I’ve been keeping a sharp eye on the outcome of the elections in Israel mostly from shock that a complete genocidal maniac like Leiberman would even be placed into consideration.

But just as I was starting to lose faith in the people of Israel (like when Arab parties were banned to participate in the election), they go ahead and shock me with the incredible triumph of Tzipi Livni.

All day I was trying to get used to the idea that Bibi Netanyahu would be the next Israeli Prime Minister as he was the most favorable of all candidates.  I tried to get comfortable with the notion that there would be continued aggression in Gaza…. that the settlements would continue to expand which would continue to spur Arab retaliation.  I told myself that President Obama would just have to wait two years until the next Prime Minister was elected and he could finally get to work on a peace initiative in the Middle East.

Well, I can breathe now.  The Israeli people have spoken… twice (she was elected last year to replace Olmert as PM).  Yay for Democracy!

Now, who can guess how long the losers will drag the ballet counting out just to make the process harder, dirtier, and annoying?

UPDATE:

No surprise…  Bibi Netanyahu’s reaction after the polls closed:

He smiled as he gave a victory rather than a concession speech close to 1 a.m. He was greeted by large cheers from the crowd. They clapped their hands and yelled out, “here comes the next prime minister.”

Netanyahu told them that while the true elections results had yet to be calculated but that even if they exactly replicate the exit polls, “there is no doubt about their meaning.”

“The real question is not what do the polls say, but how do they translate into reality,” he said.

I’m not sure which reality you’re hoping to extrapolate from the polling numbers, Bibi, but in my world, if you have the lesser of the numbers, the reality is that you lost.

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