Bibi Faces Political Oblivion As Israel’s Election is Too Close To Call - By Jonathan Alter

[DonViejo]

Netanyahu is flailing, hurling accusations and increasingly seen as out of touch with the concerns of the average Israeli. Tuesday’s a must-win election for him.

With the final polls before Tuesday’s pivotal Israeli election showing him narrowly behind, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to choose a message to close on. Some candidates close on trust; others on change. Netanyahu is closing on chutzpah.

On his Facebook page (the main source of communications in Israeli elections), Netanyahu wrote on Friday: “Left-wing and media elements in Israel and abroad have conspired to bring (Zionist Union leaders Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni) to power illegitimately, by means of slander at home and unprecedented money from abroad.”

When the anchor of Israel’s Channel 2 later stated the obvious and reminded Netanyahu that foreign money and media have also helped him over the years, Netanyahu replied: “That is not true.”

Not true? This from a man who routinely hires American political consultants who specialize in attack politics and who, in recent years, allowed himself to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the American casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, the founder of a free newspaper—now Israel’s largest—devoted to relentlessly promoting Netanyahu and, well, slandering his opponents.

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[monmouth4]

1. Sounds like he watches Fox....lol...n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

2. I expect they will put him back in

but it will be a pleasant surprise if they didn't. The crocodile tears and fear-mongering and $$$$ seems to work in most cases.

He went through this before in 2009 and ended up in a coalition where he essentially had to sit on his hands for a few years in exchange for being in charge. But then after the Kadima split, the old Bibi was resurrected and he went full out loon.

[Renew Deal]

3. That was informative