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Monday, September 23, 2002

Politics in Germany
The Guardian has an article on the German presidential campaigns this year. Some of the parties campaigns:

Greens

Attempting to appeal to art lovers and gay rights supporters, a campaign poster parodies a 16th century painting from the Fountainebleau school which hangs in the Louvre. A topless woman pinches her lesbian lover's nipple, while behind them two men do the same - it marks the Greens' promotion of their same-sex marriage law which was introduced last year.

Conservatives (CDU/CSU)

Cashing in on the popularity of its campaign slogan: "Three women can't be wrong", which it printed on T-shirts four years ago in a dig at the chancellor's three divorces, the conservatives have this year wheeled out Gerhard Schröder's third wife, Hillu, for a cinema advertising slot in which she says: "I left my husband; you can do it too!"

Communists (PDS)

Its main campaign website is called sexanddrugs and outlines the party's plans to legalise cannabis and push for sexual equality. A campaign poster boldly states: "Today I'll fuck, tomorrow I'll smoke grass, the day after I'll vote for the PDS".


Theres more in the article.

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