Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Germany's Conservative Problem


This woman will most likely be the next chancellor of Germany. Angela Merkel is the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU), which is leading current Prime Minister Gerhard Schroeder’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) by 15 points in polls. American liberals are already blaming it on the stupidity of Germany's red state voters.

I guess Germany's 13% unemployment rate turned out not to be such a strong selling point, which is what happens when you let liberals run your country for too long . However, I can recommend a good slogan, “Vote SDP: You’ll never have to work again. Even if you want to.”

Oddly enough, the CDU is comprised of mostly Christians, and white Christians* at that. Coincidentally, Germany (like the U.S.) is comprised of mostly white Christians.

*No comment from Howard Dean yet

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