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02-19-2017, 11:11 AM
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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?
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Post is remarkable for its dump on Frau Merkel.
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02-19-2017, 11:30 AM
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I posted in English, not in German, Donnyboy. However you did not understand.
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02-19-2017, 11:30 AM
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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?
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Who are the dipshits? A lot means a large number and eight members posted before yours.
FWIW, I found the German cuisine talk excellent.
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02-19-2017, 11:32 AM
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Okay, a matter of exaggeration, and I enjoyed the kitchen talk.
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02-19-2017, 11:39 AM
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I posted in English, not in German, Donnyboy. However you did not understand.
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Don understood what you wrote in English.
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Originally Posted by HarmanKardon
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.
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Does come across as dumping on Merkel considering the high praise you normally give.
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02-19-2017, 12:00 PM
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Don understood what you wrote in English.
Does come across as dumping on Merkel considering the high praise you normally give.
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Come on, man. I never PRAISED her, nor I participated in Merkel bashing.
The political situation in the last about 12 months changed here remarkably (AFD!!!), especially in the last weeks. Merkel IS weak, she does not respond to the new strength of the opponent party SPD and the reactionary AFD in an appropriate manner, more than that: she does not respond at all. I respect this person, but I can't accept her on the political top of Europe anymore.
However I miss so much the harmony between Obama and Merkel. This was - at least in the last years - a comforting and reassuring political relationship in times of worldwide political stormy weather.
Merkel was partly not a bad politician, especially in terms of foreign policy diplomacy, but her time has been running out. And she knows that.
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02-19-2017, 02:59 PM
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Schulz vs. Merkel sounds a lot like Bernie vs. Hillary.
Hope you do the right thing and go with Schultz.
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02-20-2017, 01:53 AM
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Schulz vs. Merkel sounds a lot like Bernie vs. Hillary.
Hope you do the right thing and go with Schultz.
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True. Bernie, for example, mobilized a huge number of young people/voters, and so does Schulz.
I did not vote since 1998. This time I will vote again - Schulz of course.
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02-20-2017, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by HarmanKardon
Come on, man. I never PRAISED her, nor I participated in Merkel bashing.
The political situation in the last about 12 months changed here remarkably (AFD!!!), especially in the last weeks. Merkel IS weak, she does not respond to the new strength of the opponent party SPD and the reactionary AFD in an appropriate manner, more than that: she does not respond at all. I respect this person, but I can't accept her on the political top of Europe anymore.
However I miss so much the harmony between Obama and Merkel. This was - at least in the last years - a comforting and reassuring political relationship in times of worldwide political stormy weather.
Merkel was partly not a bad politician, especially in terms of foreign policy diplomacy, but her time has been running out. And she knows that.
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I exaggerated and support might have been a better choice of words.
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