[lbo-talk] On Islamic radicalism and the left by Don Hamerquist

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Thu Aug 17 13:08:37 PDT 2006


Didn't Hamas win because the rules that the PLO set up to rig the election actually worked against it?

On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 02:54:28PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> Yoshie's quick to point out the low participation rates in US
> elections whenever someone argues that Americans have more or less
> chosen their rulers. Hamas got about 45% of the popular vote, less
> than George W did in 2000 and 2004.
>

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