Comments on: election promises 2009 http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2009/09/21/election-promises-2009/ simplicity - silence - solitude Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:41:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: E. http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2009/09/21/election-promises-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-10414 E. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:16:47 +0000 http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/?p=1680#comment-10414 We'll watch closely. And keep in mind: the CDU most probably will have an extremely bad outcome of this election, regarding 60 years history as "people's party". The weirdest thing at the moment is that the CSU is promising lowering the taxes, and the CDU is like "hmmmmm maybe later". Imagine ... the CSU shrinking to only 30% in bavaria in the next years, and the CDU going like "ah, well, we don't need you anymore, FDP is enough" :p ... We’ll watch closely. And keep in mind: the CDU most probably will have an extremely bad outcome of this election, regarding 60 years history as “people’s party”.

The weirdest thing at the moment is that the CSU is promising lowering the taxes, and the CDU is like “hmmmmm maybe later”.

Imagine … the CSU shrinking to only 30% in bavaria in the next years, and the CDU going like “ah, well, we don’t need you anymore, FDP is enough” :p …

]]> By: Franz http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/2009/09/21/election-promises-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-10412 Franz Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:08:02 +0000 http://www.revelation-of-silence.com/?p=1680#comment-10412 Ah thanks, didn't know about the Greens explicitly vowing not to accept "peace missions". They were allegedly forced into it by Fischer and the takeover at 9/11 anyway, but the switch of standpoints from then to nowadays is astonishing to say the least. Concerning FDP, I bet they will forget their disdain for censorship as soon as they are in. There are not a lot of Leuth-Schn. to stand up for civil rights. Their coalition "pledge" is clever imho because it actually is the best tactics to vote for them if you want a CDU-FDP-led government. They will not break their promise after the election, so if it's not enough for that, it will be "Great" Coalition once again. And for their anti-red campaign: If SPD and Greens truly wanted to join with the Left Party, they could have done it any time the last 4 years. Only fools can imagine them doing it after the election for some obscure reason that magically was not present for the last 4 years. What I consider most interesting about the promises is the reception in the media, especially after the election, when the truth is revealed. I would bet that the CDU will break some major ones and no paper will make a big deal out of it, same for FDP. Ypsilanti effects only occur in the SPD (at least in the mainstream media). I hope I'm mistaken on that one, so I eagerly await the outcome. Ah thanks, didn’t know about the Greens explicitly vowing not to accept “peace missions”. They were allegedly forced into it by Fischer and the takeover at 9/11 anyway, but the switch of standpoints from then to nowadays is astonishing to say the least.

Concerning FDP, I bet they will forget their disdain for censorship as soon as they are in. There are not a lot of Leuth-Schn. to stand up for civil rights. Their coalition “pledge” is clever imho because it actually is the best tactics to vote for them if you want a CDU-FDP-led government. They will not break their promise after the election, so if it’s not enough for that, it will be “Great” Coalition once again.

And for their anti-red campaign: If SPD and Greens truly wanted to join with the Left Party, they could have done it any time the last 4 years. Only fools can imagine them doing it after the election for some obscure reason that magically was not present for the last 4 years.

What I consider most interesting about the promises is the reception in the media, especially after the election, when the truth is revealed. I would bet that the CDU will break some major ones and no paper will make a big deal out of it, same for FDP. Ypsilanti effects only occur in the SPD (at least in the mainstream media). I hope I’m mistaken on that one, so I eagerly await the outcome.

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