tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971319213484925231.post492092193252412958..comments2018-06-11T07:06:24.581+02:00Comments on Nikola blogging: Why Serbia lost when Nikolic won, or, who is Tomislav Nikolic to meNikola Stefanovićhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13280266573203610716noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971319213484925231.post-28852607722229826632012-05-21T03:32:20.225+02:002012-05-21T03:32:20.225+02:00There's something about Radicals, Nikolic incl...There's something about Radicals, Nikolic included, that I always found intriguing - they almost exclusively use quasi-arguments to prove a point, but it works! I'm baffled by it. The only way to rationalize that their success is based on this kind of argumentation is to conclude that people must be idiots when they can't tell that it's a load of crap, and believe them. That's very frustrating.Nikola Stefanovićhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280266573203610716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971319213484925231.post-79105400765521354222012-05-21T02:15:39.386+02:002012-05-21T02:15:39.386+02:00Alternative within the opposition to Tadic, or alt...Alternative within the opposition to Tadic, or alternative to Nikolic, including Tadic?<br />In the first case, that's the result of a very stale political life in Serbia. No new parties, definitely no new ideas. Nikolic's Progressive party is actually one of the newest ones. If you forget the fact that he's still the same man, which apparently most people did...<br />In the second case, Tadic is a pretty good option, if you ask me. My expectations from politicians are not that high, and he pretty much meets all of them - he's relatively uncorrupted (most of the corruption accusations are to his party members, never him, and I believe he's clean), he's good-looking and charismatic (very important with the ladies, pardon, women voters), he's a democrat and he's ostensibly for a stronger civil society and modernization, he's well regarded abroad, he's not a lunatic...<br />So, why did he lose? People got tired of being poor and Nikolic offered Tadic as the culprit. That was his message, and he stuck by it, so in the end enough people believed him. Mind you, it's a very slim margin. The first time they faced off, Nikolic lost by 250,000 votes, the second time by around 100,000, and now he won by only 33,000! So, he only needed to convince several tens of thousands of people to change their minds. Not an impossible task, you would agree. Also, the nationalists are pretty diligent when it comes to voting. The democrats aren't, and as the turnout was low, this meant the nationalists are favorites. The combination of all of this contributed to Tadic's fall.Nikola Stefanovićhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280266573203610716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971319213484925231.post-31448412672588674372012-05-21T01:58:52.970+02:002012-05-21T01:58:52.970+02:00Very, very interesting note. I will continue with ...Very, very interesting note. I will continue with the videos tomorrow. By the way, the water splashing was famous all over the world!!! I remember it clearly. I just have a quick (and very layman) question: Why was there no better alternative than Nikolic?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833657559663548933noreply@blogger.com