RE: Schröder's rebuff

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

> 
> Am I correct in believing that the SPD's poor showing in the 
> Lower Saxony 
> elections was basically a referendum on Schröder's handling 
> of the Germany 
> economy?  Reading the US/UK media, I get the impression an 
> attempt is being 
> made to spin these returns as something of a plebiscite on Schröder's 
> anti-war stance.  What's the story?
> 
> Carl

I do not know what the US propaganda machine is saying (I routinely
ignore US-based publications), but BBC mainatins it is poor economic
performance (see below).  I wish that US-ers were as smart as Germans
and pay more attention to faltering economy than Iraq, which is a clever
diversion to hide Bush's dismal perfomance.

Wojtek

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2721309.stm