Posted on 10/24/2016 7:58:28 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The Christian Social Union (CSU) have long delayed backing Angela Merkel as their candidate for Chancellor in next year’s general election. But now, key leaders are supporting her publicly.
“If Angela Merkel wants to stand for Chancellor again, she has my full support,” Gerda Hasselfeldt, leader of the CSU in the Bundestag, told the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. “We are prepared to resolve the few remaining differences we have and now need to concentrate our efforts on our opponents. The CDU and CSU are only successful together in Germany.” […]
Merkel is yet to announce whether she will stand for a fourth term as Chancellor next year, leading to speculation that she has been unable to rally enough support from the CSU, who have been critical of her liberal refugee stance. …
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Looks like the checks cleared.
Some refugees I’d love to take in: hardworking, law-abiding German taxpayers.
The German and American political establishments suffer from the same fatal disease: We don’t care what the people think or want. Period. We do care about our own power. Period.
So long as they do not vote Democrat should they become citizens. The images of Obama at the Brandenburg Gate are still a bit fresh in my mind.
Deutschland ist kaput.
Will we be Americans after this election or citizens of the World?
The Elites step forward
FWIW, I don’t think too many of them would vote for the same policies that forced them to flee their homes. IIRC, many are going to Hungary, which is taking a hard line on refugees.
I will always be an American. No matter what. I was born one and I’ll die one.
The CSU pretty much burned out after Franz Josef Strauss.
Insanity.
"an no sidewindin' bushwackin', hornswagglin' cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishen cutter"
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