Unfortunately, PASOK chose to become a watered-down version of SYRIZA.<\/p>\n
shipwreck (n.) 1. sinking of a ship \u201cFor years now, we\u2019ve been watching the shipwreck of PASOK in slow motion\u201d 2. wreck of a sunken ship \u201cand what you see in fourth place in the poll is the wreck of PASOK\u201d 3. complete failure \u201cPASOK\u2019s attempt to pose as a \u2018light\u2019 version of SYRIZA to win votes from the left while ignoring the center was a shipwreck\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPASOK never dies,\u201d said comrade Markogiannaki, trying to comfort and be comforted herself, after yet another poll showing her party Nikos and Haris in fourth place with a single-digit percentage. <\/p>\n
Attempting the same thing, Comrade Spyropoulos recalled that not long ago, Bibila\u2019s leader was in second place in the polls. Of course, neither attempt was successful, since a) merely surviving and limping along is not exactly what a party whose leaders aspire to govern wants, and b) the fact that the second-place party is changing is no consolation for the party that remains in third or fourth place.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately (both for the party itself and for voters who want a serious alternative to the current government) PASOK chose to become a \u201clight\u201d version of SYRIZA, and so when the original SYRIZA reemerged, PASOK retreated. And as long as, swept along by the overambitious mayor of Bachalaioi, it insists on competing with Tzokodas in populism and irresponsibility, it will continue to lose ground.<\/p>\n
It was too late\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n
All it took was the urging of a vague (along the lines of \u201cthe state must back down because that\u2019s just how it is\u201d) resolution by the Bahalaion municipality to end, after 140 days, the hunger strike for the refugee camps, and the question is: why, comrade mayor, didn\u2019t you organize the resolution sooner and let a man suffer? What were you afraid of? No one thinks you\u2019re on the side of law and order anyway.<\/p>\n
Valuable service to the Hellenic Police<\/b><\/p>\n
With all my heart, I want to advise the officials of New Democracy that pointing out that Tsipras is staffing his party with businesspeople\u2014and therefore isn\u2019t as left-wing as he pretends to be\u2014is not criticism. It is a vindication of his rebranding and thus a valuable service to ELAS (that of Tzokontou, not Michalis\u2019).<\/p>\n
Confirmation<\/b><\/p>\n
And the murder in Kallithea is yet another confirmation of the obvious: that as long as the \u201cauthorities\u201d let their “acquaintances” and allow the areas where they operate to remain unchecked, the more murders we will have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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