It is May 25th, 2012 and from what the media and news agencies have been reporting, the next president of Egypt will be either Morsy or Shafik. How is it that the media and public opinion constantly get it wrong. A debate between Abu El Fotouh and Amr Moussa made it seem that they are the most likely candidates to make it to the second round of voting, far from the truth. No one expected a Mubarak-era, military officer to be even close to making it, and again far from the truth. The media made it seem that Morsy was barely as charismatic as his ousted predecessor El Shater and will not gain much ground, and again....
What do these initial polls tell us about the 20-something million Egyptians that voted? Is it true that we are THAT polarized and no one ever saw it coming? Is it true that 26% are blindly declaring their allegiance to Morsy just because of their support of the Muslim Brotherhood, regardless of who he is as a presidential candidate? While 24% are rallying behind Shafik because they do not want an Islamist state. Was he the only way out? Where is Amr Moussa?
In other words the majority are split between an Islamic state or another Mubarak regime to save them from the Islamic state. We are a people of extremes.
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