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Without the support of the whole "total" block before the first round of elections he doesn't stand much chance to get to the second ballot.

The only thing which is certain so far is that Duda is going to the second round. Out of the rest of candidates, Kidawa-Blonska has the best chance to get there. And she would be the most convienent opponent for Duda.

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It is not a "mantra" but a clearly visible pattern. All you have to do is to be less staunchly and more observant to see it. Obviously, I don't have any interest in correcting that but I also know that they will never learn anyway, so...

Anyway, the elections are 2.5 months ahead so soon we will see whether their "strategy" worked


I would rather take a plasure in winning than taunting political opponents while losing :-)


@pawian, you are a retired teacher yet you behave more childishly than my teenage cousin brother.

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@pawian, I think one day I'll have to show you how to do patronizing right

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What loss? The elections are ahead and if that's their only "strategy" they'll loose a big time.


I'm not sad but disgusted. Those are two distinctive feelings


My work time is flexible. They're paying me for effects not for my physical presence, heh

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@nah, it's not even funny, it's pathetic.It only shows the level of competence of those so called "elites"

They don't have any strategy. They don't even have any tactics to win. They're just throwing a cr*p in hope that some of it may stick to their opponents...

I know that I should be content with the state of centre-left side in Poland but it's still sad to witness this pathetic spectacle.


They say that hope is the mother of fools.

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@pawian, this kind of rhetoric is pathetic...

In 1998, diner time, I said: "mom, I don't like those pork chops". I should be labeled as an ungrateful son for the rest of my life...

That's the level of discussion represented by a "total opposition". Duda doesn't have to do nothing to win. All he needs to do is to wait and to monitor the situation.

Love / Do Polish men make good husbands? [106]

:-)

Simple calculation: my time is worth 5 times as much as cleaning lady time. We should all do what we excel at. If I cleaned my house myself that would mean I'm not well organized

Love / Do Polish men make good husbands? [106]


That depends. I have a cleaning lady coming twice a week to deal with that

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And how many years that would be? :-)

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It will increase since they've proved that they are effective politicians. In the past many voters have voted for lesser evil because they feared they would "waste" their vote voting for a small party without a big chance of getting into parliament. Konfederacja have disarmed this fear.

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@pawian, it later on translated into 7% of votes and 11 MEPs for Konfederacja in a parliamentary elections. Those who attracted those voters were JKM, G.Braun, Bosak and Winnicki.

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@pawian, G. Braun is one of the leaders of Konfederacja. I remember Macierewicz's desperate appeal to G.Braun (and S.Michalkiewicz) to stop talking about Just 447 and to stop creating alternative on the right side of a political scene in Poland.

I also remember a disbelief in media when he received 12% of votes in 2019 elections in a left-leaning Gdansk as an outsider who started a low-budget campaign just a few weeks before the elections.

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@Lenka @pawian

My memory span is long enough to remember that just a few years ago mainstream media have "predicted" that the National Movement and Conservative Libertarians will never achieve political power in Poland. And when they formed a new political party they said that Konfederacja will collapse very quickly. They didn't. Then they said that they will never enter a Polish Parliament. They did... :-)

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No, I didn't. Grzegorz Braun is a fearsome opponent who pushed PiS on many levels and has forced Kaczynski to publicly explain himself about "Just 447". He has also forced PiS to change their political decisions and to remove SLD chairman from the parliamentary commision d/s social politics. Just a single G.Braun counts for 10 MEPs

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They are desperate. No one will beat PiS in populism :-) And they are also not reliable to Polish voters on this field. So far they are dancing to PiS music

I have to give that to Kaczynski that he is a few levels above POKO-SLD-PSL "political elites". At least Tusk was a some kind of political opponent. Budka, Kidawa and the rest of them are just a pitiful muppets...

News / Why is Poland so hostile against Germany? Do they realize how their reparations rubbish damages relations? [510]


Same race. We're just better looking that's all ;-)


Yes, the old order has benefited Western Germany greatly. Most Germans have probably started to think that it was a natural order of things and they deserved it as their "natural right". Yet it was achieved thanks to a dominant political position in continental Europe which derived from a solid economical power built by a few decades of capitalism, safety and stability provided by the US and a Marschall plan as well. Now the times are changing and politico-economical order in Europe will also change.

