greens vs. reds

[Laurence Horn]

On May 15, 2012, at 9:10 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:

> This definitely sounds like Germany, where this is precisely the parties
> usually involved in a coalition
>
>    VS-)

I think so.  It always makes me think of Christmas; wonder if they could adopt the moniker "Weinachtspartei."


LH
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> On 5/15/2012 2:16 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>> I remember reading stories awhile back mentioning a "red-green alliance" in electoral politics, alluding to a (perhaps temporary) coalition between socialist/leftist red types and environmentalist green types, maybe in Germany or somewhere else in Western Europe.
>>
>> LH
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