Weird parties in German federal elections

I just amused myself going through the list of parties (25 in total) contesting the upcoming federal election. Many are just plain boring, but there are also some real gems to be discovered:

- "Die Partei" was founded by the editors of the satirical magazine "Titanic". The main aim of the party is to "establish a special economic zone in East Germany". To make sure that nothing interferes with the success of this zone, the Wall will have to be re-erected, as shown in a TV spot on ARD and ZDF. Also, the party is auctioning off airtime for future spots on e-bay (no joke, see link below). Preference will be given to spots supporting arms producers or Big Tobacco, but if you pay good hard cash, you can also broadcast a video to impress the girl-friend. In any case, proceeds will go to putting up posters of Angela Merkel "totally without make-up".

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7540737218
http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/...,371182,00.html

- The "anarchistische Pogo-Partei" is, well, an anarchistic Pogo party, whatever that means. Political goals include the "promotion of stupidity" and "nationwide implementation of fuck-sharing along the lines of car-sharing". The TV spot was not aired, because the networks decided it was not suitable for minors.

http://www.appd.de/index.php

- The "Partei bibeltreuer Christen" (party of Christians faithful to the Bible) informs us that God listens to the prayers of Christians, whereas he cannot hear the prayers of Muslims, no matter how much they pray. Therefore, we should pity them, because they are like children missing the love of a father. Every Christian needs to start missionary efforts in the workplace and in coffee shops to bring salvation to the poor Muslims in Germany. Oh, and Protestants are unlikely to be saved, because they tolerate abominations like homosexuality.

http://www.pbc.de/suli/1_02/muhammad.htm

- Then, there's the "Partei für soziale Gleichheit". According to those guys, the real problem is that Socialism got hijacked by Stalinism. Had Trotzki prevailed, everything would be fine. Unfortunately, the "Arbeiterbund für den Wiederaufbau der KPD" ("Workers Union for the re-establishment of the communist party") does not really agree. They prefer pure Marxism, unadulterated by Trotzkist heresy.

http://www.gleichheit.de/wahlsite/index.ph...v=party&lang=de
http://www.arbeiterbund-fuer-den-wiederaufbau-der-kpd.de/

- Finally, not to be left out, the Bayernpartei still works hard to reestablish independence for Bavaria. Apparently, they are no longer trying to bring back the monarchy, though.

http://www.bayernpartei.org/programm/kurzprogramm.htm

- One of the funniest parties of all time is unfortunately no longer active: The "Yogi-Flieger" (or "Yogi-Flyers") demand that the government hire 7,000 fully salaried guru-types. They are supposed to sit in the lotus-seat position, jumping up and down until they manage to levitate. Their positive vibrations will solve all of Germany's problems and will ultimately lead to world peace. In the 1994 election those guys managed to get an amazing 130,000 votes!

http://www.agpf.de/TM-Naturgesetz-Partei.htm#Flieger

Democracy is great, ain't it?

I heard that John Kerry was trying to get on the ticket here because he would have a better chance of winning than in the US.

The ebay auction closed at 14000 Euro. Is that cheap or expensive?

The Pogo-Partei spot did have to be aired on constitutional grounds. It really is weird though. They promised to have a big party with the money they get from the government if they get enough votes to have their campaign money reimbursed. They don't even want any seats in the Bundestag.

I think the best wahlwerbespots are the ones from Die Partei -- they sold their commercials to http://hlx.com, a new airline from Hapag-Lloyd, and they're all filled with Schleichwerbung and Elitenbeförderung (instead of Elitenförderung...) In Spot #4 they promise to leave the country immediately at low prices like 19,99 to destinations like Bali, Nice, etc...

http://www.die-partei.de/
http://www.titanic-magazin.de/index.php

I actually happened to catch the showing of the Pogo Partei party political broadcast. It was insane. Huge orgy, women with plastic bag on their heads and tape over their nipples writhing against each other (and before you guys get excited - it was minging, these were no supermodels), people doing heroin, eating dog food, absolutely wasted... it was all pretty insane, but not all to traumatic as an adult... until about 30 seconds into it, you noticed that there was a little kid wandering round the room looking completely lost and disturbed.

Here's a description of their spot (in German) that includes some pictures.
Pretty weird stuff...

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/20/20916/1.html