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To: LindyBill who wrote (99190)	2/7/2005 10:39:51 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793782

Chrenkoff - The question of legitimacy This morning, while looking through the newspapers, I saw this picture... [Rice and Abbas] ...and it got me thinking. The new Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has won a "landslide" victory in the January election, polling 62.3% of the vote in the turnout of about 66%. Hamas, the most powerful political force in Palestinian politics boycotted the poll ; it refused to field candidates and called on its members and supporters not to participate. Hamas did not, however, demand that other Palestinians don't vote, nor did it threaten election violence. Subsequently , Hamas contested local elections in Gaza and has won around two third of the seats, clearly demonstrating its political clout (Abbas's candidates won less than a quarter of the seats). Just about everyone in the world considers the January Palestinian elections to have been reasonably fair and legitimate, and President Abbas to be the legitimate leader of the Palestinian people. Meanwhile, somewhat to the east of the West Bank and Gaza, the new Iraqi prime minister, most likely a Shia politician, would have also won a landslide victory, probably polling around 60% of the vote out of the turnout of also around 60%. Most (though by no means all) Sunnis, who clearly represent a minority of Iraqi voters, decided to boycott the election. The extremists among that community also conducted a violent campaign against the election and the voters. Today, questions linger about the legitimacy of the new Iraqi leaders who were elected without the participation of a minority religious group. Go figure.

To: LindyBill who wrote (99190)	2/8/2005 12:01:42 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793782

THAT would have been great!!! Wishes are fishes tho. Media report so far are: (Latest of the nearly 2,000 right now.... Some are SOOOO typical...i.e. check out the liberal Seattle PI when you get to the bottom....DOA....) LOL! A Breathtaking Budget Washington Post - 25 minutes ago THERE ARE TWO ways to treat a president's budget proposal. The realistic, even cynical, method is to unmask the various bits of ... Congress Looks at President's Spending Plan as Merely a Starting ... New York Times - 43 minutes ago By CARL HULSE. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 - As Congressional staffs pored over President Bush's budget, lawmakers on Monday predicted a bitter ... Prices slashed! Arizona Republic, AZ - 1 hour ago Very austere. With those two words, Arizona's Sen. John McCain captured the essence of the president's budget proposal. President ... For Budget Director, No Red Ink and the Skies Are Not Cloudy All ... Washington Post - 1 hour ago By Dana Milbank. "I actually enter into this with a happy spirit," White House budget director Joshua B. Bolten said during his hour ... Critics question Bush's resolve on spending reduction Kansas City Star (subscription), MO - 1 hour ago BY WILLIAM NEIKIRK. WASHINGTON - (KRT) - President Bush sent the first budget of his second term to Congress on Monday and portrayed ... Bush Calls for Familiar Trims Washington Post - 1 hour ago By Charles Babington. President Bush's budget plan calls for cuts in Amtrak, beach restoration, education, local police grants and dozens of other programs. ... The Big Picture May Seem Rosy, but the Deficit Is in the Details New York Times - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 - The large tables in President Bush's new budget show he intends to keep his promise of slicing the federal ... White House Using Cuts to Shuffle and Shoo Staff New York Times - 1 hour ago By ANNE E. KORNBLUT and ELISABETH BUMILLER. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 - While drawing up an austere budget for the rest of the government ... ^Bush's tight budget ignores Social Security, pumps up defense< Kansas City Star (subscription), MO - 1 hour ago By Jon Sawyer. (KRT) - WASHINGTON - The $2.57 trillion budget President George W. Bush submitted to Congress on Monday would make ... Congress Unlikely to Embrace Bush Wish List Washington Post - 1 hour ago By Jonathan Weisman. With his 2006 budget, President Bush delivered Congress a tall order, asking for at least six significant governmental ... Bush's Budget Shows GOP Isn't Averse to Big Government Los Angeles Times (subscription), CA - 1 hour ago By Janet Hook, Times Staff Writer. WASHINGTON -- Even as President Bush proposes significant cuts in health care, farm subsidies ... Bush's budget would increase defense funds, cut domestic programs Kansas City Star (subscription), MO - 1 hour ago BY MARK SILVA. WASHINGTON - (KRT) - Seeking spending restraint unseen since the 1980s, President Bush on Monday proposed a $2.57 ... President Offers Budget Proposal With Broad Cuts New York Times - 1 hour ago By RICHARD W. STEVENSON. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 - President Bush proposed a budget on Monday that would scale back or eliminate scores ... Starving the beast Financial Times (subscription), UK - 2 hours ago Tough talk, but not enough to reassure the world that US public finances are in safe hands: the White House budget does mark a departure from the spendthrift ... UPDATE 1-WHouse: Social Security plan will expand deficits Reuters - 2 hours ago By Adam Entous. WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The White House acknowledged on Monday that President George W. Bush's plan to add ... Bush's huge budget cuts set battle lines for showdown with ... Telegraph.co.uk, UK - 3 hours ago By Alec Russell in Washington. Under pressure to rein in America's record deficit at a time of spiralling costs in Iraq, President ... OMB chief will fight for Bush's budget: New Kerala, India - 2 hours ago [World News]: WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 : US Office of Management and Budget Director Josh Bolton said the White House will take a tough ... Let's hear it for DOA Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA - 3 hours ago Conservatives of all stripes love to claim the legacy of Ronald Reagan. He has become their patron saint for the presidency. President ...