voting for satan, and a february surprise?

first, i wake up this morning to find out that olmert, livni and barak might just be able to pull off a february surprise before tuesday's elections.

Meanwhile, Defense Minister Ehud Barak confirmed that "supreme efforts" are being made to secure Shalit's release in the near future.

Last night, Israel's "troika" - composed of Prime Minister Olmert, Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni - held an unusual meeting at the Defense Ministry to discuss the negotiations for a cease-fire deal in the Gaza Strip, along the lines proposed by Egypt.

and then, good old ovadia yosef of shas, has confirmed my suspicions, that avigdor lieberman, is not just a demagogue-like politician, but is in fact the devil.

Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef once again lashed out at voters who plan on casting their ballots Tuesday for Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu faction. "Whoever votes for Lieberman gives strength to Satan," Yosef said in his weekly sermon late Saturday.

"Whoever sits inside his home and does nothing [will] suffer a huge punishment," Yosef said. In an address that was televised and beamed via satellite to hundreds of Sephardic yeshiva students, he said: "You should know that this is your hour, the time to do for God, they have violated your Torah, go from house to house."

will this be more effective than robocalls for get-out-the-vote efforts? only time will tell ...