• Germany Plunged into Political Crisis After Coalition Talks Fail

    From Mr. B1ack@21:1/5 to leroysoetoro@bho-rejected.com on Tue Nov 21 22:30:38 2017
    XPost: alt.politics.international, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, talk.politics.misc XPost: alt.politics.elections

    On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:43:10 -0000 (UTC), "Leroy N. Soetoro" <leroysoetoro@bho-rejected.com> wrote:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/world/europe/germany-merkel- >coalition.html

    BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany faced the greatest crisis of
    her career on Monday after negotiations to form a new government
    collapsed, shaking a country that is Europe’s political and economic
    anchor.

    And it MAY happen here too.

    As both major US parties continue to fracture
    along ideological fault-lines the possibility of
    minority govt emerges. Envision four or five
    small parties spanning the spectrum - yet
    none can remotely claim majority status,
    none remotely has the votes to bring a law
    into existence on its own.

    As in Germany, there would be a need for
    coalitions between the small partys ... "you
    vote for our stuff and we'll vote for yours"
    arrangements.

    Thing is, especially after new parties come
    into existence, they tend to make a big effort
    to NOT get along with the others, it's an
    assertion that "WE are not YOU - We're
    DIFFERENT" which they need to make in
    order to justify their existence.

    So, while parlimentary systems are more
    prone to this sort of thing, WE are in no way
    immune. Our govt could so completely stall
    out as to become worse than useless.

    As for Germany, new elections so soon after
    the last are likely to yeild extremely similar
    results ... no changes. If anything each of
    the big players will just dig their heels in all
    the more. The further-right/anti-immigrant
    factions might even gain a little, catching
    a scent of death coming from Merkels
    waning lib-socialists.

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  • From Rudy Canoza@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 21 20:14:50 2017
    XPost: alt.politics.international, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, talk.politics.misc XPost: alt.politics.elections

    On 11/21/2017 7:30 PM, Mr. B1ack wrote:
    On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:43:10 -0000 (UTC), "Leroy N. Soetoro" <leroysoetoro@bho-rejected.com> wrote:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/world/europe/germany-merkel-
    coalition.html

    BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany faced the greatest crisis of >> her career on Monday after negotiations to form a new government
    collapsed, shaking a country that is Europe’s political and economic
    anchor.

    And it MAY happen here too.

    As both major US parties continue to fracture
    along ideological fault-lines the possibility of
    minority govt emerges.

    Bullshit.

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