grey power

As feared, it was the lowest voter turnout ever in the history of the state yesterday, at only 63%.

In the most baffling result of the election, the Pensioners' Party won a whopping seven seats in the next Knesset.

I confess to having heard nothing whatsoever about this party until today, and I don't think I'm alone, so it's a real shocker.

Even the veteran Meretz party (which I probably would have voted for, had I voted) gathered only four seats!

Apparently, the party platform "deals entirely with advancing the rights of the elderly, including ensuring pensions for all citizens and placing medications for the elderly in the health basket of medications and medical treatments subsidized by the state." Other than that, they say nothing whatsoever about the rest of their politics.

They had intended to join the Kadima party, but found that they would have been so far down the list that they never would have garnered any seats, so they went ahead and created a new party to represent their interests. And now they will definitely be welcomed into the coalition to be formed by the weaker-than-expected Kadima party.

Poor Bibi -- what a power-grubbing loser. He was so intent on fighting Sharon, the [very popular] leader of his party, instead of supporting him, that Sharon was forced by political expediency to leave and form a new party. Talk about bad timing, eh Bibi? If he had just been a loyal supporter of his leader, he would more than likely be the newly elected Prime Minister today. Instead, he's on the rubbish heap with a measly 11 seats and the probability of being summarily ditched by the party. Of course he blames Sharon for deserting the party and leaving it "a broken, shattered movement." His hypocrisy knows no bounds.