A) The vote is a greate accomplishment for people who never had much say in their govt. before. Don't pay too much attention to who wins, just enjoy that there's a vote at all. Failure to do so means you are a traitor. [hyperbole noted, but I bet I could find some justification for the hyperbole if I looked for it]

B) This is a horrible and terrible thing, this vote in Palestine. Who won is the only thing worth considering. I don't care if Palestinians voted to choose their own future or not.

Consider further (walk a few steps in my shoes, just for fun): being on the receiving end of a page or two of A, accompanied with the insults typically aimed at liberals around here when there's something that Bush needs credit for. Don't you think a person in my shoes would be moved to point out the times when people in your shoes are shouting "F__K DEMOCRACY!"?