As a “Political Scientist” I find all elections fascinating; even this years German general election which has been considered by most as the most boring election since my 1992 run for College Student Body President. This morning before Mrs. Barba and I went to vote I did a little research about the election. Here are links to stories in English and my notes. Enjoy.
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- Germany’s Obama Girl lifts election …Will videos of a voluptuous German in a tank top help Frank Walter Steinmeier garner more votes or will it help her get an appearances on Saturday Night Live or The O’Reilly Factor, like her role model and former Miss Howard Stern, Obama Girl? Regardless, the clear winner is Deutsche Telecom with increased traffic & ads sales to http://wahlzeit.t-online.de.
- Merkel ’set to dominate election’ … For Merkel who considers herself Mother of Germany, Dull is good. The Global recession happened because the world didn’t behave like Germans.
- “Ex-Communist” Left Party … urges Afghan pull-out.
- ‘Merkel factor’ in German vote … If Politics where a poker game, Merkel has either the best hand or a fantastic bluffer.
- Battle for votes as German election gets tighter … Prior Green Party Protest voters are looking to the Pirate Party as a better was to demonstrate their protest vote.
- German poll rivals in TV debate … Mrs Merkel and Frank Walter Steinmeier sounded like a married couple.
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- Germany’s Election-Season Consensus: Yawn … The Satire Party wants to rebuild the Berlin Wall and turn East Germany into a wild life refugee while the Christian and Social Democrat parties bicker of petty issues.
- Germany prepares for ‘polite’ poll … The tradition left is being cannibalized by the radical left after years of compromise made by the grand coalition.