Angela Merkel is the right-wing Tony Blair
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« on: January 21, 2018, 07:58:59 AM »
When Tony Blair was the British Prime Minister (1997-2007), he was the favorite left-wing leader of the right. Always when the right wanted to criticize some left-wing leader, it used to say "unfortunately he is not a good leftist like Tony Blair".
Nowadays, Angela Merkel is the favorite right-wing leader of the left. Always when the left wants to criticize some right-wing leader, it says "unfortunately he is not a good rightist like Angela Merkel".
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« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2018, 09:58:18 AM »
It does seem like it
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« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2018, 02:22:46 AM »
This is an interesting take. Are there any other politicians who fit this kind of bill that anyone can think of?
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« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2018, 08:41:19 PM »
Quote from: Razze on January 22, 2018, 02:22:46 AM
This is an interesting take. Are there any other politicians who fit this kind of bill that anyone can think of?

I could see Macron eventually becoming this for either side.
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« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2018, 10:07:18 PM »
Definitely true. Merkel and Blair are both pretty centrist, so their views are closer to each other than say Blair to Jeremy Corbyn.
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« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2018, 09:22:06 AM »
McCain and Romney had huge Democratic fan clubs until they were actually on a ballot.
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« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2018, 06:06:58 AM »
I don't think anyone in Britain considers Blair to be leftwing... quite the opposite!
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« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2018, 01:53:44 AM »
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« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2018, 08:04:25 PM »
Remember, in Merkel's first election she presented herself as a hardcore Thatcherite.
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