Same shit, different-coloured bottle (original) (raw)
October 27 2009, 19:46
I post this here to remind English-speaking friends that it's the same the whole damn world over.
Reporter: Mrs Merkel, a question from [...], of De Telegraaf in Amsterdam. Um, you're talking about money quite a lot today, about the financial responsibilities of the German Federal Republic. Do you want to fill the post of the Finance Minister with someone who publically stated in the German Parliament, that he'd met an arms dealer only once, and that he'd forgotten that he'd accepted 100,000 Deutschmarks from him — how can you judge such a person as highly competent, for you to entrust the finances of this country to him during the [financial] crisis? That is, [...]
Angela Merkel: Because this—because—I trust this person.
Reporter: But can you deal with a man who forgets that he's got 100,000 Deutschmarks in cash lying in his drawer?
Angela Merkel: [Pause.] I've said everything that needs to be said about that.
Reporter: And that's all?
Angela Merkel: Sorry?
Reporter: If—
Angela Merkel: I can repeat the whole sentence again if you want, but as far as I can see I've said everything that needs saying.
Reporter: But we're talking about the finances of 82 million Germans here. That's a pretty big number.
Angela Merkel: Next question.