The Prime Minister is breathing nearly entirely on his own.
Things I read somewhere yesterday: He shows signs of recognizing his sons’ voices, and they’re playing his favorite music.
The politics have returned: Likud is fighting to have the Acting PM chosen from their ranks. Things will be back to normal, politically, fairly soon, I think–with Ehud Olmert running the country.
And in a fact reminiscent of post-9/11 America: Crime is down 50% since Sharon’s stroke.
Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld did not provide figures or give a breakdown of different offenses but said that since Sharon was rushed to Jerusalem crime had halved nationwide.
“It’s hard to explain, but since the prime minister became ill there seems to have been a change in people’s behavior patterns, their way of thinking,” Rosenfeld said.
Hey, even criminals can be patriots.
You know, it’s disturbing, but it seems as if the Kadima party now wants to exploit Sharon’s image, when here, he’s still in a very delicate state, by trying to promote him as a party “president”, something that Labor suggested making Shimon Peres back in 1996.
I’m no fan of Meretz’s Zehava Gal-On, but she’s got a point when she says in the article I linked to here:
Meretz Faction Chairwoman Zahava Gal-On also slammed the recommendation: “While the prime minister is fighting for his life, Kadima is exploiting his struggle to win mandates.”
Ehud Olmert, now the party’s leader, is an opportunist, and any charm he may have once had vanished years ago. It comes as no real surprise to me that he’d try to exploit an elderly man who may never be the same again after the illness he went through.