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Originally Posted by HarmanKardon

First of all - Happy Birthday, Bob!

The actual topic of this thread should rather be the - indeed - charismatic Martin Schulz, but a lot of Volldeppen already hijacked this thread by posting hair-raising bullshit about Germany.

Well, apart from being charismatic and the remarkable Anti-Trump character of Schulz it is the total weakness of Merkel that makes him so strong. She is weak, she is tired, she seems to suffer from a burnout, she tries to hide it, but she can't.

We are fed up to the back teeth with CDU chancellors Kohl and Merkel. Since 1982 (35 years!!!) we suffered 28 years from Kohl and Merkel chancellorship. It is enough. I am sure that Merkel would not have become candidate of the position of chancellor again if there would not have been the probable SPD candidate Gabriel (now secretary of state, a man with zero charisma) but actually Schulz, about three months ago...

Why are the Schulz polls so sensational? It also is because he brings back many many non-voters, like me. Schulz is magic, although he looks like a math teacher. He is a brilliant speaker, and one of his main topics during the election campain will be social justice.

Merkel and her CDU caused an immense, a huge vacuum. Now Schulz will finish our political apathy.

"Jetzt ist Schulz" - an SPD slogan, the great pun can't be translated into English, right, finnbow?

Who are the dipshits? A lot means a large number and eight members posted before yours.

FWIW, I found the German cuisine talk excellent.