-- Dennis
----------------------------------------------------------------- By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN, Aug 28 (Reuters) -
...But the Greens are still the Greens.
Baggy wool sweaters, tight blue jeans, and lots of unwashed long hair. They don't time their big rally to fit the evening news or the next morning's headlines, and they don't bus their supporters in from around Germany to serve as media props.
They come by bike or on foot, drink their beer, listen to music from the 1960s and 1970s and they aren't in the least bothered if the keynote speaker is an hour late.
"It's a party," said one middle-aged man. "Who cares if he's a little late. It gives us all time for another beer."
Fischer finally arrived shortly after 10 p.m. and was quickly mobbed by journalists and supporters. Unlike Kohl and Schroeder, who are usually closely shielded, Fischer had to fight his way through to the stage.
There, as he was just about to start his speech, he was hit by two eggs thrown from a detractor standing right in front of him. The man was quickly hauled off but Fischer urged the police to let him go.
"It was just two eggs," said Fischer. "You don't have to make such a big deal about it."