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Merkel offers Bavaria 'mea culpa' in hint at fourth term
reuters ^ | Sept. 20, 2016 | Madeline Chambers and Paul Carrel

Posted on 09/21/2016 8:14:30 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Angela Merkel's shock admission that she wishes she could turn back the clock on her migrant policy is a clear attempt to mend fences with her allies in Bavaria and a strong hint she will seek to run for a fourth term as German chancellor.

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1 posted on 09/21/2016 8:14:30 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“I created this mess. Only I can fix it”. Angela M


2 posted on 09/21/2016 8:17:35 PM PDT by stocksthatgoup (when the MSM wants your opinion, they will give it to you)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Throw the Bum out


3 posted on 09/21/2016 8:18:17 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

“Throw the Bum out”

I agree with the statement with one minor change in the word starting with “b”.


4 posted on 09/21/2016 8:20:25 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Berlin_Freeper

What’s the German word for chutzpah?


5 posted on 09/21/2016 8:21:36 PM PDT by Garth Tater (What's mine is mine.)
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To: Garth Tater

They had a word for it, but they murdered everyone who would remember it.


6 posted on 09/21/2016 8:23:51 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I hope the Germans throw her out and elect someone who’ll reverse her policy of submission.


7 posted on 09/21/2016 8:25:22 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

It makes you wonder that they’ve put up with her for so long.


8 posted on 09/21/2016 8:26:31 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: DesertRhino

Yeah, that woman’s got some nerve. Takes balls to do what she did and then say, “Well, I wish I could turn the clock back on my migrant policy.” Pure, unadulterated chutzpah!


9 posted on 09/21/2016 8:27:43 PM PDT by Garth Tater (What's mine is mine.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“.....a strong hint she will seek to run for a fourth term as German chancellor.”

As arrogant as any Democrat in this country.


10 posted on 09/21/2016 8:31:49 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (America IS sick, and tired of the Clintons. It's time to say goodbye.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

She’s like a doctor that cuts off the wrong arm and then tells the patirent that she has experience in cutting off arms and she is qualified to cut off the other arm.


11 posted on 09/21/2016 8:34:16 PM PDT by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Do you believe her? Or is she unhappy the plan’s hurting her where it hurts... her hold on power?


12 posted on 09/21/2016 8:38:57 PM PDT by GOPJ ("..unbridled ambition, greedy...with a husband still dicking bimbos at home"-Colin Powell on Clinton)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“I hope the Germans throw her out and elect someone who’ll reverse her policy of submission.”

Germany needs their Trump too!


13 posted on 09/21/2016 8:44:05 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Who has the Bunker video of this?

How would Hitler react to such betrayal of the EU agenda?


14 posted on 09/21/2016 8:48:35 PM PDT by bakeneko
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I’d give it less than a ten-percent chance of happening.

But the issue revolves around who from within the party might be a good candidate. Wolfgang Schauble (the Finance Minister) would be a great choice, but he’s 74 right now and will retire next year. Maiziere, the interior minister, has said he wants to retire next year. Ursula von der Leyen (defense minister) would like to run but is a light-weight and won’t attract voters. Pete Altmier is Merkel’s chief of staff....he might do well but he’s been the person behind Merkel and the policies that she’s pushed, so zero chance the public would be that thrilled.

So after that, you start to drift to the second level. Because of this quality of candidate issue....without the CSU numbers figured into this...the CDU tally probably won’t go past 20-percent in the 2017 election. The comfort to this is that the SPD has a similar problem and that they will be very lucky to get near the 20-to-24 percent level.


15 posted on 09/21/2016 9:24:11 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Berlin_Freeper

If she admits her policies were mistaken, then the honorable thing for her to do would be to resign. And if she doesn’t, then the Germans should demand it. How can the report say her words indicate there is a strong possibility she will be running for a fourth term, when she admits her policies were a failure?

Cameron resigned when he lost out on Brexit. Eden resigned when his Suez policy collapsed. I don’t understand this German political process.


16 posted on 09/21/2016 9:29:15 PM PDT by RAldrich
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I doubt the CSU is going to be this easily placated.


17 posted on 09/22/2016 12:50:53 AM PDT by KyCats
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