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As a legacy of its past attempt to absorb the entire political spectrum right of centre, Hungary's main right-wing party Fidesz is loaded with far-right figures, and a policy to not delimit themselves.

Now, there was a major who is also MP who first making headlines with an evidence-free claim that local Roma women beat their unborn children with hammers to make them imbeciles eligible for social supports; then envisioned Jewish capital that wants to take over Hungary. This was a bit too much for the party leadership, who deselected him as candidate in nexrt years' elections. Against the unanimous endorsement of the local Fidesz branch...

So how to please the idiots? They aparently chose to parachute a Lebanon-born Palestinian as candidate for the region. I leave it to you to figure out the message behind the choice...

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Sun Dec 13th, 2009 at 03:05:55 PM EST
I'm afraid that for me, the phrase "parachuting" a politician inevitably evokes in my mind one individual above all else.

Still, I guess it's one way to make an impact...

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Sun Dec 13th, 2009 at 03:25:17 PM EST
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