Bibi's People Discover Numbers, Words
Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering retiring from politics (or as Israelis call it, pulling a Barak... or as we call it, passive-aggressively threatening to take his toys and go home) because his people think that he might lose a general election:
MK Binyamin Netanyahu is considering taking the advice of some of his close associates, retiring from politics and returning to the business sector, Maariv's Ben Caspit reported on Friday. The associates told the Likud premiership candidate that if the need arises, he would surely be called back to the political arena, and if not, "it would be entirely their loss, big deal."
According to Netanyahu's confidants, even if he beats Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the Likud primaries, he could be remembered as the person who deposed a prime minister who was still in office and is considered very popular and successful among the general public. As a result, he may lose the general elections. The advisers are concerned that if Netanyahu loses the general elections, he would be remembered as not only the person who deposed Sharon but also as the man who brought down the Likud.
Oh you think so? As if the part sabout Netanyahu losing in the general or the part about him being blamed for bringing down the Likud weren't brutally obvious before he pulled his little stunt in the Central Committee. But Netanyahu's confidants still don't get the point: he wouldn't have lost the general because people would be angry that he brought down Sharon - he would have lost the general because he and his positions are, in sum, wildly unpopular.
[Cross-posted at IsraPundit]
MK Binyamin Netanyahu is considering taking the advice of some of his close associates, retiring from politics and returning to the business sector, Maariv's Ben Caspit reported on Friday. The associates told the Likud premiership candidate that if the need arises, he would surely be called back to the political arena, and if not, "it would be entirely their loss, big deal."
According to Netanyahu's confidants, even if he beats Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the Likud primaries, he could be remembered as the person who deposed a prime minister who was still in office and is considered very popular and successful among the general public. As a result, he may lose the general elections. The advisers are concerned that if Netanyahu loses the general elections, he would be remembered as not only the person who deposed Sharon but also as the man who brought down the Likud.
Oh you think so? As if the part sabout Netanyahu losing in the general or the part about him being blamed for bringing down the Likud weren't brutally obvious before he pulled his little stunt in the Central Committee. But Netanyahu's confidants still don't get the point: he wouldn't have lost the general because people would be angry that he brought down Sharon - he would have lost the general because he and his positions are, in sum, wildly unpopular.
[Cross-posted at IsraPundit]
