Re:Germany says Cold War tactics don't help EU-US trade talks
by bayesianhorse on Monday July 01, 2013 @08:14AM
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Because she is actually in power and would have to live with all the repercussions. Oppositional politicians don't have that problem and can talk all day long about what the people like to hear.
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Re:Germany says Cold War tactics don't help EU-US trade talks
by wmeredith on Monday July 01, 2013 @10:46AM
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This is exactly why all of Obama's pre-election rhetoric about privacy is coming back to haunt him now. It's easy to sell "change" when you don't have to implement it.
Re:Germany says Cold War tactics don't help EU-US trade talks
by bayesianhorse on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @08:58AM
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It also helped that Obama's opponents didn't have a snow flake's chance in hell to convince the voters they would change these issues...