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To: bruiser98 who wrote (120265)6/20/2016 3:14:47 AM
From: Elroy Jetson  Read Replies (1) of 218109
 
The skit you posted is a hilarious take-down of the preening and self-important Horst Seehofer, who has been the Minister President of Bavaria and the head of the Christian Socialist Union Party since October 2008.

The ZDF political comedy show "Die Anstalt" is broadcast from Munich eight times a year. The show title is a self-contained joke which means "the establishment" or "the asylum" depending on the context.

What makes this skit funny are the following facts:

1.) The CSU Party he heads is a tiny far-right Catholic Party based in Bavaria holding less than 9% of the seats in the Bundestag;

2.) CSU's only claim to fame is they've consistently allied with Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union Party which holds more than 40% of the Bundestag seats, forming the government;

3.) The last time there was a Bavarian Minister of Foreign Affairs was in 1919;

4.) Prior to 2008 Horst Seehofer held an insignificant position in Angela Merkel's coalition government as the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection;

5.) Horst Seehofer, no longer part of the federal government, has taken to offering Angela Merkel and the EU unsolicited foreign policy advice.

This situation in Germany is as bizarre as if Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan began offering foreign policy advice to the President of the United States!

Of course in America we actually see the federal government offering Governor Rick Snyder advice on how to manage his disastrous water quality decisions, just as Germans would expect Horst Seehofer to be tending to the environmental problems in Bavaria and the problem of drunken homeless people squatting in the city of Munich!

So the skit skewers this self-important little man who believes Bundeskanzler Angela Merkel requires his non-existent foreign policy expertise.

The skit steps up the absurdity by having little Horst Seehofer in Berlin wearing a traditional rural holiday costume Bavarians would generally put on only to attend Oktoberfest or a historic commemoration luncheon. Instead of offering unsolicited foreign policy advice to Angela Merkel, Seehofer has unannounced decided to offer foreign policy advice to the US Ambassador to Germany!

Understanding German politics as you do, you spotted this skit about Seehofer as Laugh Out Loud Funny ! Well done, you.

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