April 26, 2010 09:27 PM UTC

You Can't Make This Up

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• by: Colorado Pols

From The Associated Press, a story that would seem far-fetched in a spy novel:

Polish opposition party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Monday he will run in summer elections to replace his twin brother, the incumbent president who was killed in a plane crash.

Law and Justice party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, 60, said he will run to continue the mission of his brother and others killed in the crash…

…The elections were moved up to June 20 after President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and 94 others – including top civilian and military leaders – were killed April 10 in Smolensk, Russia, en route to World War II observances. They were to pay respect to some 22,000 Polish officers killed in 1940 by the Soviet secret security in the Katyn forest and in other places.

There’s nothing wrong with this, of course, but it would be really weird to see a guy on the campaign trail for President who looks exactly like the President who just died in a plane crash.