Egytian Elections Begin

. . . and they're looking very hostile.

From the coverage I get here it sounds like the only serious contenders are those backed by the military and those backed by the Muslim Brotherhood. Both groups are already preparing to accuse the other of fraud if they win.

Apparently this isn't going to be settled until mid-June unless one candidate completely destroys the others at the polls today and tomorrow. The president won't have any power for a long time because parliament can't come to an agreement on what authority the president should have.

Thoughts? Prophecies of doom?

I wish then the best of luck.

We should intervene and show them how real democracy works.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
We should intervene and show them how real democracy works.

We've already done that.

Not in the past 6 months we haven't.

I like Khaled Ali in the elections and I'm inbetween with Sabahi. Fotouh will turn Egypt into even bigger disaster than it already is...probably.
Mursi is a psychopath and hope he gets no votes.

They need to go back to having a Pharaoh ruling them, Democracy doesn't work there.

best of luck

So the count is in.

Morsi (Muslim Brotherhood) 25.3%
Shafiq (military candidate, former Prime Minister) 24.9%
Sabahi (secular left wing, third party) 21.5%

At the moment Sabahi is out of the running for the June finals because he came in third but he's accusing the others of fraud in the election.

Morsi will win. Egypt is dead, so hello Iran number 2.

Well I hope that Ahmed Shafik Wins Because I hate Islamists

Originally posted by lil bitchiness

Morsi will win. Egypt is dead, so hello Iran number 2.

"What if Shafik wins?"
"Well then it's Mubarak v2.0--that's if the military even cedes any power at all, if not then you have a junta"

"What if Morsi wins?"
"Well then you have a theocracy--that's if the military even cedes any power at all, if not then you have a nominal theocracy that's really a secular junta"

Shafik isn't Mubarak V2.0

Originally posted by TheBigManRevo
Shafik isn't Mubarak V2.0

I like to hope something good will come of this.

come of what exactly and What Problem do you have with Shafiq Because you said "which is just a little more extreme than mine" so you believe that he isn't the one may I know why??

Originally posted by TheBigManRevo
come of what exactly

and What Problem do you have with Shafiq Because you said "which is just a little more extreme than mine" so you believe that he isn't the one may I know why??

As for my position being close to the cynic's, that's more a matter of my concern that the Military Council will retain ultimate authority after the election. And these generals came to their positions under Mubarak. Tantawi--I believe--was one of Mubarak's ministers. The more removed from the old guard a potential president is the more resistance there will be to a backslide to the old order.

yepp I know but tantawi is a good guy

secondly what you don't know mubarak wasn't rolling Egypt his wife and elder son was
and Shafiq was close to him as a human not as a president so He has nothing against him

Mubarak himself isn't a bad but he cheated by his wife and his son

and he was the Prime Minister at the time people wanted and they welcomed that in the first place but then refused it

Originally posted by TheBigManRevo

Mubarak himself isn't a bad but he cheated by his wife and his son

Because he wasn't one ruling egypt it was his wife and his son

I know this is wrong but he isn't that bad in himself

Originally posted by TheBigManRevo
Because he wasn't one ruling egypt it was his wife and his son

I know this is wrong but he isn't that bad in himself