustrative recent statement, see "Fence Must Pass East of Ariel", in Hazofe, 21 Jan 2004 (Hebrew)

[lefty_mcduff]

2. I don't think that it should come as a suprise

that most governments throughout the world are corrupt, self-serving and generally oblivious to the needs of the 'wee' folk. That applies to Sharon, Arafat, the current WH administration, etc.

What surprises me around here is the blind cheerleading for Sharon and his Likud goons who are at the very least, as bad as everyone else.