{"id":399670,"date":"2010-03-07T07:45:50","date_gmt":"2010-03-07T12:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/03\/07\/mubarak%e2%80%99s-challenger-can%e2%80%99t-rely-on-a-fair-race\/"},"modified":"2010-03-07T07:45:50","modified_gmt":"2010-03-07T12:45:50","slug":"mubarak%e2%80%99s-challenger-can%e2%80%99t-rely-on-a-fair-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/399670","title":{"rendered":"Mubarak\u2019s Challenger Can\u2019t Rely on a Fair Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Truthdig\/~3\/Ifj9i6jiNPA\/\" >Mubarak\u2019s Challenger Can\u2019t Rely on a Fair Race       <\/a><br \/>What keeps old men in power in Egypt? And what keeps middle-aged men wanting power in a country whose crippled society, increasing sectarianism, brutal police force and endemic corruption are only compounded by an electoral system widely regarded as a fraud?<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left; margin: 0 10px 0 0; border: 1px solid #333333;\"><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/report\/item\/mubaraks_challenger_cant_rely_on_a_fair_race_20100305\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/images\/reportuploads\/elbaradeifisk_160.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"El Baradei\" width=\"160\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>                <b>By Robert Fisk<\/b><\/p>\n<p>What keeps old men in power in Egypt? And what keeps middle-aged men wanting power in a country whose crippled society, increasing sectarianism, brutal police force and endemic corruption are only compounded by an electoral system widely regarded as a fraud?  <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Related Entries<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>March 1, 2010 <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/report\/item\/ralph_nader_was_right_about_barack_obama_20100301\/\">Ralph Nader Was Right About Barack Obama<\/a><\/li>\n<li>February 26, 2010 <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/arts_culture\/item\/chris_hedges_on_the_death_and_life_of_american_journalism_20100226\/\">Chris Hedges on &#8216;The Death and Life of American Journalism&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/3TTj5vLO_Vo4Se6nWZWChYsOgBc\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/3TTj5vLO_Vo4Se6nWZWChYsOgBc\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/3TTj5vLO_Vo4Se6nWZWChYsOgBc\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/3TTj5vLO_Vo4Se6nWZWChYsOgBc\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\"> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=Ifj9i6jiNPA:NEXAWHrG2uA:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=Ifj9i6jiNPA:NEXAWHrG2uA:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=Ifj9i6jiNPA:NEXAWHrG2uA:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=Ifj9i6jiNPA:NEXAWHrG2uA:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?i=Ifj9i6jiNPA:NEXAWHrG2uA:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=Ifj9i6jiNPA:NEXAWHrG2uA:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?i=Ifj9i6jiNPA:NEXAWHrG2uA:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <\/div>\n<div class=\"feedflare\"> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=Ifj9i6jiNPA:ze1OM8EBfUM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=Ifj9i6jiNPA:ze1OM8EBfUM:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=Ifj9i6jiNPA:ze1OM8EBfUM:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=Ifj9i6jiNPA:ze1OM8EBfUM:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?i=Ifj9i6jiNPA:ze1OM8EBfUM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=Ifj9i6jiNPA:ze1OM8EBfUM:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?i=Ifj9i6jiNPA:ze1OM8EBfUM:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Truthdig\/~4\/Ifj9i6jiNPA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/>       <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mubarak\u2019s Challenger Can\u2019t Rely on a Fair Race What keeps old men in power in Egypt? And what keeps middle-aged men wanting power in a country whose crippled society, increasing sectarianism, brutal police force and endemic corruption are only compounded by an electoral system widely regarded as a fraud? 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