http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/my-second-vote-2/ The Marketplace of Ideas Wed, 22 May 2013 17:04:01 +0300 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/my-second-vote-2/#comment-90180 Richard Vanger Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:04:57 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=95724#comment-90180 Doug Gteerner….Aleiben on dine PIPEK….J could not have done better myself if I tried….As An Israeli citizen you have every eight to support anyone you wish (as long as it is someone on the right), I had the advantage of having lived in the socialist paradise, USSR so I know a thing or two about democracy…You have 5/6 candidates for the post and you can vote for who you like (as long as he is a full party member of the communist party.. Bibi may not be G-ds gift to Israel but I ca't see anything that is better on the horizon ..

]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/my-second-vote-2/#comment-90182 Richard Vanger Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:04:57 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=95724#comment-90182 Doug Gteerner….Aleiben on dine PIPEK….J could not have done better myself if I tried….As An Israeli citizen you have every eight to support anyone you wish (as long as it is someone on the right), I had the advantage of having lived in the socialist paradise, USSR so I know a thing or two about democracy…You have 5/6 candidates for the post and you can vote for who you like (as long as he is a full party member of the communist party.. Bibi may not be G-ds gift to Israel but I ca't see anything that is better on the horizon ..

]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/my-second-vote-2/#comment-88340 David Brooks Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:47:57 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=95724#comment-88340 But the middle class here doesn't buy its groceries from other middle classes in the rest of the 1st world. It has to cope with Israel's economy.

]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/my-second-vote-2/#comment-88014 Rebecca Johnstone Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:05:32 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=95724#comment-88014 In relation to the rest of the "1st world" even our middle class is doing very well.

]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/my-second-vote-2/#comment-87924 Nettie Feldman Sun, 20 Jan 2013 09:46:55 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=95724#comment-87924 seriously. Bibi made us prosperous? He made his friends and corporations prosperous, while hitting the middle class and the impoverished. I wonder where you're really living.

]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/my-second-vote-2/#comment-87800 Zelda Harris Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:13:19 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=95724#comment-87800 well you lucky guy you get to influence a vote in a country you choose not to live in come here to tell us HOW TO VOTE Is this a joke? Because I can see the funny side.Emanuel has said the rest.
Zelda Harris

]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/my-second-vote-2/#comment-87802 Zelda Harris Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:13:19 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=95724#comment-87802 well you lucky guy you get to influence a vote in a country you choose not to live in come here to tell us HOW TO VOTE Is this a joke? Because I can see the funny side.Emanuel has said the rest.
Zelda Harris

]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/my-second-vote-2/#comment-87798 Yonit Gefen Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:34:21 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=95724#comment-87798 a likud party with a different prime minister ( not Leiberman) woud be somewhat more palatable.

]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/my-second-vote-2/#comment-87794 עמנואל שחף Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:46:13 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=95724#comment-87794 "The Likud had kept the country propsperous and safe" – are you sure that you are living in Israel? Prosperous possibly but only if you belong to the upper tenth percentile and don't live on a middle class salary or don't need a home to live in. Safe? All these Arabs around us have really become peaceful due to this governments strenuous efforts. The Palestinians are dancing in the streets out of joy over the great relations with us. We are sitting on a powderkeg and the fuse is burning – you think we are safe? What have you been smoking?

]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/my-second-vote-2/#comment-87796 עמנואל שחף Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:46:13 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=95724#comment-87796 "The Likud had kept the country propsperous and safe" – are you sure that you are living in Israel? Prosperous possibly but only if you belong to the upper tenth percentile and don't live on a middle class salary or don't need a home to live in. Safe? All these Arabs around us have really become peaceful due to this governments strenuous efforts. The Palestinians are dancing in the streets out of joy over the great relations with us. We are sitting on a powderkeg and the fuse is burning – you think we are safe? What have you been smoking?

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