Greek national elections. Already voted. - Again!

[alhoon]

OK, today is a big day for Greece and almost as big for the rest of the world.
Greek elections. The anti-EU parties are not expected to form a goverment but in the first time in recent years they have some chances if the "Big Two" don't manage to form a goverment with 151+ PMs.

http://news.yahoo.com/angry-greeks-v...-business.html


I already voted, at 7.15 am. I voted for the Greek Pirate Party. Part of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party

I would vote either "Democratic left" or the pro-church party of OXI but the first got people in the Ballot that I didn't want and the second gathered anti-EU far leftwings.

So I said "heck" and voted for a non-really-about-economy party.



As far as Crete goes, for basically the first time in more than 3 decades some people from the Mitsotakis faction will lose a LOT of their power, as the party of Dora Bakogianni won't probably make it in the parliament.
So, while those corrupted #####les have spent years putting their cronies and spittle-lickers in various positions in Crete, and there were allegations that they have been paying people to vote for them, they will be left out of the parliament.
In Crete, Dora would probably get over 10% but that's not enough for her party to enter the parliament.

Good riddance.


EDIT:
Voted, again.
And again, Pirate party.
After the last elections Dora, nearly wiped out, joined with ND again, so we won't get rid of her corrupted lackeys... cockroaches have a tendecy to survive after all.
This time we didn't pick canditates to send to the parliament. We voted for parties, and the parties decide who to send to the parliament without any imput from us at all.

[Admiral Piett]

Greek?

[alhoon]

Thanks. Corrected.

[King Gambrinus]

I hear there's everything from a Neo-Nazi party to the party you voted for (protest vote or are you actually a believer?)


Care to give us your rundown of the candidates? Which party is most like to stick the finger up to the EU?

[Menelik_I]

I just want to know what happened to Pappandreou

So does this election actually change anything or is it more of the same with mustard ?

[Akrotatos]

We shall see...I will go vote in about an hour after lunch. Still undecided, i will probably vote for a small party called 'Dimiourgia ksana' which does not contain any of those so-called professional politicians

[Stavroforos]

Voted, then went for coffee. Will vote again next week, but more importantly, I shall go somewhere else for my coffee.

[Timoleon of Korinthos]

I voted for Drasi. I strongly dislike the fact that they have joined forces with provocative fags, but they are the only ones, alongside Creation Again, that accurately assess our society's strongly entrenched weaknesses and therefore bring forth a realistic economic program and a plan for institutional reforms; but unlike the latter, they have got a chance to pass into the Parliament.
Anyway, the majority of Greek people are stupid and full of complexes, which is why they will vote for left(ish) charlatans as usual, ensuring that no reform will ever occur in this god-forshaken place and that Greece will keep going down the spiral remaining the black sheep of Europe.

[Giorgos]

I voted for the Pirate party. I mean, honestly, who does not like the idea of frigates sailing across the Aegean under the pirate flag while the sailors nco's and officers fire muskets while screaming arrrgh, the pirate's life for me!

But realistically, i voted the pirate party because i considered them to be the lesser threat to our survival.

[alhoon]

But realistically, i voted the pirate party because i considered them to be the lesser threat to our survival.

That!

Ahoy mate! Booty and Loot! +rep.

[cenkiss]

I heard there was even a party made by a porn star.Lol greece,you crazy.

[Shneckie]

Lolwut. Swedish Pirate Party has 2 MEP's?

[molonthegreat]

Lolwut. Swedish Pirate Party has 2 MEP's?

Yep, there were a lot of nuts that voted for them in the European parliament election, however at least they don't do much unlike normal despicable politicans.

As for Greece apparently the national socialists in golden dawn got enough votes to enter parliament, however I find it more baffling that the two biggest parties in Greece still enjoys such support seeing how they created this mess Greece is in.

[Hobbes]

Yep, there were a lot of nuts that voted for them in the European parliament election, however at least they don't do much unlike normal despicable politicans.

As for Greece apparently the national socialists in golden dawn got enough votes to enter parliament, however I find it more baffling that the two biggest parties in Greece still enjoys such support seeing how they created this mess Greece is in.

Parties are a family thing in Greece. If your family is pro-ND you will most likely be ND yourself... Sad but true. Also many people view parties like football teams, they don't care what happens as long as their team wins.

[Witchsmeller]

@cenkiss: Well, it's certain that the left will us 'till we're dead, at least we'll have a good ousrelves before that happens!!!

Seriously now, This election reveals two basic characteristics of greek politics: The greeks usually fight endlessly and pointlessly, excerpt when they are rallied by a great emotional movement. The mostly non-emotional political centre is divided by three bigger and many smaller factions, while the neo-nazi Golden Dawn and the terrorist-sympathising SY.RIZ.A, which are based primarilly (if not solely) on emotionallisms and rage, are stronger and more united than ever.

Personally, as a supporter of liberalism (for americas, libertarianism), I am deeply saddened by the fact that the three main liberal factions could not come into agreement over really stupid reasons.

[Witchsmeller]

@Hobbes:First of all, thanks for the vote of confidence to the Greek people! Secondly, this year's elections are even worse, as the meople voted based on strong, negative, non-producive emotions, which leads to extremist parties and parties with no political purpose other than expressing rage gaining power. And that is why Greeks are idiots and deserve their misery.

[alhoon]

So far, there is no clear if the pro-bailout or anti-bailout parties will win. We well may go to anti-bailout coalition goverment. PASOK are already saying "Look, we want to keep our chairs, so we may align with SYRIZA to make goverment".

Democratic Left (5%) is the calling card here. If they go with the pro-bailout ND party (20%), they would get PASOK (15%) with them and form a probailout team
If they go with the anti-bailout Syriza party (15%), PASOK may be called in to form goverment with them and other anti-bailouts will follow in an anti-bailout coalition.

[King Gambrinus]

Good to see Syriza doing well. I like this new Leftist anti-austerity movement in Europe...If they come second, I'd pay to see some of the bankers' faces in Frankfurt right now...

[Beorn]

A note: Syriza isn't an extreme-leftwing party; KKE, ANTARSYA are more "leftists" than them, and DIMAR are just at their right, between them and PASOK (with the gap among those 3 diminishing). If KKE , Kammenos' party and DIMAR agree with SYRIZA, it'll be the 1st time in our history that a mostly left-orientated government shall be formed.

[King Gambrinus]

They're the equivalent of Front de Gauche and Die Linke aren't they? That's what I meant.