Posted on 08/31/2005 7:18:29 AM PDT by Grendel9
Berlin — Twenty points down in the polls just one month before the September 18 general election, German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is up to his old tricks.
Three years ago, facing a similar disadvantage in the polls against his Christian Democrat Party (CDU) opponent, Schroeder placed his bets on the anti-American fears and fantasies of a certain portion of his electorate and ran his campaign against President Bush and the war in Iraq. These past weeks, Schroeder has made it clear he was hoping to play the same card this election season, accusing the Americans of plotting a military campaign against Iran.
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Note to Schroeder:
Nobody's buying that line of crap in your country any longer. Not when you have 0 GDP, none of your selfish, lazy socialist citizens are having babies except the muslims, and average double digit unemployment.
"Es ist die Wirtschaft, dumm" which translated is "It's the economy, stupid."
Why not take a tip from a former German chancellor and blame it on the Jews?
(sarcasm mode off)
He is blaming it on the Jews, although like other leftists he uses a thin veil of anti-Israelism to cover up his anti-Semitism.
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