German pol quits after claiming Nazis didn't start war

[n2doc]

By Tony Paterson in Berlin

In Poland, she remains Germany's most hated living politician. Her unashamedly revanchist political views once prompted a Warsaw news magazine to portray her on its front cover clad in a sinister, swastika-covered Nazi SS uniform.

But yesterday, Erika Steinbach, probably the last surviving bête noire in Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative government, took the first step towards bowing out of politics altogether after she started an explosive row over who was to blame for starting the Second World War.

Mrs Steinbach, 67, announced her formal departure from the leadership of Ms Merkel's Christian Democratic Party after enraging Germany's Central Council of Jews by inferring that Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939 was merely a response to Poland's military mobilisation earlier that year.

"I am beginning to get the impression that you can't say what you want in Germany any more, even if one is talking about facts," is how the veteran right-winger responded to criticism from within her own party and its liberal coalition partners about her remarks. A Polish government spokesman said her comments were identical to " Nazi propaganda".

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/merkel-ally-quits-after-claiming-nazis-didnt-start-war-2076379.html

[hobbit709]

1. Where's her teabags?

[Richard Steele]

4. Give her a helicopter and an assault rifle, and she'd be the next Governor of Alaska.nm

[leveymg]

2. Gotta love the black, white and red tri-color outfit.

Just the thought of peaceful, defenseless Nazi Germany, invaded by all those terrifying Polish cavalry troops . . .

[Loudmxr]

3. "Baby? The Fuhrer never called anyone "Baby:"?

Look maybe she just didn't hear about "The Producers" and was doing a story pitch. Then finding our about the serious complexities of international copyright law and ...frankly pissing Mel Brooks off ... she quit.

[WinkyDink]

22. One of the greatest lines EVAH!

[old mark]

5. It was the Irish. nt

[Loudmxr]

6. No you're confusing Guy Fawkes with Fokker Airplanes.

They both try and blow up Parliament and are not Church of England.

[old mark]

15. Well, it was an obvious mistake.....after all , at first I thought Obama was

Japanese.....:rofl:

mark

[LiberalFighter]

7. Some questions that need to be asked.

How did she arrive at that opinion? Her own research or of another person or group?

Did she learn her history from her parents who possibly had ties to the Nazis? Or some other close relative?

[Enthusiast]

8. Apparently misinformation

flows as freely in Germany as it does in the U.S.

This world turns uglier by the moment.

[Swede]

9. Only a Nazi could say something like that.

Scary she got so far in politics,with that kind of thinking.

[Javaman]

19. I think it was more that she kept her insane opinions to herself up to this point. nt

[edbermac]

10. The Poles were making funny jokes about Hitler's moustache.

Words hurt, you know. :sarcasm:

[Swamp Rat]

11. Calling Dr. Laura Schlessinger! Calling Bull Moose Governor Palin! Calling Glenn Der Stürmer Beck!!

You have a friend in need! :D

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

12. Cue "Hitler finds out" video about this in 5... 4... 3...

[Javaman]

20. Oh you mean a new viral version of that now famous youtube parody of that

movie on hitlers life?

[MilesColtrane]

13. She also believes that the blitz on London started because Neville Chamberlain

kicked Ribbentrop in the groin.

[Brickbat]

14. Implying, not inferring.

Gah.

[mucifer]

16. Reminds me of the "Faulty Towers" episode where John Cleese say to the German

woman "you started it, you invaded Poland."

But, on the serious side, we Jews aren't gonna let her get away with that crap and I'm sure glad she's gone.

[Javaman]

21. "shhhh, don't mention the war!"

probably one of the funniest Fawlty Towers episodes ever!

[WinkyDink]

23. "Herring? I thought you said 'Goering'!"

[n2doc]

17. kick n/t

[Javaman]

18. There was a big dust up over this on MSNBC

several of the closeted nazi's came out in support of her. It was crazy.

I called them on their revisionist bullshit and it's amazing to what length's these bastards will go to to justify their racist bigoted positions.