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magellan

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6. Are you serious? He was an incompetent president

Reply to Blue Bike (Original post)

Thu Jul 11, 2013, 11:19 AM

Jul 2013

He has no experience in governing and that was painfully clear. He had no handle on anything and listened to no one but MB, which was striving to be even more brutal than Mubarak. The constitution created a theocracy. That's no way to run a country, let alone a democracy.

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Morsi didn't suck as President. He was boycotted by Mubarak loyalists and the wealthy elite [View all] Blue Bike Jul 2013 OP

Yeah, those Egyptians were so ungrateful to not embrace his authoritarianism and geek tragedy Jul 2013 #1

Sounds like the lead-up to the coup against Allende. Scootaloo Jul 2013 #2

The 2 are not mutually exclusive Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #3

Nobody denies that poor people protested. But did they protest because Morsi screw up? Blue Bike Jul 2013 #9

Also a much reviled control freak according to Bassem Youssef, Egypt's Jon Stewart. randome Jul 2013 #4

Wouldn't be the first time. The people in control like being the people in control. n/t Smarmie Doofus Jul 2013 #5

Are you serious? He was an incompetent president magellan Jul 2013 #6

You mean appointing a member of the group that massacred tourists to a governorship didn't suck? hatrack Jul 2013 #7

So the appointment of a governor has more weight than the fall of electricity and gas supply? Blue Bike Jul 2013 #10

I didn't say that the apointment did have more weight than keeping the lights on. hatrack Jul 2013 #11

So can you assess the importance of the electricity/gas situation...? Blue Bike Jul 2013 #13

I don't know, is there going to be a quiz tomorrow? hatrack Jul 2013 #16

LOL Scurrilous Jul 2013 #21

The Brotherhood WovenGems Jul 2013 #15

Yeah, as backward RW loons go, Morsi was awesome cthulu2016 Jul 2013 #8

I can say without doubt, that not one comment has addressed the electricity/gas/police situation Blue Bike Jul 2013 #12

NYT is behind a paywall, so, no, a lot of people won't read it muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #17

Conservatism is cannibalizing global communities. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #14

You're not saying he didn't suck. You're saying why he sucked. Iggo Jul 2013 #18

I think there was a determined effort to sabotage Morsi's presidency from the get-go. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2013 #19

Not what I heard from the 'working poor' in Egypt last November. sinkingfeeling Jul 2013 #20