German Federal Election 2021 - Who will succeed Angela Merkel?

[Solmyr]

Meanwhile, Peter de Vries, candidate for the CDU in Hamburg

[Barrister]

Meanwhile, Peter de Vries, candidate for the CDU in Hamburg

You could do worse than to have a mentat as a politician.

[Syt]

Sorry, Christoph de Vries

[Syt]

So an quote from Laschet from 2009 is making the rounds in the context of his lackluster approach to climate change:

"Belief in God is shaping my understanding of the world. If you believe that there's something after death you enact different policies than for example a communist who desperately wants to create Heaven on Earth before the end of their life."

[The Brain]

So an quote from Laschet from 2009 is making the rounds in the context of his lackluster approach to climate change:

"Belief in God is shaping my understanding of the world. If you believe that there's something after death you enact different policies than for example a communist who desperately wants to create Heaven on Earth before the end of their life."

OK that's impressively stupid.

[grumbler]

So an quote from Laschet from 2009 is making the rounds in the context of his lackluster approach to climate change:

"Belief in God is shaping my understanding of the world. If you believe that there's something after death you enact different policies than for example a communist who desperately wants to create Heaven on Earth before the end of their life."

"It's okay that eight-year-old girls die screaming in agony from bone cancer because, after all, they likely will go to heaven.  If they don't go to heaven, then hell is even worse than bone cancer, so they should enjoy the cancer while they can. Spend those cancer research dollars on stained glass windows for churches."

[The Minsky Moment]

You could do worse than to have a mentat as a politician.

I don't think Hamburg needs a twisted genius assassin as a leader; leave that stuff to Wurttemberg.

[Syt]

Press meeting with Laschet and Elon Musk who'll build a Tesla factory in Brandenburg: https://twitter.com/LarsWienand/status/1426241787170103297?s=20

[Zanza]

The latest survey by one of the pollsters shows the Social Democrats ahead of the Greens and the Conservatives very weak.

If this was the result in mid September, a "traffic light" with the Social Democrats in the lead looks like a realistic possibility all of a sudden.

Their candidate is the guy with the dog in the poll in this thread,our current finance minister and vice chancellor.

The Conservatives have a really uninspiring candidate and the Greens had some gaffes and cannot seem to get traction despite the obvious signs of climate change around us.

[Syt]

To be fair, the SPD candidate looks the most competent least incompetent.

[Valmy]

If this was the result in mid September, a "traffic light" with the Social Democrats in the lead looks like a realistic possibility all of a sudden.

The liberals would ally with the Greens and SPD? I thought they were tiling right to stem the AfD tide?

[Zanza]

If this was the result in mid September, a "traffic light" with the Social Democrats in the lead looks like a realistic possibility all of a sudden.

The liberals would ally with the Greens and SPD? I thought they were tiling right to stem the AfD tide?

Yes, they are. Let's see. The party leader is vocal about not wanting the "traffic light", but his general secretary was instrumental in building such a coalition on state level.

[Zanza]

To be fair, the SPD candidate looks the most competent least incompetent.

Agreed, although he is aloof and a bit too friendly to the CumEx tax frauds and the Wirecard frauds. 

[Syt]

Just read that for the last federal election the share of mail in votes was 28% and is expected to be higher this year. Weirdly, no discussions around the safety of the elections.

[Syt]

To be fair, the SPD candidate looks the most competent least incompetent.

Agreed, although he is aloof and a bit too friendly to the CumEx tax frauds and the Wirecard frauds.

Yes, very much the definition of "lesser evil".