No one has ever said that the Muslim Brotherhood is dumb. Quite the contrary, this is one of the most conniving and sinister and sly organizations on this Earth - one only has to point to the fact that members of the Obama administration and members of the American media have been snowed so far as to call them "secular."
Here's the latest example of how shrewd the Muslim Brotherhood truly is - in the Egyptian Presidential elections this week, you know and I know that the MB is going to win the presidency. It's a lock. It's always been a lock since Murbarek was ousted. But here's where the spin artists of the Muslim Brotherhood show their muster. They announced today on their website that the results of the election are in and that there will need to be a "run off" between the top two vote getters: the Muslim Brotherhood candidate (big surprise, huh?) and the former Prime Minister of the country. Now, read this from the story coming from DAWN:
Egypt looked set on Friday for a run-off presidential vote pitting Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi against former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, according to tallies by the Islamist group.
The Brotherhood said its candidate was leading the race, with 90 per cent of the votes counted, ahead of Shafiq, the last prime minister to serve under Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in Egypt’s 2011 uprising.
“There will be a run-off between Mohammed Mursi and Ahmed Shafiq,” after 90 per cent of the votes were counted nationwide, the Islamist group said on their website.
A spokeswoman from Shafiq’s campaign was unable to confirm the claim.
Results of the two-day poll are expected from the country’s official electoral
body from Sunday.
Do you see it? The former Prime Minister's people couldn't confirm that their candidate had come in second and would be in the run off. So, it's obvious to me that the Muslim Brotherhood is intentionally dragging this out into a fake runoff - they know damn well that if their guy had won in a landslide that more and more people would say the election was a set up, it was a tainted election so, the Muslim Brotherhood is manufacturing a supposed run off between these two which the MB candidate will win and people like Hillary Clinton will applaud the fairness of the election and the Obama administration will be free to embrace the new MB government because it obviously was a very fair election.
Am I really supposed to fall for this bullshit?
Mursi, ex-PM in Egypt run-off: Brotherhood
CAIRO: Egypt looked set on Friday for a run-off presidential vote pitting Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi against former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, according to tallies by the Islamist group.
The Brotherhood said its candidate was leading the race, with 90 per cent of the votes counted, ahead of Shafiq, the last prime minister to serve under Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in Egypt’s 2011 uprising.
“There will be a run-off between Mohammed Mursi and Ahmed Shafiq,” after 90 per cent of the votes were counted nationwide, the Islamist group said on their website.
A spokeswoman from Shafiq’s campaign was unable to confirm the claim.
Results of the two-day poll are expected from the country’s official electoral
body from Sunday.
If the initial results hold, the two candidates will go to a second round run-off vote on June 16 and 17.
The experience of waiting for a electoral result that has not been predetermined is a novel one for citizens of the Arab world’s most populous nation, where years of presidential votes always produced the same winner.
“Egyptians hold their breath,” the liberal al-Wafd newspaper headlined its front page.
The election saw 50 million eligible voters given the chance to choose between 12 candidates in a race that pitted Islamists who pledged to uphold the uprising’s ideals against former regime candidates who touted their experience.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton congratulated Egypt on its “historic” presidential election, and said Washington was ready to work with a new government in Cairo.
“We will continue to stand with the Egyptian people as they work to seize the promise of last year’s uprising and build a democracy that reflects their values and traditions, respects universal human rights, and meets their aspirations for dignity and a better life,” Clinton said in a statement.
Electoral commission officials said turnout was around 50 percent over the two days of voting on Wednesday and Thursday, with some voters queuing for hours to cast their ballot.
In schools and other institutions around the country, representatives from Egypt’s electoral commission carefully sorted the ballots, each printed with the name, photograph and electoral symbol of the candidates, into neat piles.
Contenders included former foreign minister and Arab League chief Amr Mussa, who touted his experience but was hammered for his ties to the old regime.
Shafiq was also shunned by some for his time in Mubarak’s government, but others praised his law-and-order platform in a country where many crave stability.
The powerful Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate, Mursi, faced competition from Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh, a former member of the Islamist movement who portrayed himself as a consensus choice.
And also in the running was Hamdeen Sabbahi, a Nasserist politician who was initially considered a fringe candidate but gained surprise momentum late in the campaign.
The election seals a tumultuous military-led transition from autocratic rule marked by political upheaval and bloodshed, but which also witnessed democratic parliamentary elections that saw extremist groups score a crushing victory.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, in power since Mubarak’s ouster, has vowed to restore civilian rule by the end of June, after a president is elected, but many fear its withdrawal from politics will be just an illusion.
The army, with its vast and opaque economic power, wants to keep its budget a secret by remaining exempt from parliamentary scrutiny, maintain control of military-related legislation and secure immunity from prosecution.
Mubarak, 84 and ailing, is being held in a military hospital on the outskirts of Cairo where he awaits the verdict of his murder trial on June 2.
The former strongman, ousted in a popular uprising last year, is accused of involvement in the killing of some 850 protesters during the uprising and of corruption.
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The MB election has been bought and paid for by teh Obama Administration. Barry really want the MB in power. Why? Only Barry knows . The failed commander in chief isn't telling
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