[syriacus]

. "I would like to assure you that no one has a place at my Cabinet table who makes a connection between the American president and a criminal," Schroeder wrote.

Does this mean Herta is stepping down?

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

THESE PEOPLE ARE A LOT LIKE"NAZIS"!

[joeyman]

Think of the money we could save if the Germans threw us out.

[speekinout]

44 percent back Schroeder's Social Democrats compared with only 37 percent of men. By contrast, only 36 percent of women backed Stoiber's conservatives and 39 percent of men.

That's an awful lot like US statistics - many women are Liberals, and more men are Conservative than Liberal.
I worked with Germans (mostly men) for many years, and they were amazed that we could have elected clintoon twice. But we did.
And this election is as close as our last one was. We came within one cemetery of having the other guy as President. (No, I can't bring myself to type the alternative)

[oyez]

The brighter Germans migrated West years ago.

[Bonaparte]

Maybe Gore's comment about "civilizing the Germans" was premature.

[Ipberg]

Schroeder deftly played the anti-American trump card to stay in power and distract from a failing economy. It's just what Stalin, Kruschev, and Brehznev did.