All good things come in threes, hopes Friedrich Merz after two failed assaults on the CDU chief post. A trio is waiting for the switch in front of the traffic lights. With Corona, the third is over, wave number four is already raging. How bitter are the numbers today in Sandra Maischberger’s “Woche” talk?
The guests
►Markus Söder (54, CSU). The Prime Minister sounds the alarm: “There is a risk of collapse, there is a risk of triage!”
►Roland Kaiser (69, SPD). The singer and the special guest experienced a lot: foundling, donor lung, Pegida anger …
►Micky Beisenherz (44). The TV presenter blasphemed: “Humans are special mammals: defiant, poorly informed, lazy and vicious!”
►Dagmar Rosenfeld (47). The WELT editor-in-chief railed: “Apparently, ‘managing government’ for the CDU means: ‘no longer our problem!'”
►Julie Kurz (37). The ARD journalist scoffs: “What egos like Friedrich Merz (or Söder) particularly like to tell? How they are pleaded with by their supporters to run … “
Politics, entertainment, media: the Zoff-o-Meter also pays attention to the top notes!
Most humorous greeting
Beisenherz wants to present Söder as the “loser of the week” because: “In Bavaria, the number of infections is flying around his ears, and because Markus Söder cannot fail on his own, he says: All the scientists didn’t see it coming.”
And, the comedian continues: “He’s the double loser because with his anti-Armin-Laschet boosters he ensured that his arch enemy Friedrich Merz will soon stand up to him as CDU party chairman – and Merz has a forehead relatively a lot! ”That’s why you get the first laugh.
“You know that Markus Söder is already hooked up to us!” Jokes the talk show host.
Talk host Sandra Maischberger spoke to her guests about the ongoing corona pandemic, among other thingsPhoto: The first
Hardest serve
Söder wanted to come to the studio first, but changed his mind that morning. Maischberger serves him as an aperitif a map with four Bavarian districts in dark purple, incidences of over 1000!
The Prime Minister wrinkles his face. “The overall situation is very, difficult, and there is a lot to be done,” he warns, “not to joke about it, but to look seriously at how to deal with this situation.”
The Zoff-o-Meter starts promptly
Maischberger goes steeply and holds quotes from scientists to Söder who warned of the fourth wave early on.
But the Bavarian does not allow itself to be overrun and counters with experts who only recently sounded much more optimistic.
After all, the Prime Minister has to admit: “The fact is that the force of the breakthroughs has been underestimated.” Hm – by whom?
Successful stepping down
Then Söder targets a Laschet supporter: “The head of all the authorities in the health sector, our friend Jens Spahn, was the first to declare the end of the epidemic situation!”
Enjoyable conclusion: “So there seems to have been at least a different opinion in the Federal Ministry of Health …”
Singer Roland Kaiser (69, SPD) has experienced a lot: foundling, donor lung, Pegida anger …Photo: The first
Most important demands
“We have to try to find the maximum of the possibilities in this situation!” Explains Söder afterwards. “Vaccinate massively, also have partial vaccination obligations and, what is very important, make a lockdown for unvaccinated people!”
The talk show host does not want to be lulled: Others have boosted as quickly as possible, she complains, while Söder gave the go-ahead for folk festivals and Christmas markets on October 1st. Uff!
Sharp media scolding
But the Prime Minister is not at all of the opinion that he relaxed too much too soon – on the contrary: “The truth is that Bayern were the last!” He claims, “by the way, massively pressured by a number of media!”
He added that he was downright oppressed by the ‘Süddeutsche’ and the WELT in particular: Open up the clubs and discos, why is Bavaria so backward!
Maischberger is off his socks: “The ‘Süddeutsche und die WELT!”, She is amazed. That’s crazy! ”Hilarity in the studio.
Tightest line of defense
Söder’s elegant defense: “I didn’t say we did everything right, but you said we did everything wrong!”
He complains about his disaster districts: “They have the lowest vaccination rate. We have the largest proportion of lateral thinkers and imperial citizens there, and also of esotericists! “
Clearest announcements
Christmas markets? “I would recommend canceling it,” the Prime Minister makes clear. If someone still wants them, then “in any case with a mask and without alcohol.”
Otherwise, Söder wants to take action consistently. Caught innkeepers? “Heavy fines and close in the event of repeated violations!” Football professionals? “It’s hard to see that the players take special rights out!”
Strictest reprimand
Intensive care units? “Those who have been vaccinated are quite annoyed with why and with what arguments some people still do not get vaccinated!” “While there is no legal compulsory vaccination for everyone, there is a moral duty for everyone to protect neighbors and relatives.” Sustained applause!
At the Prime Minister’s Conference this Thursday he said: “I hope there is a compulsory vaccination!”
