[Lukasz]

Well they elected socialist politician for second term, I hope that they know what they are doing. But his big advantage it is proof how weak Croatian rightists are.

There is typical for Eastern Europe tendency, when rightists won the last parliamentary elections then now leftists must win presidential elections. Society is always unhappy with their politicians and changing options as often as they can. Their rightist should know that and I don’t understand why they chose Kosor who was Deputy Prime Minister in present government! Big error, their candidate shouldn’t be closely connected to actual government.

[Lukasz]

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[68skylark]

Let me ask you a question, if you don't mind. And I'd love to hear the opinion of others on the ping list.

Here in the U.S. our media is very liberal, but now we have lots of ways to go around them for our news and opinions -- talk radio (especially Rush Limbaugh), a few newspapers and magazines (like the Wall Street Journal editorial page), and of course the internet (including FR, blogs, email, etc).

How does this compare to East European countries. Is there a monopoly on news and opinion? Is it a left-wing monopoly? Or are there ways for a large variety of views to be heard by the people?