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why is Venizelos still running PASOK?  I would expect a leadership shakeup after such a result.
by rootless2 on Mon May 7th, 2012 at 12:17:11 PM EST
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Maybe he's taking a cue from Spain...

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon May 7th, 2012 at 12:20:08 PM EST
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Would you want his job?

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Mon May 7th, 2012 at 12:24:59 PM EST
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Of course not, but I'm not in the party leadership. What kind of political party doesn't have a surplus of opportunistic back stabbers? This seems plain wrong.
by rootless2 on Mon May 7th, 2012 at 12:51:18 PM EST
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But the ones who were quick on the uptake seem to have jumped ship to DIMAR.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Mon May 7th, 2012 at 01:01:41 PM EST
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Opportunistic back-stabbers can be very loyal to the current leader when leadership involves a thankless task with little prospect of success. This could be a time when opportunistic back stabbers are keeping their powder dry.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Mon May 7th, 2012 at 01:13:15 PM EST
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If you're an opportunistic backstabber this situation doesn't look like an opportunity.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon May 7th, 2012 at 05:36:06 PM EST
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that makes some sense.
by rootless2 on Mon May 7th, 2012 at 09:17:04 PM EST
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No one is challenging him, plus his supporters say that the damage was done under Papandreou, he is managing a disaster not of his making. Most people don't buy it but he is so power hungry and so well connected with the media and the powers that be, that he won't be easy to replace.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom - William Blake
by talos (mihalis at gmail dot com) on Mon May 7th, 2012 at 02:05:51 PM EST
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