Commentary on Wulff

spiegel picture from 1998
Well, Wulff's rise was not regal, unlike the rise of Whitney Houston for example.
He lost against Gerhard Schroder in the vote for the parliament of Lower Saxony in 1994
and he lost again in 1998. As a consequence, Schroder finished 16 years of conservative govt
in 1998 when he ran for German chancellor. Perhaps these 2 miscarriages in political
terms indefinitly characterized Mr.Wulff. Perhaps thus his victory in 2003
in his third run for pm of Lower Saxony made the victory a real triumph
and as of such Wulff pulled all strings to deny a possible social dem
recapture of the might in Lower Saxony. Perhaps thus he became a villain.
Well, his efforts were small, his efforts were big scale. Its about a leasing contract
for a portable phone, or its supporting the VW takeover by Porsche.
Lower Saxony was the home state of the social dem German chancellor Gerhard Schroder
still in 2003 and perhaps there were certain influences from his own party to obstruct this
reign on the home turf.
Well, when the first scandals became public and Mr Coaler
got fired as German president in 2010 when he demanded that German economical interests
have to be defended at the Hindukush as well, there was suddenly a job free.
Its more like a spiritual job in Germany to be president, its a quiet
and relaxed position you occupy, only facing a selected audience. So, in a whole,
its lightyears from the small world of small and big scandals in Lower Saxony.
Perhaps his party colleagues thought of something like an evacuation to Berlin
when they positioned Wulff as German president. Well, surprising or unsurprising,
the scandals got a hold of Mr.Wulff again, perhaps because there are elections looming
in Lower Saxony again, and, well, after 4 runs for pm of Lower Saxony, who wouldn't be haunted
by such a matter?
In total, Merkel did a gamble when she selected Wulff as the candidate for president
and its the worst nightmare thinkable of to have ruined the primary position in a state
like Germany.