The Pipes Rule of Arab Elections

by Daniel Pipes
October 23, 2011

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2011/10/the-pipes-rule-of-arab-elections

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Offered on the occasion of the "first free" elections in Tunisia:

If you know the result ahead of time, you are voting for the real powerbroker. If you don't know the result in advance, then you are voting for a position that hardly matters.

(October 23, 2011)

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	Title	Commenter	Date	Thread
	Well, that's diplomacy [23 words]	Kepha Hor	Nov 7, 2011 21:31	190721
	That's true of all places actually [115 words]	Taha	Oct 26, 2011 20:25	190435
1	Corallary to the Pipes Rule [21 words]	car313	Oct 26, 2011 11:25	190414
	Interesting comment [36 words]	Debanjan Banerjee	Oct 24, 2011 13:54	190336
4	Hope Springs Eternal in the Arab Spring [59 words]	David	Oct 23, 2011 21:06	190322