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Posted on 09/21/2008 4:06:55 PM PDT by SJackson
Tzipi Livni adopting "Balls of Steel" as her image for campaign Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 21 September 2008
It isn't clear if Tzipi Livni is following the recommendation of her PR team or came up with it by herself, but in any case it is becoming rapidly clear that she has decided to adopt a "balls of steel" image to prove she is the rightful heir to Ariel Sharon's mantle.
On Friday she took a vocal position calling for PM Olmert to resign ASAP.
Today she vetoed delaying Olmert's resignation until after President Peres' trip to the UN this week to give her more time to try to put together a new coalition.
In fact, Livni has even said that if she can't put together a coalition within two weeks she will go to elections.
It's a win-win situation for Livni:
The odds of putting together a coalition after two weeks with a deadline are pretty close to the odds of doing it in six.
If she succeeds she can smirk, with the same glee that Sharon did, at the whores who cut their demands in order to sit in the cabinet.
If she fails, she goes to elections with the story that she doesn't put up with garbage and is Israel's Ariel Sharon in a pants suit.
And having this story is very important for the media.
Because otherwise Tzipi Livni's story is pretty thin.
Her ideology - what we know of it - doesn't appeal to most voters.
Her track record as foreign minister is basically limited to the failed UN Security Council Resolution that ended the Second Lebanon War. If you want to dig deeper, she is the genius who thinks that instead of explaining and defending Israel's policies overseas, Israel should tell the world we have girls in bikinis, homosexuals and high tech.
With a "balls of steel" story and a cooperative media, she may be able to run the entire campaign without ever having to seriously deal with either issues or her record.
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Stalivni.
Which Sharon was that? The one who fought heroically for Israel, or the one who gave away the Gaza Strip and founded Kadima? < /rhetorical question >
She is Ohlmert with a better skirt. Israel is in for further further bad times with her at the helm.
Please don’t let her put together a coalition. We need Netanyahu.
Cheers!
bring them BiBi
Wow! Sounds like she is Israel’s Obama.
Ovaries of Steel?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
They don't respect her and they're right!
Actually she was in the Israeli military and then served as a Mossad agent in Europe, apparently doing what Mossad does best. I'm not sure of her politics or qualifications for PM but them's the facts.
All threads that mention Bibi must include pictures. It’s in the written Rules!
I knew that whole Clark Kent this was a ruse!
Love it! You go girl!
Please, this is a family thread!
She is Ohlmert with a better skirt. Israel is in for “further further bad times with her at the helm.”
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You’re right on Stepan12.
Netanyahou = a much better choice for the survival of Israel
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She has no large scale operational experience, though she's been in government long enough to acquire that. For obvious reasons her Mossad role is unclear, but likely involved largely keeping a safe house in Paris, not the direct antiterror activities she's sometimes been credited for. But still an act of courage. Imagine Hillary, Obama or Joe Biden running a safe house.
Thank you. Rules are important, you know.
One of many great patriots of Israel; nonetheless, she will be a weak fish at the head. Expect further erosion of a proactive Israel.
Love their ‘100% kosher’ apparel!
Tzipi Livni: "And this is all the land we need in Yerushalayim...!"
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