Schroeder’s exit strategy a resounding success
After yesterday’s big Zapfenstreich (a traditional military farewell) held in his honor in Hannover, nothing more stands in the way of Gerhard Schroeder’s long-awaited exit from public life. Well, I’ve certainly been long-awaiting it. “The Great Modernizer” will be leaving town this coming Tuesday. Yes, after seven eventful years of Alleingänge (single-handed stunts), irreparably soured German-American relations, bizarre political alliances (domestic and foreign) and a demolished SPD, he’s finally gotten the message that maybe it’s time to leave now pretty please if you don’t mind already. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the economy is in a shambles, too. And their social system, as well. Unemployment’s never been higher. But hey, let’s move on and look ahead and march forward and all that. At least his exit strategy was a resounding success. He has (sorry, had) something teflon-like about him. He came out of this smelling like a rose.
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