POTATO SPLASH: Polish President Lech Kaczynski 'in plane crash'

[jimmy olsen]

The Russians were confused and thought it was a reenactment.

Also, please merge this thread with the other one.

[Martinus]

Holy shit. A lot of other key people died too:

First Lady
Socialdemocrat Presidential candidate
Last Polish President-in-Exile
Chief of Staff
Ombudsman
Governor of the National Bank of Poland

[Viking]

Presidents and Plane Crashes always make me suspicious.

(Lin Biao, Cyprien Ntaryamira and Juvénal Habyarimana)

[Queequeg]

That's a sizeable chunk of Poland's government.  Conspiracy theorists are probably already buzzing.  Bad that it happened in Russia, worse that it happened at Smolensk (where a ton of battles between Poland and Russia happened), and awful that it happened on a trip to commemorate Katyn. 

[jimmy olsen]

Apparently 132 people were on board.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36352097/ns/world_news-europe/

[The Brain]

Holy shit. A lot of other key people died too:

First Lady
Socialdemocrat Presidential candidate
Last Polish President-in-Exile
Chief of Staff
Ombudsman
Governor of the National Bank of Poland

Cui bono?

[Legbiter]

RIP Poles. 

[Martinus]

The ruling party (Civil Platform/PO), easily.

First of all, most of the deadies were appointees of PiS from the time the other twin was the Prime Minister (and couldn't be removed by the current government due to the fixed office term). They were loyal to PiS and had some conflicts with the current government.

Secondly, with the Presidential elections planned for this autumn, the only real candidates were the sitting President (now dead), and the Speaker of Seym from the Civic Platform, Mr Komorowski (the social democrat guy who also died in the crash may have gained about 10% of votes). Komorowski was a clear favourite but it could have turned differently. Now, as the Speaker, he is the constitutional "President-in-absentia" until the elections, so this pretty much makes him a shoe-in.

[Martinus]

The toll is up to 132 according to the latest reports.

[The Brain]

The ruling party (Civil Platform/PO), easily.

First of all, most of the deadies were appointees of PiS from the time the other twin was the Prime Minister (and couldn't be removed by the current government due to the fixed office term). They were loyal to PiS and had some conflicts with the current government.

Secondly, with the Presidential elections planned for this autumn, the only real candidates were the sitting President (now dead), and the Speaker of Seym from the Civic Platform, Mr Komorowski (the social democrat guy who also died in the crash may have gained about 10% of votes). Komorowski was a clear favourite but it could have turned differently. Now, as the Speaker, he is the constitutional "President-in-absentia" until the elections, so this pretty much makes him a shoe-in.

So Gloucester will be Lord Protector? I fear our happiness is at the height.

[Martinus]

Also 5 generals and one admiral.

[The Brain]

Also 5 generals and one admiral.

Katyn II.

[DisturbedPervert]

Was this a Polish government plane?

[Martinus]

Was this a Polish government plane?

Yeah. It was the Presidential plane. The President was giving a lift to politicians etc. who were attending the Katyn events in Russia. This plane had mostly PiS people, socialdemocrats, clergy and military guys. The ruling party's politicians went on the prime minister's plane. 

[Martinus]

Fuck you, Martinus and all the conservative-hating Polish gay society you represent.

I actually kinda liked him, though thought he was not cut out for his job. It's still a tragedy, not to mention a lot of politicians I actually supported died too.