What We Are Dealing With, Part 12

"She would have sent troops." So says a campaign poster of one of Germany's senior ministers, attacking opposition leader Angela Merkel. SPD candidate Rolf Schwanitz has denounced the CDU's leader and likely victor in tomorrow's German election by attacking her pro-American stance. And he's done it by exploiting dead American troops. Seriously, how low can you go? Ray over at David's Medienkritik breaks the story. If you would like to make your feelings known to the Social Democratic Party, Ray provides an e-mail address:

We also suggest readers contact the SPD's "Coordinator for German-American Cooperation", Karsten Voigt. Mr. Voigt can be reached at: KO-USA-Vz@auswaertiges-amt.de

You can also contact the German Embassy in Washington here. And Schwanitz's office here. For those non-German speakers who wish to write directly to Herr Schwanitz, scroll to the bottom of that page and input [last name, first name], [e-mail address], [your message] and then click on 'Absenden.'

Kudos once again to the guys over at David's. They do a fantastic job over there and they are growing by leaps and bounds. If you're interested in German media perspectives on the US, bookmark those guys. Because they've got it covered.