As the terrorist group Hamas swept 76 of 132 seats in Wednesday's Palestinian legislative elections, the fingernails of extremism ground their way mockingly across the blackboard of Democracy -- the world aghast.

But the shock wasn't shared by everybody. Over a half million Palestinians actually voted to put these people in power.

What drove them to show such widespread support for a group so widely regarded as a bloodthirsty, cowardly gang of terrorists?

Simple. Those who voted for Hamas don't see them as terrorists. That's why they voted to give a stiff middle finger to those of us who do.