Last night, via RTL (commercial German TV), around 10:35 PM.....they ran a political chat show on Annalena Baerbock (Green Party Chancellor candidate). Live show, moderated by RTL's Peter Kloppel.
It was a bit different from a normal show.....they had six people who asked the majority of questions.
So this one older retiree gal came to ask how all this climate-neutral taxation was going to be handled by her.....when she already had very limited budget. Baerbock couldn't answer it.
This is one of the severe weak points of the Green Party....when their agenda and future plans are laid out....it doesn't matter what you drive, or how you shop, or the food you eat....most everything will go up in cost.
At the conclusion of this show....the moderator asked the six who had changed their minds over Baerbock, and vote for the Greens. No one raised their hand.
At some point, Baerbock did try to explain that the key parts of taxation would be passed to the wealthy.....but then one of the six offered up the opinion 'no, they don't accept taxes....they typically leave the country instead'.
It was about sixty minutes of chatter (because of commercials added), and I'd generally say that Baerbock did adhere to the party program, but selling a poorly designed agenda just didn't work for regular working-class people. If they had brought on 16 to 20 year old 'kids'? Well....they probably would have bought the whole thing.
This being on at 10:30 at night? That probably ensured a smaller audience and kept this from being a serious negative for the campaign. If you view trend polling, the Greens have fallen a good bit over the past four months. Part of it is Baerbock herself....part is comprehension now of the Green Party program (it doesn't even sell well to SPD-type voters).
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