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I would if it benefited Poland. The thing is that there's a conflict of interest between our countries and things which would benefit Germany doesn't usually benefit Poland and vice versa.

I would also be very selective and careful in choosing those groups to be sure that they are not neo-nazi sympathizers or supporters.

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He will take a part in a race and gather much needed support in the process. He is one of the faces of Konfederacja and the media exposure during the elections will later benefit his political party.

The main goal is to normalize right-wing spectrum of a political scene in Poland. Many people still hold some outdated views of a Polish Nationalism and Conservatism. K.Bosak is a young, modern and eloquent face of a National Movement.

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No. Different mentality.

We are different than you. We always were and always will be.

To understand this you would have to move to Poland for a while to detox your mind

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@Ziemowit, Is this opinion based on facts ie. my opinions shared in posts which we could discuss, or just your personal emotional insinuations?


Polish nationalism did not start two World Wars (out of 2 in total) and haven't created holocaust. As simple as that. There are more differences but I think those two are vivid enough. Judge them by their fruits

News / Why is Poland so hostile against Germany? Do they realize how their reparations rubbish damages relations? [510]

@BratwurstBoy, you've described a German nationalism. I've told you on many occassions that Polish nationalism is different and is based on different ideological foundations.

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And yet, when they finally decide to have children they are able to do so. Homosexuals, on the other hand...

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Catch 22. He will not get to a second stage without a support before 1st stage. So I think the second ballot will be between A.Duda and Kidawa "promter" Blonska


He is an educated man without a formal degree.


I think @delphiandomine prefer a "first-hand" Onet opinions ;-)

News / Why is Poland so hostile against Germany? Do they realize how their reparations rubbish damages relations? [510]


That's not exactly correct. Polish Ruch Narodowy [National Movement] does cooperate with main Italian, Hungarian and Slovak national movements. There are talks with French and Spaniards from VOX too.

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Wrong. I'm simply putting the interest of Poland before everything else. It is called "nationalism" not "inter-nationalism" for a reason.

That said when a cooperation benefits Poland I would cooperate.

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They've adopted the laws protecting kids from an aggressive LGBT propaganda? Good news then


No. It's a long term thinking about a well-being of the whole Polish society

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It would be lack of substantial funds to run a large scale campaign and a soft ban on Konfederacja in public media.

Konfederacja will get as little air time on public media as it is legally possible. K.Bosak is very difficult debate partner because he is always well prepared and not possible to unnerve him in discussion. He is also the only full-blooded conservative standing on the right side from PiS.


I'm not repeating after someone but making my own judgement based on a state of a collective Polish soul :-). This is something you probably would not understand. Just put a trust in my judgement based on my past predictions of 2019 Parliamentary elections, rise of Konfederacja and Independence March in 2018...


Kidawa-Blonska is a Komorowski in skirt. Same level of competence and political judgement. She only looks better on photos. She is the most convenient political opponent for Duda in the second ballot.


Kosianiak-Kamysz would stand a chance against Duda if he had a support from PO and Leftists. But right now PO would not let PSL to rise as a political competition. And Lewica promotes a man whose main "political quality" is being homosexual...

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If there's something that Poles don't like in politics the most it is an uncontrollable public verbal aggression of politicians and groups which support them. It is not a sign of strenght of opposition but of weakness.

I'm certain of victory of A. Duda for 95%. I reserve 5% for an occasion in which Duda would punch a cheerful toddler in front of the TVN cameras :-)

News / Why is Poland so hostile against Germany? Do they realize how their reparations rubbish damages relations? [510]

@Tacitus

Especially since Polish nationalism has a future and German one has only past.


Speaking of which, I'll get my licence and my hunting rifle on April :-)

News / Why is Poland so hostile against Germany? Do they realize how their reparations rubbish damages relations? [510]


Poles and Polish is written with capital letter. This low key German arrogance is why you're dissed in Europe.

My next example may cure you: A Prussian Homage

"As a symbol of vassalage, Albert received a standard with the Prussian coat of arms from the Polish king. The black Prussian eagle on the flag was augmented with a letter "S" (for Sigismundus) and had a crown placed around its neck as a symbol of submission to Poland."