'We have more to offer' Campaign Poster - German politician aims Merkel's cleavage at voters

[Kadie]

An election campaign poster for the upcoming general election with the words ' We have more to offer' shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) and Vera Lengsfeld, candidate of the CDU at Berlin's Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district in Berlin, August 10, 2009. The upcoming general elections will be held on September 27.



German politician aims Merkel's cleavage at voters

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BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel's chest took center stage in Germany's federal election campaign on Monday after a party colleague caused outrage by attempting to win over voters with a photo of her cleavage.

Vera Lengsfeld, a member of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), came under fire after she unveiled a campaign poster showing herself and the chancellor in low-cut dresses with the slogan "We have more to offer" over Merkel's breasts.

Scores of voters pilloried the 57-year-old Lengsfeld on her election blog for the poster, which the CDU declined to defend.

"This wasn't agreed with us," a party spokesman said of the placard, which features a famous shot of Merkel sporting a plunging neckline at an Oslo opera house that created a media sensation in Germany when it first appeared last year.

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[NewJeffCT]

1. I guess boobies cause a stir outside the US, too

and, what happens if the opposition runs the german equivalent of dolly parton?