Sometimes politics is deceptive and manages to produce surprises, leaving the observer from the sidelines with nothing but amazement and deep reflections on human nature - which so quickly loses all judgment, all logic, as if we were all watching a fascinating social experiment.
What do I mean?
To the individuals who amaze me with their political behavior, and especially with the illogical response they receive from the public: Kahlon, Livni, and Prus.
Moshe Kahlon At one point in his career, he succeeded in reforming the cellular sector.
Some say that the process began even before him and he was there only to finish it properly. But in any case, this revision is registered in his name. It is a nice move that helped citizens, and perhaps even demonstrates a fine executive ability.
What is not clear: How did the man manage to become a candidate who manages to drag along about 10 seats? What in the name of God does he have? Charisma? Vision? Leadership ability? Good looks? What kind of country of fools do we live in?
What is not said about Tzipi LevinWho served in countless offices, and passed through countless parties, quarreled with countless people, and found countless new ideologies.
New texts about her frailty and helplessness, as well as the profanity she unleashed on an entertainment show, are now completely unnecessary.
And yet there is a reasonable possibility that she will be the next prime minister.
How is this possible? The woman who, according to all the polls, had no intention of passing the threshold becomes a realistic candidate? In what country of idiots do we live?
His pictures Meir Porush They will hang in my living room, and in my comfortable tent. The man who did not find himself a rabbi, whose public is almost as anonymous as his sources of power, manages to remain in the Knesset for decades, control the cities of Beitar and Elad, with good representation in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh, and even hold primaries in his party and win against all odds.
In fact, that's the only reason he deserves to be elected again and again. And again.