TV presenter Micky Beisenherz (44) blasphemed: “Humans are special mammals: defiant, poorly informed, lazy and vicious!”Photo: The first
Crunchiest colleague review
Then Maischberger switches to the second Zoff topic. On October 6th, Armin Laschet reported to her about his calls to Söder: “Markus, leave it!”
But the CSU boss does not allow himself to be put on the grill for something like that, he prefers to turn the opponent into a sausage: “It’s a question of style that you tell relatively little from confidential phone calls!” He counters.
Söder’s most flammable statement: “A lot of things didn’t go in this election campaign as everyone had imagined,” he criticizes, “the nomination of candidates, many things in the election campaign, from the flood to what I know…” Ouch! The flood! Of course, everyone immediately thinks of Laschet’s disastrous laugh …
Most comprehensive analysis
“If you see the demoscopic developments, you will see that after this candidate decision there was great uncertainty among the population and especially among the CDU’s grassroots,” the CSU boss stated afterwards.
Söder’s own election story: “Then Ms. Baerbock did her part to ensure that we were back a little way in the race. And then there were other processes. In the election campaign, I would have placed a lot more emphasis on certain content. But also there the principle applies: That is decided by others. “Means: CDU, it is your fault …
Most glowing charcoal
Maischberger continues to toil: “If the sister party doesn’t even say that this is the best candidate, how can the voter be convinced?”, She asks.
“We were very committed!” Assures Söder.
The audience chuckles. “But not for Armin Laschet,” the talk show host doubts.
“Yes, yes!” Insists the Bavarian. “Think of the CSU party congress. That was probably the most euphoric event that ever took place in the entire election campaign! “
WELT editor-in-chief Dagmar Rosenfeld (47) railed: “Apparently, ‘managing government’ for the CDU means: ‘no longer our problem!'”Photo: The first
Hottest argument
“At the end of the day, we even started the joint campaign ‘Warning of people sliding to the left’,” adds Söder. “That was ultimately the lifeline to prevent a much, much worse result.” My goodness!
Even the Chancellor has to serve as a witness against Laschet: “I have always pointed this out,” emphasizes Söder, “whoever wants Angela Merkel’s office must also do her politics!”
Most quick-witted answer
In Maischberger it is seething: “Franz Beckenbauer was able to turn every defeat into a victory. It’s the same with you: you never do anything wrong, it was always the others! ”She grumbles and earns applause.
“I don’t know now whether the applause is a confirmation or a rejection,” jokes Söder. “The comparison is completely inappropriate. The emperor is the emperor and I am only Markus. ”Another applause. Draw!
Most devastating postcards
In the end, the CSU boss knocks one out: “Together we could have achieved better results if the whole process had been different,” he says. How, differently – with himself as candidate for chancellor?
Söder’s last camel: “Even if Armin Laschet would have swayed every day and we would have been very close together every day, I have the feeling that the majority of Germans simply said: We are now ready for another option and another idea. “Song out!
Most amazing picture
The talk show host introduces the second guest with a 20-year-old photo: “Roland Kaiser receives his SPD party book from the SPD general secretary at the time, Olaf Scholz,” she says.
The singer, already boosted, tells about his tour: “We drove under a cheese dome, only with people who had been vaccinated twice.”
The ARD journalist Julie Kurz (37) scoffed: “What egos like Friedrich Merz (or Söder) particularly like to tell? How they are pleaded with by their supporters to run … “Photo: The first
Most prudish criticism
Then Maischberger plays two lines from Kaiser’s hit “Santa Maria”: “At night on your snow-white beaches / I held her youth in my hands.” The talk show host slightly piqued: “I am amazed! At that time no guardian of virtue cried out! “
Kaiser has a great anecdote about this: “Santa Maria” was supposed to celebrate Columbus’ flagship, but that was too dry for the producer, and so the singer wrote the ballad into a mega love hit with a friend and two bottles of red wine. Chapeau!
Most ruthless memory
In his autobiography, Kaiser primarily describes his difficult start in life. He knows little more about his mother than that she died very early: “She had five more children from four men,” he reports. “So she was a very busy woman.”
As a boy with a foster mother, he experienced depressing poverty. “Still, I was a happy child!” As a pop star, he campaigned for Schröder, and later took on Angela Merkel’s foreign policy with Pegida.
Last stanza
Ex-fans who send him records back because of this, says the singer: “I can’t make my political convictions dependent on mercantile interests. I have to say what I think. “
And which song would he sing for Olaf Scholz now?
Kaiser grinned: “Why didn’t you say no …”
Quote of the evening
“This approximation, this melting through, that’s not what we need to go through this winter. If Steinmeier can find the clearer words, then that is also a symptom of the crisis! “Micky Beisenherz on the future Chancellor’s Corona policy
Conclusion
Stars with clear edges, the talk show host with the courage to grapple with her fingers, the commentators shrewd supporters and the audience wide awake up to the curtain: That was a talk in the “Oscar-worthy” category.