At last word polling hours had been extended in many parts of Egypt and there's no word yet on which candidate is favored coming out of this first round.
Trust me, it doesn't matter.
The military ran the country before "Arab Spring", the military runs it now, and the military will run the country after this election.
Sure, they'll have a new front-man, but that's all that Mubarak ever was.
None of which is preventing a flood of gushing idiocy spewing out of our media.
This morning I heard more than once that "Egyptians are celebrating their first democratic elections in over 5,000 years!"
Well no wonder they're lined up at the polling stations. Must be one hell of a lot of pent-up demand for democracy...
AP, CNN, and the rest of the usual suspects can't get enough of man-on-the-street interviews with Egyptians just over-the-top thrilled to be exercising their democratic franchise...
For the first time in 5,000 years, of course.
Won't they be disappointed when they figure out it didn't matter!
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