The PNI views itself as a "democratic third force" in Palestinian politics, and opposes the dichotomy between Fatah (which it views as corrupt and undemocratic) and Hamas (which it views as extremist and fundamentalist).
Mustafa Barghouti campaigned on a platform of democratization as the PNI's candidate in the January 9, 2005 Palestinian presidential elections, and in the absence of a Hamas candidate (due to the Hamas' policy of boycotting all PNA institutions) quickly became the leading opponent to PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Barghouti was also endorsed by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, after that group failed in its attempts to organize a single candidacy for all secular Palestinian factions outside Fatah.
During the campaign, Barghouti's fame snowballed after the international press picked up his name as the main opposition candidate. He was twice arrested by the Israeli Army, suffering a broken knee in custody, and complained of discrimination by both the Abbas-run PNA and Israel, which he accused of covertly backing Abbas's candidacy. In the final results, he polled 19.48 %, with Abbas gaining 62.52 % and the remaining five candidates all coming in below 3.5 %.
A day in the life of PF TINMORE:
*wakes up in parents house*
*eats lucky charms half naked at his computer*
*writes in his hate-jew blog*
*scours internet for anti-israel propaganda*
*visits usmb and makes thread after thread after thread posting youtube videos, but never creating an argument that doesnt sound asinine.*
*has mom cook him hot pockets*
*draws pictures of dead jews*
*steps outside for daily 12 seconds of sunlight*
*jerks off to dead israeli pictures*
*prays to satan*
*eats a tostitos pizza for dinner*
*goes to bed*
*cries 40 minutes because he has no life and no future*
*falls asleep*
i bet this is 85-90% accurate