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Merkel, Schroeder both claim victory in German vote Germany's Schroeder Refuses to Concede By DAVID RISING The Associated Press Sep. 18, 2005 - Exit polls showed conservative challenger Angela Merkel's party leading in German parliamentary elections Sunday but falling short of the majority she needed to form a center-right coalition as the nation's first female chancellor. Gerhard Schroeder, written off as a lame duck a few weeks ago, finished stronger than expected and refused to concede defeat, saying he could still theoretically remain in power if talks with other parties were successful. "I feel myself confirmed in ensuring on behalf of our country that there is in the next four years a stable government under my leadership," he said to cheering supporters at his Social Democrat party headquarters while flashing the thumbs-up signal and holding his arms aloft in a gesture of triumph. But Merkel claimed her party received a mandate from voters to form a new coalition government to carry out her plan to mend frayed ties with the United States. http://abcnews.go.com/International...tory?id=1137341

oh i am just LOVING this! after all the crap you guys gave us lol

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Originally posted by josh4 oh i am just LOVING this! after all the crap you guys gave us lol

you're a moron!

You gave the world George Bush.


period

yeah seriously, stfu.

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This will be interesting to watch to see where things go from here, doesn't sound like Gerhard Schroeder plans on going anywhere from his tone that I have seen on the net.

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Originally posted by josh4 oh i am just LOVING this! after all the crap you guys gave us lol

Did it ever occur to you that different countries have different electoral systems to the US? No? Not surprising really

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Originally posted by George Smiley Did it ever occur to you that different countries have different electoral systems to the US? No? Not surprising really

In the US you get president if you have not the most votes and your brother is governour of the deciding state

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Originally posted by Rockabye In the US you get president if you have not the most votes and your brother is governour of the deciding state

LMAO that was four yrs ago biotch! Anyways Germany needs a strong leader; I believe Merkel will win. And Josh it is not n/m I just understood what you meant.

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Originally posted by George Smiley Did it ever occur to you that different countries have different electoral systems to the US? No? Not surprising really

really? all this time i thought every country modeled their governments after the US because its such a wonderful system that never breaks and always succeeds in every level

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Originally posted by d-miurge you're a moron!

you're french!

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Originally posted by Rockabye In the US you get president if you have not the most votes and your brother is governour of the deciding state

Ah yes... German elections.




The irony is that thousands of American soldiers died to help oust Hitler.

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Originally posted by ShadoWolf Ah yes... German elections. The irony is that thousands of American soldiers died to help oust Hitler.

and thousands of Germans won't die to oust Bush. Now about hitler and elections. Wasn't Hitler not elected into office, but rather he became so popular that the people in power put in near them; due to his popularity?? Also wasn't it Bush's Grandpa fault for Hitler having so much money that got him even more popular?

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What's even more ironic is that the modern German elections take place under the German Basic Law which was put into place while Germany was occupied by the Americans.

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he Basic Law was adopted in the aftermath of World War II while West Germany was still under allied occupation. The first state of the creation of a democracy in the western areas of Germany was that the individual West German states, or Länder, were given constitutions. The new constitution for West Germany was originally to be drafted by a constituent assembly and submitted to a plebiscite for ratification.

Sound familiar?

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Following the invasion of Iraq by the United States, a proposed Iraqi constitution was drafted in 2005 by the interim Iraqi Government with assistance from the occupying multi-national forces. According to the de facto law in Iraq, the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period should be replaced by a new constitution, which will be presented to the Iraqi people for approval in a constitutional ratification referendum to be held no later than October 15, 2005.

It's the same process taking place in Iraq.

Yet how do Germans feel about that?

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