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Germany: Posters of [Chancellor] Angela Merkel's cleavage spice up German election campaign
The Times ^ | 8/11/2009

Posted on 08/11/2009 8:30:55 PM PDT by bruinbirdman

Billboards of Chancellor Angela Merkel sporting a very revealing low-cut dress have pepped up a German election campaign that has so far struggled to grab public attention.

The election placards have been put up by Vera Lengsfeld, a member of Mrs Merkel's own conservative CDU party, who is running in a left-wing district of Berlin for a seat in parliament in the September 27 poll.

The billboards show photographs of each woman in an evening dress showing plenty of cleavage with the slogan: "We have more to offer" emblazoned over the chancellor's breasts.

Mrs Lengsfeld, a former East German dissident, said she had not cleared the picture beforehand with Mrs Merkel, 55, telling rolling news channel N24: "The chancellor could never have allowed me to do this, otherwise everyone would have wanted to do it."

She added: "I find it amazing how little humour some people have shown over this placard. People always complain that election posters are boring and then as soon as someone does something different, people get annoyed," she said.

Mrs Lengsfeld, 57, said she had 17,000 visitors on her election blog since she shot into the public eye and added: "If only a tenth of them also look at the content of my policies, then I will have reached many more people than I could have done with classic street canvassing."

She will have her work cut out, however, to transform the limelight into success at the ballot box against a popular Green party veteran.

The famous photo of Mrs Merkel's cleavage, taken at the opening of the Oslo Opera House in April 2008, prompted headlines such as "Merkel's Weapons of Mass Destruction" "Deutschland boober alles" in British tabloids.

On Mrs Lengsfeld's election blog, opinion was sharply divided.

"Alex" wrote: "Fantastic idea.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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To: TXBlair

GUILTY!


21 posted on 08/11/2009 9:01:04 PM PDT by BookaT (My cat's breath smells like cat food!)
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To: BookaT

I like Merkel, but I hope her big-boob-campaign doesn’t give Pelosi any ideas.


22 posted on 08/11/2009 9:04:50 PM PDT by TXBlair (I'll bring the pinatas.)
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To: Cicero
“Deutschland boober alles”?

Ok, that does it! I red your comment and... YOU OWE ME A NEW NOTEBOOK because there was no:

"W A R N I N G!!! DO NOT EAT OR DRINK ANYTHING RIGHT BEFORE READING THE FOLLOWING COMMENT!"

MERKEL: St. Paulies Girl wanna be?

23 posted on 08/11/2009 9:10:06 PM PDT by Jmouse007
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To: Cicero

24 posted on 08/11/2009 9:16:21 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Maelstorm

Autsch, meine Augen! Autsch, meine Augen!


25 posted on 08/11/2009 9:22:17 PM PDT by Glock17 (Aim Center Mass)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I’d vote for the Blonde


26 posted on 08/11/2009 9:22:39 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier presently instructing at Ft. Benning.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I was just thinking about that picture...


27 posted on 08/11/2009 9:26:39 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: Cicero
“Deutschland boober alles”?

Snort - we have a winner!

28 posted on 08/11/2009 9:27:03 PM PDT by Yossarian
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To: bruinbirdman

29 posted on 08/11/2009 9:29:12 PM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: bruinbirdman
Are you making a joke?

As the article says, the caption is "we have more to offer".

30 posted on 08/11/2009 9:46:58 PM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (Are they insane, stupid or just evil?)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I love Dirndl, they make any women look sexy. Of course the Blonde doesn’t need any help in that department.


31 posted on 08/11/2009 10:27:51 PM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (Are they insane, stupid or just evil?)
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To: bruinbirdman

I hope she wears a bib while eating dinner or it’s fishing for left overs.

Boob or butt crack that’s just nasty!


32 posted on 08/11/2009 10:30:56 PM PDT by SoulSearching
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To: bruinbirdman

You had to see this one coming
33 posted on 08/11/2009 11:36:10 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Fiscal conservatism without social conservatism is dead.)
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To: ari-freedom

and right out of left field comes the buzz kill of all buzz kills


34 posted on 08/12/2009 12:33:51 AM PDT by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: bruinbirdman
The caption under the cleaveage, "We have more work to do."

Thanks for the post, but are you sure of that translation? My college German is very rusty, but as I recall the word for work in German is "arbeiten." The caption says "bieten". Maybe it means "we have more to bite." (The article says, "We have more to offer.")

35 posted on 08/12/2009 12:48:04 AM PDT by stripes1776 ("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
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To: bruinbirdman

Well, the old girl does have a set of jugs... and a face that would stop a train...


36 posted on 08/12/2009 1:59:37 AM PDT by backhoe (All across America, the Lights are going out...)
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To: bruinbirdman

Unbelievably tacky. I dont know my Merkel puts up with it.


37 posted on 08/12/2009 2:45:56 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: Vanders9

my = why - sorry


38 posted on 08/12/2009 2:47:02 AM PDT by Vanders9
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