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"DOWN GOES SCHROEDER! DOWN GOES SCHROEDER!"
Posted on 09/18/2005 12:12:37 AM PDT by alessandrofiaschi
Don't worry. Merkel will not have a clear majority and if she tries to make too many reforms, she will be out in the next election. Germany will not change fast.
Ever try to wean a baby from breastfeeding?
You think so? I'm not so sure about that.
Hi Michael!
How are you? Hey is it true they want to up the sales tax to 18%? Last time I was home in Germany I almost died how much everything is in Euro (I remember the prices in Marks!) Tschussi und schoenen Sontag! MONI
"I cannot believe that the damn PDS communists are at 10%. What a joke! Germany is utterly hopeless."
We probably have as many in the US
AP has reported based on exit polls Schroeder has lost.
But ours are diluted when compared, population wise.
This is a national tradegy for Germany, a communist party with around 8% is a great shock for us and those that wanted a strong german nation to support U.S. in the war against terrorism.
I believe this party was voted from "german" Muslims, Stalinists from the East, Punks, Nazis and Slackers.
"DOWN GOES SCHROEDER! DOWN GOES SCHROEDER!"
I do not believe these exit poll results.
I followed this election since it was announced in May and I did not see ONE poll that ever had the CDU/CSU below 40% or one poll with the FDP over 9%.
I think one should wait for the actual results, no these exit polls since phone polls, taken as an average, prove to be far more accurate than exit polls.
Auf wiedersehen.
Yes. Weaning initially maybe gradual, but after a brief transition you end the party and don't go back.
OK, you're completely right. But stop now, pleeeeezze!
Merkel spoke not long ago. She acknowledges that the party came up short of goals, but she has every intention of forming the next government.
FDP leader says that his party will not take part in a "traffic light coalition" with the SPD & Greens.
Just what I was thinking except it sounded more like "Schroduh."
So far, judging on the exit polls, it looks like despite absolutely massive unemployment and a crumbling economy that Germans basically want to keep things as they are. I'm speechless. I can't leave here soon enough.
I'm not that familiar with Merkel. Is she Schroeder light, politically speaking? Just slightly less left? Or is this a sign Germans actually wanted something different?
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