On November, 17, 2007 4:49 PM , sharifo
from Palestine said:

مهو لو واحد زي هادا نجح...إلا يكون اللي انتخبوه طافيين اكتر منو !!
و الصراحة انا قلقان على نظرة نيكاراغوا بالموضوع...ما بطمن !

On November, 17, 2007 6:03 PM , globalorama
from United States said:

I agree with Sharifo. Everyone has the right to be a candidate. but it is the voters that decide his/her fitness to be an MP.
bel 3arabi, el 7ag mish 3alai, el 7ag 3al bagar el ra7 yentakhboo.

On November, 17, 2007 7:17 PM , Hala
from United States said:

No, not everyone has the right to be a candidate. I think the government should have some requirements a candidate should meet, or some level of standards one cannot go below. Because what if the guy actually wins? We cannot just sit and say oh well c'est la vie! The purpose of the elections is to help Jordan grow and become better.

P.S. I am in LOVE with your blog, I just love to read your posts even though I do not always leave comments. Always great, keep it up

My name is 3awwad. I am a typical Jordanian citizen. I work from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM and my salary does not exceed JD 250. You can call me “Monsieur Tout le monde” if you like. Excuse my low intelligence quotient, but yesterday there has been a colossal Mansaf fair in our neighborhood for a well known Bani Hassan candidate, i ate like hell, and now i am convinced that this man is the man. I love mansaf.

On November, 17, 2007 10:43 PM , Tulip
from Jordan said:

i vote in irbid, who is this guy you are talking about?

On November, 18, 2007 12:45 AM , ola
from Jordan said:

Hala: Thanks dear! I'm really flattered!

Tulip: I forgot the name but he's the 2 tears and a rose guy...

On November, 18, 2007 6:59 AM , globalorama
from United States said:

hala,
What kind of democracy are preaching?
of course everyone has the right to nominate him/herself. If enough people like that person, then why not? why would you impose your standards on people?

On November, 18, 2007 5:12 PM , Tamara
from Jordan said:

loooooool ola i know this guy ...i always see him in my way to school

p.s : you gotta see his new she3ar

On November, 18, 2007 7:49 PM , Hala
from United States said:

Globalorama,

I am not preaching, I am only stating my opinion.

I do not know about you, but I have certain standards and would not agree to have someone who is a failure to be part of the government. An addict without an education who only decided to run for elections to make some other guy lose. He knows he is not the right person, yet he went for it. So basically, he does not have any of the traits or elements a candidate should have. No honesty, no integrity, nothing. It does not fly with me ;)

Here is the lovely guy for people who were asking about his name. He does not even look professional; wearing a training suit? My friend said: "I bet he was wearing a Shibshib too!" Why the hell should I trust him and give him my vote?!

http://gallery.bayazidi.net/d/3482-2/DSC00453_001.JPG

On November, 18, 2007 8:14 PM , globalorama
from United States said:

Hala,
I agree that he is not qualified and people shouldn't vote for him. But, he has a constitutional right to nominate himself.

On November, 19, 2007 3:02 AM , hamidhamid1980
from Jordan said:

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
اللهم صل على سيد الخلق محمد و على آله و أصحابه و من أحبهم و اتبع نهجهم إلى يوم الدين.

إن المشاركة في التصويت أمر غير خاضع للنقاش، من كان من أهل هذا البلد العظيم و يهمه أمر وطنه و أمته و قبل ذلك دينه الذي ارتضاه الله له، فإن السعي من أجل إحقاق الحق و تسليم الأمور لمن يستطيع تحملها مهمة مقدسة لديه. و أما من كان غير ذلك، فلا حول و لا قوة إلا بالله، يدعي حب الوطن و حمل هم الناس و لا يحرك ساكناً لفعل أبسط الأمور! و حسبه قول ربه العظيم: " يَا أَيهَا الذِينَ آَمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تفعلون، كَبُرَ مَقْتاً عِندَ اللهِ أَن تَقُولُوا مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ".

المسألة هي من أختار.
لا يوجد على وجه الأرض اليوم من لا يؤخذ من كلامه و يرد، لكن العاقل من يقيم خياراته المتاحة و يختار أفضلها، و إن شئت قل أقلها ضرراً !!

هل ستنتخب من يشتري أمانة الناس بالمال؟ إنه لا أمانة له.
هل ستنتخب من همه الوصول إلى المجلس من أجل الراتب؟ إذن هو متكسب من دمك!
هل ستنتخب من يبعثر مئات الألوف بل و الملايين على حملته الأنتخابية؟ لماذا يفعل هذا؟ و كيف يخطط لتعويضها؟ إسأل نفسك؟
هل ستنتخب من يريد الوصول إلى المجلس لكي يقنص الفرص لأعماله الخاصة؟ مثل هذا لن تخطر على باله و لو قتلك الجوع يوماً !!
هل ستنتخب من يريد الوصول إلى المجلس لكسب الجاه و النفخ أمام الناس؟ مثل هذا سينساك و ينغمس في تفاصيل وجاهته و شكله الإجتماعي !!
هل ستنتخب الضعيف الركيك الذي لا يعرف أين مصلحة البلد و لا يمتلك الجرأة لمحاولة تصويب الأمور و خدمة الوطن؟ إذن أنت شريك في هذا الضعف فلا تلم أحداً !
هل ستنتخب من لم يفعل شيئاً للناس قبل الإنتخابات و لا تراه إلا أثناء حملته؟ أين كان هؤلاء من القضايا التي تؤرق الناس و يُنظّرون على الناس الآن بكلام مكرور أنت تعرف أنهم لا يعنونه و لا حتى يعونه؟ سيعودون إلى سباتهم بعد الإنتخابات و ربما ستسمع بهم أو تراهم في الإنتخابات القادمة بعد أربع سنوات!!
هل ستنتخب من لا يعرف أصلا مهمة المجلس النيابي و لا يفرق بينه و بين البلدية؟!! تلك إذن طامة كبرى!!

أنت المسألة.
و المشكلة تبدأ عندك ... و تعود إليك.

إنظر من تختار،
واجه نفسك الآن، حتى لو كنت عزمت

ola, sounds like you have a family feud with this guy and you are letting this feud get in the way of judging an otherwise decent human being. shame on you for trying to mock a war hero and for trying to belittle his anti-colonialist stance. i don't know who he is, but if I knew, I would get the Jordanians citizenship just to vote for him.

i don't understand people like you, but this does prove the jordanian blogosphere does not represent the majority of Jordanians.

On November, 21, 2007 11:39 AM , oeliwat
from Jordan said:

Sama: I don't have anything to do with this man. I'm not mocking his heroic deeds, I just think he's exaggerating to take advantage of them, and I might be wrong of course, but as you see I was reporting what someone who knows that person said. A first cousin to be precise, so need need for this attitude of "I;m morally superior to you"

ola, you did mock the guy based on his otherwise impressive patriotic track record. there is something wrong with people like you who consider someone's courage to be a liability.

and when it comes to blogging, you don't report. you are not a reporter. you opine, sometimes directly, sometimes in the form of selecting a point of view, which is what you just did in this post. so no need to insult our intelligence with your pre4tense of neutrality. there is nothing neutral about your post.

if you chose to mock the man, i chose to defend him. that does not make me morally superior, it makes me a normal person. but your attack in someone with this track record, makes you morally inferior.

On November, 22, 2007 9:49 AM , oeliwat
from Jordan said:

Whatever... You missed the point of the post anyway. No was was mocking "his struggle".