*Honestly, I don't consider the way the elections were run "kosher." Bibi Netanyahu, realizing that he wasn't going to get the percentage he had wanted, brought the polls to his people by keeping them opened an extra hour and having a polling station in Eilat, so his vacationing Likudniks could vote.
Netanyahu is mastering political skills and has taken over the Likud bureaucracy. Feiglin is a total incompetent in that sense. Here's a comment I wrote to a comment of a previous post:
What's sad is that his platform is good but his "politics" is useless. Unfortunately, one has to play politics. That's the lesson we must learn from Olmert and Sharon. Sharon did it in the end with personal charisma and Olmert, lacking charisma succeeds with technique. Feiglin has neither.
The Biblical Moshe knew that he was lacking in people/political skills, even though he was in direct communication with G-d. That's what he needed his brother Aaron for.
Today's Moshe Feiglin hasn't a clue to the fact that telling the truth and having the right ideas aren't enough to change the world or win an election or govern. There's no point in his being on the Likud list for Knesset. I still won't vote Likud, since he isn't politically savvy enough to have any real influence on the fate of our precious People and Nation.
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"Sharon did it [entrenched himself in power] in the end with personal charisma and Olmert, lacking charisma succeeds with technique. Feiglin has neither."
Sharon and Olmert both "did it"--not with "charisma" nor "technique", but by appealing to the self-interest of a sufficient number of politicos who were (are) willing to conspire to achieve the common goal of staying in power (if you want to call that 'technique').
Albeit your observation (Moshe needs an Aaron) is thought provoking, I think your conclusion fails to appreciate the power of strong, moral leadership to turn about the ship of state--which undoubtedly is just what Israel so desperately needs.
Consider notable Biblical examples of strong, moral leaders who, time and again, appeared to lead the Jewish People out of some degenerate epoch in their national history.
Can it happen, again? Not without such a leader. Is Moshe Feiglin such a leader, a true statesman? I think he is.
But it is certain that no kind of political machinations; no display of personal charisma; no clever techniques; will suffice to rescue Israel from her ongoing sufferings--the greater part of which are the direct result of just such 'game playing' by Israel's own corrupt politicians.
Moses' authority and power was not negated by his own perceived lack of interpersonal skills: he found his voice often enough, to be sure. Aaron or no Aaron, without Moses, Israel never would have left Egypt.
Interesting points, but I consider "appealing to the self-interest of a sufficient number of politicos who were (are) willing to conspire to achieve the common goal" to be "technique" of sorts. It can be used "l'shem shamaying" or for evil.
Feiglin may "have G-d," as his slogan said, but he really doesn't have much else.
Yes, he got my vote, but for the wrong reasons.
"Feiglin may "have G-d," as his slogan said, but he really doesn't have much else."
What does that say about your perception of what it means to "have G-d"?
"having G-d" is personal
I don't see any of us as Biblical prophets, proclaiming the word of G-d.
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