I just think that this German political campaign is in very poor taste (via Oda Mae). I don't even know what else to say about it, other than to point out how inappropriate it is.
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Kalroy
Oh and happy speak like a pirate day (yesterday).
Posted by: Kalroy at September 20, 2005 01:59 PMThe Germans got what they deserved; the worst case scenario. It couldn't have happened to a nicer "master race." Gerhard Schroeder is accomplishing what Hitler couldn't - the end of Germany!
Posted by: Tanker at September 20, 2005 04:25 PMDon't even get me started about the German/European press and what they print especially photos. These photos did not upset me as much as the others they have posted, but it is still very poor taste. Happy Knitting!
Posted by: H. Sims at September 20, 2005 07:38 PMI only made one brief trip to Germany, but my impression is that it is a lot more politicized than Anerica is (although we may be moving in that direction). I saw a lot of political grafitti spraypainted onto buildings. How often do you see that here? My hastily formed impression was that their political discourse was really "no holds barred."
Posted by: Pericles at September 20, 2005 10:24 PMthis campaign is a copy of a campaign by a belgian "liberal" politician last year. he used it against the flemish christian democrats, whom he suspected of wanting to send troops to iraq. shamefully, he used a pic of a coffin of one of ten paracommandos who were killed 10 years ago in ruanda in a un-mission. you won't see many belgian paras wanting to wear a blue beret or helmet any more.
his party lost big time.