...where the hypothetical situation was that she kept her maiden name (Dill) and top Green candidate Tarek Al-Wazir kept his Sudeten German mother's maiden name (Knirsch).

An interesting article in Die Welt writes about how the most prominent son of Hessen state: former foreign minister and Green Party star Joschka Fischer entered the campaign, in the last week.

The article also writes how Koch's 1999 anti-double-citizenship campaign impacted Al-Wazir: he was a regional parliament member for four years by then, and had no problems, but after Koch started the signature collection, Al-Wazir was attacked by pensioners on the street.

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

The SPD has a concept for education policy.
The CDU... too...
The SPD has a concept for more workplaces and vocational training places.
The CDU... too...
The SPD has a concept for energy policy.
The CDU... too...

The SPD has Andrea Ypsilanti.
The CDU has... [TV is shut down] Roland Koooch...

Second video, with female classroom teacher and fitting news clips of Koch, this one is annotated:

Teacher: OK, now I ask you about... where can we find unsocial tuition fees? [Koch introduced them]
Koch: Here in Hessen...
Teacher: Correct!
Koch: Psss!
Teacher: ..and... who promotes nuclear power plants in place of regenerative energies? [Koch campaigns for new nuclear and against wind]
Koch: The... CDU in Hessen?
Teacher: Precisely.
Koch: <laughs with bizarre grin>
Teacher: Who is against minimal wage and protection against firing?
Koch: THIS GOVERNMENT!
Teacher: Aha... And who replaces real teachers with laymen? [Koch had a silly campaign promise to end cancelled classes at school due to teachers on leave, and found he can only achieve it by hiring non-teachers as replacements]
Koch: Me personally!
Teacher: Now that's the last straw, Roland!
Koch: [stumbles backwards]
Elect Koch off -- on 27 January, give both of your votes [individual/party list] for Andrea Ypsilanti and the SPD.

German TVG show Extra3's Koch song:

Nothig new under the Sun section: my favourite German cabarettist, Volker Pispers, on Koch and stricter laws and youth crime -- in 2004!

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}