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Miracles, folks, miracles! Well, for some, miracles are truly miraculous, but for us – the M24 editorial team – it’s just another simple analysis among many on our pages, a straightforward connection of dots with a neat little loop. It was predictable, obvious even. A blind man could see it; a deaf man could hear it.
But let’s get to the point: Presidential candidate Rafał “Handsome Lolo” Trzaskowski has declared that the new school subject, „health education,” should not be mandatory! Just a few days ago, Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (nicknamed “Come Here, Tiger” – credit to his wife) said the same thing, and he was blasted for it – not by divine lightning but by his colleague, comrade Barbara Nowacka. She is eager to enforce education – by force, of course – about the beauty of the world around us, especially the part below the waist.
Comrade Nowacka fiercely criticized her government colleague, suggesting he might be confused about his role since it’s she who heads the Ministry of Education, not Kosiniak-Kamysz, who leads the Ministry of National Defense.
Unexpectedly, Rafał “Handsome Lolo” Trzaskowski came to Kosiniak-Kamysz’s defense. But was it really unexpected? Trzaskowski is well-known for his middle name: Progress. And Progress, as we all know, thrives on perpetual conflict with Conservatism – it feeds off this tension, sustaining itself and performing political acrobatics in the process. The best example? When the mayor of Warsaw ordered the removal of crosses from public buildings under his authority.
In politics, sometimes you need to take two steps back to take five steps forward. That’s precisely what we’re witnessing now. To win the presidency, “Handsome Lolo” can’t rely solely on his urban, left-wing voter base – that’s far too small to defeat Karol Nawrocki. Trzaskowski has therefore made a calculated move toward the political center, slyly winking at the public as if to say: „I’m not a tyrant; you can raise your kids however you want. The state has no say in the matter.”
The idea is to reassure progressive Catholics (not necessarily the sharpest tools in the shed) that voting for him is morally acceptable. They’ll be choosing someone progressive but also tolerant.
Since Trzaskowski has dropped about 9 percentage points in the polls this past month, we should expect more gestures like this toward the center. Don’t be surprised if Donald Tusk lends him a family altar for a photo op (no word on whether Tusk actually prays there) or if we see Trzaskowski in a cassock accompanying a priest on house blessings – complete with conveniently „random” photojournalists in the vicinity.
As someone once said, people pick politicians like they pick fish in a store – they look at the pretty packaging and later wonder why it stinks. That’s the trick: a portion of voters focuses only on the packaging, on whether it’s attractive. But it’s not about the packaging – it’s about what’s inside.
Rafał “Handsome Lolo” Trzaskowski has mastered the art of saying absolutely nothing in a way that makes it sound profoundly important. Behind his words lies… nothing. Pure emptiness.
