What happens if Saddam does run and gets elected???

http://www.zaman.org/?bl=internation...40921&hn=12424
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Saddam to Declare Candidacy for Iraqi Elections


Overthrown Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who was arrested by US forces last December, reportedly plans to run as a candidate in the Iraqi elections scheduled for January 2005.

Saddam's lawyer Giovanni di Stefano told Denmark's B.T. newspaper that Saddam decided during one of their discussions that he would declare his candidacy for the elections.

Stefano said that there was no law that prevented Saddam from appearing on the ballot. He added that Saddam hopes to regain his presidency and palaces via the democratic process.

Contrary to the statements of Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, Stefano claims, "Saddam has no chance to be tried before the elections. Moreover, no international law prevents him from coming forward."

Saddam's lawyer defends that the ambiguity in Iraq will favor Saddam at the polls. Stefano remarked that a recent Gallup poll indicates that 42 percent of the Iraqi people want their former leader back.

Meanwhile, evaluating the conditions of Saddam in jail, Allawi said that Saddam had asked him for mercy.

Hard to do from behind bars. We gave him his chance, and he screwed it royally. Now it's time for the next tinpot dictator we will install. Get it?

It would be a hoot if he was re-elected, though.

On a more serious note if he is allowed to run and wins, then that would be a pretty bad blow to US politics in the region.

<font color=plum>I'm not sure that's how I would describe it. But I seriously doubt the Iraqi citizens have forgotten the brutality that marked Saddam's Regime. I'd say he stands a slightly better chance than Ralph Nader does Stateside - but that's about it.</font>

if he does run for president, i wonder how many Saddam-supporting regions will be declared too dangerous to hold the elections?

<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#00FF00">Actually I think it would be more of an embarrassment to the current Bush regime than anything. As much as I love watching Rumsfeld humiliated, making a fool of himself, and knocked down a peg or two I would not want this.</font>

[ 09-29-2004, 12:55 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]