Not two years ago, the world was fretting over Jörg Haider. (full article here).
"The rise of the far-right Freedom party (FPO) in Austria, under the leadership of the yuppie fascist Jörg Haider, thrust the alpine republic into a limelight it was wholly unused to."
Get used to it, Austria. From "yuppie fascists" to an Austrian running the world's fifth-largest economy in less than 2 years. Not bad. Österreich über alles! Tomorrow we take Poland.
Kärnten and Steiermark aren't too far apart, my dears. I lived there, I know. I'm not saying he won't be a good governor - who knows? Maybe he will be. But I don't like the thought of who he now owes political favors, and how they may use that leverage in months to come...
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Article comments
1 - Hal Pawluk
"Some jackass Republican is trying to get that amended."
Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah.
The good news is that a constitutional amendment requires ratification by at least 38 states.
2 - JR
Alarmist much?
3 - Eric Olsen
Also see the remake by Dramarama here.
4 - shannon
When all else fails, say it with humor:
http://www.gawker.com/archives/009308.php