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To: Road Walker who wrote (114277)5/27/2012 11:33:55 AM
From: tejek  Respond to of 149317
 
Democracy is a dirty process.

Brotherhood leads the way as voters face more of same

Ruth PollardMay 28, 2012

CAIRO: For the Egyptians who fought so hard to unseat the regime that dominated their lives for 30 years, the results of the first round of the country's first free presidential election are unthinkable.

Instead of working towards desperately needed economic reform, they are faced with an impossible choice in next month's run-off elections - the Islamist candidate backed by the powerful Muslim Brotherhood movement, Mohamed Mursi, or the candidate seen as a feloul, or remnant of the old regime, Ahmed Shafiq.

Providing some faint hope to the young revolutionaries and progressive voters, the leftist candidate Hamdeen Sabahi, who polled strongly and came in at third place, announced over the weekend that he will appeal for Egypt's presidential election to be suspended over alleged voting irregularities.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/brotherhood-leads-the-way-as-voters-face-more-of-same-20120527-1zd0w.html#ixzz1w5IyKmHP



To: Road Walker who wrote (114277)5/27/2012 12:06:20 PM
From: RetiredNow  Respond to of 149317
 
Political expediency is always an ugly thing. Maybe Obama's greatness will show itself again in his second term. I don't know. So far, I'm not impressed by this reduced Obama that we've been force fed in his first term. Good article by Friedman.