"Ahh, so you want to run for President? These are the signatures of support you gathered? Yes, now you are honored guest of Egyptian government! And we will gather up all of these nice people to keep you company."

Mubarak's got a history of police oppression of political dissidents leading back as far as the eye can see and has maintained very close ties with the United States all the way--only Israel receives more direct aid from us. An old Egyptian fox is not so kind, my boy. Bush is going to cling to this like a life preserver in the middle of the sea, but it doesn't mean much of anything. Mubarak knows we'll turn a blind eye to anything short of genocide and most things beyond.

And as Stalin said, "It's not the people who vote that count--it's the people who count the votes."

(No, my sarcasm detector isn't broken.)