Likud to House Republicans: You Wanna See Some Real Corruption?
While Democrats on this side of the pond go all self-righteous that an elected official would keep serving while he's under investigation, the Likud decides to show them how it's done:
Minister Without Portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi was chosen Sunday night to chair the Likud Central Committee, in a close race against the leader of the Likud "rebels," former minister Uzi Landau.
Upside: Sharon finally won a big one against the Likud rebels. A third loss here would have been a torpedo in the side of the disengagement plan. Downside: there's now a criminal running the Central Committee. Still, all in all a good night:
Speculation was immediately raised in the Likud that the election of the less hard-line Hanegbi would give Sharon the political leeway to widen the government... Landau supporters handed out propaganda warning voters that a vote for Hanegbi is a vote for having Shimon Peres.
Doesn't sound like such a bad deal.
Minister Without Portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi was chosen Sunday night to chair the Likud Central Committee, in a close race against the leader of the Likud "rebels," former minister Uzi Landau.
Upside: Sharon finally won a big one against the Likud rebels. A third loss here would have been a torpedo in the side of the disengagement plan. Downside: there's now a criminal running the Central Committee. Still, all in all a good night:
Speculation was immediately raised in the Likud that the election of the less hard-line Hanegbi would give Sharon the political leeway to widen the government... Landau supporters handed out propaganda warning voters that a vote for Hanegbi is a vote for having Shimon Peres.
Doesn't sound like such a bad deal.
