Not exactly unexpected, but...
Feb. 17th, 2012 06:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenakWe just got our second presidential resignation in two years. As opposed to Köhler, who did what is called in fannish terms a flounce, Wulff by now seriously had to go, because while our presidents are like the Queen in that they have little to no actual authority, they are supposed to represent the country in a dignified manner and be something of a moral authority, and if you're embroiled in a corruption scandal...
I think what probably settled it for me was that he called our biggest tabloid and ranted on the editor's voicemail about how if a certain story was published there would be no more contact. Because that was so stupid, and because it made me wonder what he has his aides for. (I mean, I watched that Josh Lyman scene.) Once you do that, you best go back to your home province of Lower Saxonia where you can chum and argue with the Bildzeitung at your leisure.
I think what probably settled it for me was that he called our biggest tabloid and ranted on the editor's voicemail about how if a certain story was published there would be no more contact. Because that was so stupid, and because it made me wonder what he has his aides for. (I mean, I watched that Josh Lyman scene.) Once you do that, you best go back to your home province of Lower Saxonia where you can chum and argue with the Bildzeitung at your leisure.
