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Bavarians vote in election that may spell doom for Merkel
Cnn.com ^ | October 14, 2018 | Atika Shubert

Posted on 10/14/2018 12:38:21 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Voters in the southern German state of Bavaria go to the polls on Sunday in a regional election that could shake the fragile coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.

The Christian Social Union (CSU) -- a conservative sister party to Merkel's Christian Democrat Union (CDU) -- has dominated Bavarian politics for almost seven decades. Apart from a three-year period in the 1950s, the party has continuously governed the state since 1949. At this election, however, the CSU could lose votes to the anti-immigration, far-right Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) party and to the left-wing, environmentalist Greens.

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TOPICS: Germany
KEYWORDS: afd; angelamerkel; atikashubert; bavaria; cdu; clintonnonnews; cnn; csu; damageisdone; europeanunion; germany; greens; horstseehofer; merkel; nato; stasi

1 posted on 10/14/2018 12:38:21 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

BERLIN PROTEST AGAINST RACISM, RIGHT-WING POPULISM DRAWS OVER 200,000 PEOPLE
https://www.newsweek.com/over-200000-protesters-march-berlin-immigration-rights-and-equality-1168434


2 posted on 10/14/2018 12:40:17 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (alea iacta est)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Heidi
https://youtu.be/jjn2xAfOfzo


3 posted on 10/14/2018 12:45:28 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (alea iacta est)
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“The Christian Social Union (CSU) — a conservative sister party to Merkel’s Christian Democrat Union (CDU) — has dominated Bavarian politics for almost seven decades. Apart from a three-year period in the 1950s”

I’m not sure I understand the use of “Christian” here. Is it a German idiom?


4 posted on 10/14/2018 2:52:46 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: Clutch Martin

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_democracy


5 posted on 10/14/2018 3:01:43 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Best of luck in taking back your country. I’ve watched some of Alice Weidel’s speeches on youtube and she seems very impressive. Merkel is a globalist through and through and has been a disaster for Germany.


6 posted on 10/14/2018 4:59:36 AM PDT by winslow
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Whatever cnn calls “far right” is actually the most sensible party there is.


7 posted on 10/14/2018 5:09:24 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Patriarchal binary all original-equipment breeder and White-privileged crusader.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Merkel, the spawn of Hitler has been on the verge of being voted out before. Germans have got somekind mental health issue over their past that causes them to believe they deserve this abuse from the globalist migrant invasion. Snap out of it!


8 posted on 10/14/2018 5:52:30 AM PDT by Lopeover (POTUS needs Republicans, the Midterm Election is about allegiance to the America First agenda!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Merkel should have been shown the door years ago. She has destroyed Germany and the EU.


9 posted on 10/14/2018 8:04:07 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Hey you, Bavarians — a vote for Merkel is a vote against Oktoberfest.


10 posted on 10/14/2018 8:19:07 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Merkel = Hitler on steroids.


11 posted on 10/14/2018 8:21:11 AM PDT by 353FMG
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“Whatever cnn calls “far right” is actually the most sensible party there is.“

Yes. My grandparents (typical, middle-class, patriotic, straight, legal immigrant, Christian, law-abiding, married-for-life family folk) would be labeled far-right by CNN & MSM.


12 posted on 10/14/2018 9:20:45 AM PDT by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: I want the USA back
Whatever cnn calls “far right” is actually the most sensible party there is.


As opposed to Merkel's "Silly Party".

13 posted on 10/14/2018 9:23:37 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: I want the USA back; polymuser

My handy-dandy Newspeak media translation guide for political ideology labels:

Media labels vs. Reality:
Blue = Red
Socialist = Stalinist
Liberal = Marxist
Moderate = Socialist
Conservative = Liberal
Far-Right = Moderate
Ultraright/Racist/Bigot = Conservative Mainstream


14 posted on 10/14/2018 12:36:06 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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