According to Naharnet:
MP Ibrahim Kanaan said that the Free Patriotic Movement of Gen. Michel Aoun still represents the majority of the Christians. Kanaan, in an interview with LBC television, said that according to a new poll, the FPM still enjoys the support of 37% of voters in the Metn region.
"This reflects a climb in our popularity since 2005," Kanaan said.
He said Aoun has the right to run for the presidency.
"Every democratic regime with a head of a (parliamentary) bloc as big as Aoun's has the right to run in the presidential elections," Kanaan added.
Pretty hilarious, these guys, aren't they? We have "polls" in Lebanon now? Reliable ones? Those are numbers I'd like to see.
Dubious claims aside, the funnier bit comes in the second portion of idiot Kanaan's comments: "Every democratic regime with a head of a bloc this big has the right to run in the presidential elections."
Right? On paper, I agree with this statement 100%. But come on...Double standards much, guys? Shouldn't this same logic entitle March 14 (which qualifies as a head of block this big!) to run their own candidate as well? How come you bozos from the opposition insist March 14 accept all your preconditions before electing a president? And why does this president have to be a "consensus" president? I mean...according to MP Kanaan's logic, that wouldn't be very democratic, would it?
Then again, why do I bother pointing out the hypocrisy and double standards that come out of these imbeciles' mouths every day? It's not like it's anything new. Par for the course.
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Sure he has a right to run.
He does NOT have a right to BE prez, which is what these idiots are getting at, and why they are boycotting the election.
I love the "legal" thinking and "concerns' of these buffoons who trash the law and its rule, day in and day out.
BTW, Aoun also has a right to jump out a window.
That's my point. I love the way they claim their guy has the RIGHT to run (which he does) but that M14 does NOT have the right to put forth their own candidate. It has to be a consensus candidate.
I mean, in an the real world (i.e. not Lebanon) both sides have the right to put forth a candidate that's to their own liking (and not necessarily to the other side's liking) and the vote determines which one wins.
I know I'm stating the obvious here to anyone that's lived anywhere outside of Lebanon and knows how this shit works. But in Lebanon, people don't seem to grasp these concepts. The next time I hear a Lebanese person saying how "well educated" we are, I'm gonna slap them in the face...
These clowns don't need logic. After all, they have lost the support of anyone with half a brain already. At this point they can tell any nonsense and it will not affect their base: The brain dead Aounists. Honestly, what do you expect from anyone that proclaims to be any politician's name + ist. How demeaning. Such people deserve such a president.
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