Israel's Olmert faces defeat in any election


	Israel's Olmert faces defeat in any election

RecordSage

10-13-2006 1:41 AM

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israel, ehud olmert, election, poll, defeat, benjamin netanyahu

RecordSage says:

It'll be cool to have a PM named after my son

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10-15-2006 7:04 PM

Godfrey Daniel

Bibi?

10-18-2006 12:40 PM

RecordSage

We call him Benjamin, though.

10-18-2006 4:33 PM

Godfrey Daniel

How different things would now be if Netanyahu had been PM in recent years.

10-18-2006 7:22 PM

RecordSage

They would be, indeed. On many fronts, including Iraq, I think. Clinton did a great job making sure that doesn't happen. Maybe they'll still be able to write the wrong in the next election. We'll see. Israel seems to have almost as many self-abusers as we have here...

10-18-2006 7:31 PM

Godfrey Daniel

The curse of successful cultures is their narcissistic, complacent, and ungrateful children

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