Onasagoras
Pamboridis said he had informed Anastasiades about his candidacy and received… his blessing! All right, my dear Giorgos, it wasn’t exactly a blessing from Elder Paisios or some monk on Mount Athos, but blessings are always welcome—especially when they come from someone blameless, spotless, and unsullied. According, of course, to… Anastasiades himself. It reminded me of those people who declare, "I'm gorgeous, brilliant, and, above all, modest.”
Averof received Anastasiades’ blessing back in ’23, too. Who could forget that legendary line: “Vote Averof if you want the Anastasiades administration to continue”? Apparently, though, our great Nikaros must have handed out his blessings to quite a few people, because they ended up voting for Christodoulides, and the Anastasiades administration largely continued, complete with its good points and its many… misfires. A blessing and a curse, as it turned out.
“Pamboridis has political positions.” — Averof Neofytou
But Pamboridis wasn’t the only one to meet Nicos Anastasiades. Foullis did, too, trying this time not to look foolish. For obvious reasons, the meeting did not take place at a fish taverna.
Exactly what they discussed was not disclosed, but rumors were denied that the former fox had begged Nikaros not to tell people to “vote Averof” this time, considering that particular endorsement a jinx and the main reason for his disastrous defeat in ’23.
Others went a step further, claiming Averof had begged Anastasiades this time to tell voters—clearly—to vote for Christodoulides, reckoning it would do his future rival more harm than good. Such spite…
“Giorgos has political views, and I will welcome this healthy competition,” Foullis said of Pamboridis. The malicious among us read between the lines and detected a suggestion that Annita had no political positions—precisely what the Barbie parody account used to write every day. What a coincidence!
As for the “healthy competition,” the wagging tongues were at it again—one day I’ll cut those tongues out—saying that the way Foullis knocked Annita out hardly fell within the bounds of… healthy competition. Quite the opposite: It involved plenty of blows below the belt.
But let’s not get into all that now. Water under the bridge… and salt in the wound.
I did, however, read various comments on social media about yesterday’s epic photograph—to say the least—in which our beloved fox stands beside someone unloading and carrying the boxes of supporters’ signatures.
Some called it an unnecessary show of strength, revealing a character that could become dangerous if given absolute power, because 1) he is trying to intimidate his opponent and 2) he shows no inclination to help the person doing the carrying.
I don’t know. I'm no psychological profiler, qualified to offer a scientific analysis of a photograph. He certainly could have helped carry a box or two, though.
Whatever else happens, we’re never bored.
