Haider death stuns friends and foes

[snake in the grass]

Source: BBC

The last time I saw Joerg Haider, just under two weeks ago, he was being serenaded to Queen's hit 'We are the Champions'.

Surrounded by adoring young supporters chanting "Joergi, Joergi," Mr Haider basked in the limelight, barely able to suppress a mischievous smile.

It was election night, and he and his party, the Alliance for the Future of Austria, were celebrating.

At the last elections, the Alliance had only just scraped into parliament with 4%. This time they scored almost 11% - a victory that most analysts attributed to Mr Haider personally.




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This is news that actually brightens up my day. Jörg Haider was one of the most vile and polarizing figures in Austrian, as well as European, politics. His iniquitous personality was hidden by the sunny boy image that marked his political career.



Dead at 58.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. An admirer of Hitler....

[Submariner]

2. I'd like to see Bush and Cheney take up driving more

these things tend to happen in three's I believe?

[Warpy]

5. The only good thing about the theft of the White House

was that it got those two old drunks off the road.

Maybe a meteor? That won't endanger any of the rest of us.

[not fooled]

9. From your lips...

to the FSM's ears :evilgrin:

[snake in the grass]

6. Three is a charm!

I would really celebrate that day for the rest of my life because, aside from that possibility, there will be no justice for these two criminals.

One can always hope though.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Bei mir ist es gut.

[snake in the grass]

7. Es ist jedenfalls ein gutes Zeichen.

[Jackpine Radical]

8. Ja zweifellos.

Ein gutes Zeichen.

[Binka]

4. The Pretty Boy Fascist Pig Should Have Parked The BMW And Hailed A Cab

Good riddance to trash. Even well dressed trash is just TRASH.