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Piotr Trembecki, a 35-year-old construction worker from Wilkow, is among Kaczynski supporters criticizing the government for its handling of recent flooding. He said he hopes the suffering caused by the floods in his area gives Kaczynski a boost by reminding voters that Komorowski's Civic Platform "never cared for the poor or for the farmers." "Kaczynski has a clear vision of what he wants. He has a plan. He fought corruption and crime, he defended Poland's interests in Europe," Trembecki said. "And many people have sympathy for him and will want to vote for him as encouragement." The nationalist brothers spoke bluntly about old foes Germany and Russia, and Jaroslaw Kaczynski's time as prime minister
-- from 2006 to 2007 -- was marked by increased tensions with Berlin, Moscow as well as Brussels. At home, he presided over a dysfunctional and short-lived coalition formed with a far-right party and a populist agrarian group. One of his more controversial acts as prime minister was to try to purge former communist collaborators from public life. It would have required up to 700,000 people in public positions, including journalists and teachers, to be screened, but was struck down as unconstitutional. "It was a bad time, and we Poles were also very ashamed when his brother was president," said Ewa Jezak, a 39-year-old economist and Komorowski supporter at a campaign rally Sunday in a Warsaw park. "I want Komorowski to be president because he is a calm and balanced person." Opinion surveys vary, but they show Komorowski with support in the 40-50 percent range, and Kaczynski polling around 30-38 percent. There are several other candidates but none has a realistic chance of winning. If no candidate musters at least 50 percent on Sunday, voters will have to choose between the top two candidates in a runoff vote on July 4
-- a scenario that seems likely. Whether Komorowski or Kaczynski wins, Poland is set to have a president with a traditional image. Kaczynski's parents fought in the anti-Nazi Warsaw Uprising during World War II and nurtured Catholic, patriotic values that form the basis of the Kaczynskis' mission: fighting corruption and using a strong state to support the poor and promote religious values. Komorowski has stressed his own service to the country and reminded voters he was imprisoned for his anti-communist opposition in 1981. In contrast with the bachelor Kaczynski, his commercials also emphasize the importance that Komorowski, a father of five, puts on family:
He is shown sitting at the head of the family dinner table surrounded by his grown children as his wife carries food to the table. [Associated
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