Comments on: How German History Shapes Obama-Merkel Rift


by retirevet June 27, 2009 4:15 AM EDT: When you idiots on the right go away, 7 mos ago we came close to not having a country, now someone is suppose to listen to you fools. You idiots just need shut up and go and hang out with that idiot president you had for the last 8 years. And we will never forget what that fool tried to do this great country, and things we are still trying to fix. Do you remember the last idiot BUSH who screw thing up, well a dem had to fix that. So go away and shut up d7767w.; Reply to this comment


by burneb June 27, 2009 2:50 AM EDT: How about a comment that actually relates to the topic of this article?

We should expect Germany to take a less aggressive approach to battling the global recession. Merkel inherited a huge trade SURPLUS and serious banking and credit crisis. Obama inherited a gargantuan trade DEFICIT and nearly overwhelming banking and credit crisis.

Germany already has a well-established and respected national health care system, and a reasonably up-to-date national infrastructure. We are some 2-3 trillion dollars behind in maintenance and upgrades on roads, dams, levees, landfills, and other civil engineering projects. Their needs and incentives for related stimulus spending are much less.

Still, the hyperinflation of the Weimar era is highly unlikely for either Germany or the U.S., and Merkel's political conservatism may earn them a "lost decade" like Japan's. Remember when Japan seemed to be doing so much better than the U.S.?; Reply to this comment

by krotec54 June 27, 2009 1:01 AM EDT

0bama is living in a bubble and must learn to accept and embrace people who are "different" from him if he is to make headway in politics on the global scale.
Not only do I dislike him intensely, but also I do believe that he does not have the knowledge to be an effective leader...just another (empty) talking head.

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by pete_in_az June 29, 2009 1:32 AM EDT: My guess is you don't like black people.


by ubrew12 June 27, 2009 12:01 AM EDT: No. In the Bush tradition, he gave her a hickey.; Reply to this comment


by ubrew12 June 26, 2009 11:54 PM EDT: Bush doubled the debt, taking to $11 trillion, BEFORE the reins were handed off to Obama. And most of that was added while the economy was doing relatively well. Yet, he handed Obama an economy in free-fall.

Quit confusing deficit with debt, it shows once again how juvenile you guys on the right are.; Reply to this comment


by ToolMangler1 June 26, 2009 9:08 PM EDT: He sure isn't getting along with Irans leaders (muslim) now is he?????
You Repugs need to do everything you can to bring down a Dem, "Wonder why??"; Reply to this comment


by vistavermin1 June 26, 2009 7:45 PM EDT: Hey wait a second Obama gets along with Chavez and Castro. Of course they are Marxist..

Oh my God we have a Marxist Muslim..; Reply to this comment


by vistavermin1 June 26, 2009 7:42 PM EDT: Set new standards for dumbness...; Reply to this comment


by libtoad June 26, 2009 6:49 PM EDT: NTM England - Obummer is the Manchurian candidate bent on completely "CHANGING" the USA...; Reply to this comment