Posted on 02/08/2011 3:58:29 PM PST by mojito
There's a very good reason for Mubarak not to step down, a CONSTITUTIONAL REASON, that this WH and State Dept. seem to have been unaware of until the last day or two. Now, they're back tracking. Sort of. Someone needs to make sure that Gibbs gets the memo.
You really can't make this stuff up: these clowns are as stupid as they are evil.
I was wondering about this the last few days. There surely are laws of succession that they ought to be going by. It’s a great load of hypocrisy for us to be tossing out their president like an empty soda can without checking procedure.
They’re a bunch of simpleminded radicals that get all orgasmic at the thought of riots and overthrowing Govts. They are showing the same respect for the Egyptian Constitution that they have for the American Constitution...NONE
Mubarak is no angel but he’s the only one who hasn’t behaved “stupidly” here. Things need to settle down long before there is an election and the people need to think about what kind of Egypt they really want after Mubarak is gone.
An Egypt at war with Israel is an impoverished Egypt. If they think they’re poor now, wait till they end up Somalia poor.
I think in general while I disagree with their points of view those fellas in the middle east are pretty slick politicians.
Neither the White House nor the State Department in particular and Democrats in general believe Constitutions mean anything.
The way I understand it, if Mubarak and whoever is second in the chain of command step down, Dr. Zahi Hawass will be in charge. That might be fun, even if it is only for 60 days.
>> these clowns are as stupid as they are evil.
They’re evil to the core. Way more evil than stupid. However, they’re SO evil that it leaves room for a HELLUVA LOT of stupid.
To be fair, it sounds like the same gobbledegook you get from State Department flacks no matter what the adminstration. They are trained to speak in vague generalities and avoid specifics whenever possible. As far as not knowing the Egyptian constitution, up until a week ago who cared? Mubarak was clarly going to stay in power as long as he wanted to, whatever the constitution said.
They haven’t read ours....why would they read theirs?
There’s just no way Mubarak is staying in power past the September elections. In effect the people have gotten what they asked for and more.
Sometimes our constitution sucks but I would never risk it for short term gain. Hopefully cooler Egyptian heads feel the same way about theirs.
This administration is full of a bunch of children.
From the article: "There are things that have to be done to get to a free and fair, credible, and competitive election. There’s more than one path to get there."
Imagine a representative of, oh, maybe China, or Libya, or, maybe Lithuania, saying that about a US election. And, then, actually jumping in and meddling in a US election.
Why, it's as though if we push a few billion dollars at them we expect something in return.
We were warned over 200 years ago about 'foreign entanglements.'
Is gibbs FINALLY gone???
“a CONSTITUTIONAL REASON”
These people don’t care anything about constitutions. Only what they want.
Run the numbers. Without tourism and funding from Uncle Sugar, there is not much genuine economic activity in Egypt.
Not many tourists will change the uncertainty of an unstable social/government, IMHO.
Tourism and the Suez canal. Once the ransom on the canal gets too high, shippers will take the long way or it will be seized and occupied.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley: "Well, we believe there should be an orderly transition -- hang on, Matt, I'm going to -- and who plays what role in that transition is up to the people of Egypt.
Their constitution is suspended under the Emergency Law which has been in effect for the greater part of four decades.
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