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so far left they're...neocon?

telstar — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:20:56 -0800

Strange Bedfellows: Radical Leftists for Bush Among the German far-left, one subgroup called the anti-Germans holds some contradictory views. Most call themselves communists, yet loudly proclaim their support for Israel and George W. Bush.

An unwelcome advance

edverb — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:24:06 -0800

Video: President Bush creeps out German Chancellor with unwelcome massage

Bush administration admits denies making mistake!

insomnia_lj — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 14:54:34 -0800

Bush administration ~~admits~~ denies making mistake! Starts off new relationship with conservative German chancellor by personally insulting her. "We are not quite sure what was in her head." - a senior Bush administration official, referring to Merkel. This after Condoleeza Rice gave Merkel private assurances and made a public statement in which she said "when and if mistakes are made, we work very hard and as quickly as possible to rectify them. Any policy will sometimes have mistakes . . . we will do everything that we can to rectify those mistakes." Obviously, Condi was mistaken. The Bush administration does not make mistakes.

With a Hush and a Whisper, Bush Drops Town Hall Meeting with Germans

Postroad — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:13:10 -0800

With a Hush and a Whisper, Bush Drops Town Hall Meeting with Germans During his trip to Germany on Wednesday, the main highlight of George W. Bush's trip was meant to be a "town hall"-style meeting with average Germans. But with the German government unwilling to permit a scripted event with questions approved in advance, the White House has quietly put the event on ice. Was Bush afraid the event might focus on prickly questions about Iraq and Iran rather than the rosy future he's been touting in Europe this week?

Europe's left makes Dubya's tax cut look small:

frednorman — Sun, 22 Apr 2001 04:13:57 -0800

Europe's left makes Dubya's tax cut look small: Based on Congressional Budget Office projections, Mr. Bush's tax proposal would provide American taxpayers with an accumulated relief of about 3.6% of gross domestic product between 2002 and 2006. Compare this with the plan from Germany's coalition of Social Democrats and Greens: Finance Minister Hans Eichel will hand back 4.1% of GDP of the world's third-largest economy between 2001 and 2005.