Coalition Negotiations Make Us Superhappy (Someone Please Make This Stop)
People often ask us "Mere Rhetoric, why are you so angry?" And then when we try to hit them with sticks, they call the cops. Go figure.
Anyway, two days ago, we wrote:
The only thing that makes us less giddy than the thought of Peretz controlling the Israeli economy is the thought of Peretz controlling Israeli defenses. At least with Peretz in control of the Israeli economy, we'll get a fantastic exchange rate the next time we visit the Herzelia mall. With Peretz in control of Israeli security, there might not be a Herzelia mall.
And then today we read this:
Kadima officials said Thursday morning that Labor would not receive the finance portfolio, but that if Labor joined the coalition led by Kadima, it might be given the defense portfolio, Army Radio reported.
That was the lede to the story. The first paragraph. Not the second paragraph - the first paragaph. pparently they didn't want us to miss this great news.
At this point, we're expecting to wake up tomorrow and find out not only that Ehud Olmert has resigned, but that just before he did he made Tzachi Hanegbi the Deputy Prime Minister. Because that would be awesome.
Anyway, two days ago, we wrote:
The only thing that makes us less giddy than the thought of Peretz controlling the Israeli economy is the thought of Peretz controlling Israeli defenses. At least with Peretz in control of the Israeli economy, we'll get a fantastic exchange rate the next time we visit the Herzelia mall. With Peretz in control of Israeli security, there might not be a Herzelia mall.
And then today we read this:
Kadima officials said Thursday morning that Labor would not receive the finance portfolio, but that if Labor joined the coalition led by Kadima, it might be given the defense portfolio, Army Radio reported.
That was the lede to the story. The first paragraph. Not the second paragraph - the first paragaph. pparently they didn't want us to miss this great news.
At this point, we're expecting to wake up tomorrow and find out not only that Ehud Olmert has resigned, but that just before he did he made Tzachi Hanegbi the Deputy Prime Minister. Because that would be awesome.
