Posted on 03/18/2012 8:58:43 AM PDT by nuconvert
Germans resoundingly elected Joachim Gauck, a former Lutheran pastor and human rights activist from communist East Germany, as president of the European Union's largest country on Sunday, posing a potential political headache for Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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He described himself in that article as “a left-leaning, liberal conservative”. I wonder how that translates in German politics as opposed to U.S. politics?
Also, is he a theologically Biblical Lutheran pastor or theologically liberal Lutheran pastor?
Liberal in Europe means more what Libertarian does here, on economic issues.
Well, that’s a case where the word “liberal” would truly mean a change from the European status quo a/k/a socialism.
Well, it’s really very simple then.
I’m sure he is anti-communist.
However, the German Social Democratic Party is a socialist party. Its official color is red.
The question pretty much answers itself.
The SPD is a middle-left party in the same way as CDU is middle-right. Most of the really left base split with the SPD after the Harz reforms in the Schröder era and founded together with the PDS(former SED) a new party named Die Linke.
If red is an indicator of a socialist party then the us repulicans are in big trouble.
If you look a the german flag and the color assosiated with the three main parties after WWII(CDU/CSU, FDP, SPD) you will see the connection.
If red is an indicator of a socialist party then the us repulicans are in big trouble.
The Republicans did not choose red, the MSM gave it to them.
being a God believer would automatically put him in the political center.
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