[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8214217.stm[/url]
[quote]
A fictional candidate "campaigning" for Germany's parliamentary elections next month would win 18% of the votes if he stood, an opinion poll suggests.
Horst Schlaemmer is not even a real person, let alone a real candidate.
Played by comedian Hape Kerkeling, the spoof would-be chancellor has spiced up a campaign criticised as dreary.
His campaign slogan "Yes weekend" is inspired by Barack Obama, and he has pledged to replace Germany's national emblem - the eagle - with a bunny.
Horst Schlaemmer has become so popular that his spoof "campaign launch" was broadcast live on two TV networks and reportedly attracted more than 100 journalists.
In real life, Hape Kerkeling is a German comedian and TV presenter who has been one of the country's most popular impersonators for many years.
The 44-year-old once arrived at a German presidential reception dressed up as Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
He is often compared to British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, who has gained worldwide fame through his characters Ali G, Borat and Bruno.
Ahead of his new film, he further blurred the lines between fact and fiction by launching the Horst Schlaemmer Party.
With his old-fashioned glasses, ratty moustache, grey wig and funny accent, the spoof candidate cuts a distinctive figure ahead of Germany's legislative elections on 27 September.
Describing his fake party as "conservative, liberal, left-wing and a bit ecological", Mr Schlaemmer's manifesto includes proposals like securing a 2,500 euro (£2,160) monthly salary for all Germans, public funding for sunbeds and more cash for cosmetic surgery.
Kerkeling's new movie, Isch Kandidiere (I Candidate), was released in cinemas this week and is expected to be a major late-summer hit.
The film tells the story of Horst Schlaemmer, the unhappy deputy editor of a local paper in a grey city, who decides to run for chancellor.
After running an eclectic campaign, he finally gathers a small 0.4% of the votes.
But in a real-life poll conducted last week for the German newspaper Stern, no fewer than 18% of those interviewed said they would vote for Horst Schlaemmer if he were to stand in next month's parliamentary elections.
By injecting a dose of humour into the German political race, Mr Schlaemmer has boosted interest in an otherwise grey campaign, analysts say.
"Schlaemmer is an alternative to your usual grey-suited politician in Germany," Gero Neugebauer, a political scientist at the Free University in Berlin, told AFP news agency.
"The boring campaign makes Schlaemmer more interesting."
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Germans? Being funny?
PS
One more thing!
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[quote]2000: US comedian Michael Moore enters a ficus plant as a candidate for a seat in Congress[/quote]
Hahaha fuck you Moore
And
[quote]2002: Hartlepool voters elect local football team mascot H'Angus the Monkey as mayor[/quote]
[img]http://www.thereheis.com/nucleus3.22/media/gallery/20060128-hail%20to%20the%20chimp.jpg[/img]
"That's what you get for not hailing to the chimp!"
PPS DO NOT SEARCH FOR 'UNCLE JACKIE CHAN' ON GOOGLE IMAGES WITH SAFESEARCH OFF DEAR GOD
[QUOTE=lazyguy;16854012]PPS DO NOT SEARCH FOR 'UNCLE JACKIE CHAN' ON GOOGLE IMAGES WITH SAFESEARCH ON DEAR GOD[/QUOTE]Don't you mean off?
This kinda reminds me of when Stephen Colbert ran for president, sponsored by Doritos.
how the hell can a comedian get 18% of the votes?
[QUOTE=CivilProtection;16854281]how the hell can a comedian get 18% of the votes?[/QUOTE]
Well the pirate party won quite a lot of votes in Sweden (and they are launching it in Great Britain, so they are quite liked all over the continent it seems), so it's not strange that a comedian gets a lot too.
But seriously, I don't think that people would really have voted for him if it was the real election.
[QUOTE=Killer900;16854104]Don't you mean off?[/QUOTE]
Oh yeah thanks.
UNCLExJADE JESUS FUCK I FEEL SICK
[QUOTE=lazyguy;16854012]
PPS DO NOT SEARCH FOR 'UNCLE JACKIE CHAN' ON GOOGLE IMAGES WITH SAFESEARCH OFF DEAR GOD[/QUOTE]
It's not that bad, not at all (compared to other things that are found on the internet at least). That said it's still not something you'd want to see while eating.
[QUOTE=CivilProtection;16854281]how the hell can a comedian get 18% of the votes?[/QUOTE]
Arnold.
[QUOTE=Ickylevel;16854497]Arnold.[/QUOTE]
Yeah that too. Hell if Bush was elected [B]twice[/B], a comedian should be elected thrice then.
Ok maybe Bush wasn't that awfull, but still.
[QUOTE=CivilProtection;16854281]how the hell can a comedian get 18% of the votes?[/QUOTE]
There was a political party in Poland a few years back called the Polish Beer Lovers' Party (Polska Partia Przyjaciół Piwa), which was founded by a comedian and actually managed to win 16 seats in the Polish parliament.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Beer-Lovers%27_Party[/url]
Yes weekend!
The people vote for what they deserve.
[QUOTE=DrBreen;16854946]The people vote for what they deserve.[/QUOTE]
Quoted for BNP truth.
[QUOTE=lazyguy;16854012]
PPS DO NOT SEARCH FOR 'UNCLE JACKIE CHAN' ON GOOGLE IMAGES WITH SAFESEARCH OFF DEAR GOD[/QUOTE]
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Atleast he left her socks on. I guess you could ask why he left them on but...
[b]NEVER QUESTION UNCLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE[/b]
But I was always told that Germans didn't have a sense of humour :(
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Atleast he left her socks on. I guess you could ask why he left them on but...
[b]NEVER QUESTION UNCLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE[/b][/QUOTE]
One more thing, I have HIV.
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Atleast he left her socks on. I guess you could ask why he left them on but...
[b]NEVER QUESTION UNCLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE[/b][/QUOTE]
And he's using a condom :eng101:
[QUOTE=smurfy;16858106]And he's using a condom :eng101:[/QUOTE]
Jackie Chan Adventures still being correct for the kids.
"Remember kids, when raping always use condom, One more thing: Dump the body."
That picture... could it be... Dr. Oak on crack?
[QUOTE=lazyguy;16854012]
PPS DO NOT SEARCH FOR 'UNCLE JACKIE CHAN' ON GOOGLE IMAGES WITH SAFESEARCH OFF DEAR GOD[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ixiUbP-DmA[/media]
My. Eyes.
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