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Next stop, Germany: Ich bin ein beginner!

By Michelle Malkin • July 24, 2008 09:10 AM

Germany awaits The One. After getting heckled at the Western Wall, a fact you will be hard pressed to find reported in the American media, Barack Obama has arrived in Germany.

Wonderful Tennyson Hayes has once again produced a special Obama poster to commemorate the occasion:

The Citizen of the World is ready for his photo-op:

“Barack Obama arrived in Germany Thursday morning to much fanfare, as local television stations aired live coverage and fans gathered in the streets for a glimpse at the U.S. Democratic presidential candidate who will be delivering a much anticipated speech here later today.

Obama said the speech, which is to address transatlantic relations, isn’t comparable to famous ones in Berlin by Presidents Kennedy and Reagan because “they were presidents. I am a citizen. But obviously Berlin is representative of the extraordinary success of the post-World War II effort to bring the continent together and to bring the West together and then later to bring the East and the West together. So I think it’s a natural place.”

Yeah, never mind all that Nazi symbolism and stuff…

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#386093

On July 25th, 2008 at 4:52 am, purplepeep said:

MORE ON OBAMA’s REFUSAL TO VISIT AMERICAN WOUNDED
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*** UPDATE *** From NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube
A U.S. military official tells NBC News they were making preparations for Sen. Barack Obama to visit wounded troops at the Landstuhl Medical Center at Ramstein, Germany on Friday, but “for some reason the visit was called off.”

One military official who was working on the Obama visit said because political candidates are prohibited from using military installations as campaign backdrops, Obama’s representatives were told, “he could only bring two or three of his Senate staff member, no campaign officials or workers.” In addition,
“Obama could not bring any media. Only military photographers would be permitted to record Obama’s visit.”

The official said “We didn’t know why” the request to visit the wounded troops was withdrawn. “He (Obama) was more than welcome. We were all ready for him.”

What’s Not On Obama’s Schedule (MSNBC First Read(
#386103

On July 25th, 2008 at 5:48 am, Rob said:

Of course, what he means is “will America give free reign to MS-13 to rape, rob and murder Americans on American soil with impunity?”

And, of course, Americans answer “Hell, no, BO!”

But both presidential candidates support illegal immigration… so I think it is more like, HELL YES!
#386109

On July 25th, 2008 at 6:05 am, purplepeep said:

Rob said:
But both presidential candidates support illegal immigration… so I think it is more like, HELL YES!

Good morn, Rob. But I was speaking of Americans there, not their pathetic elite political class!
#386123

On July 25th, 2008 at 7:34 am, sausage said:

Aside from the manic Nazi references from certain loons (if all Germans are still Nazis, are all NASCAR fans backward hillbillies?) this thread was full of win.

Although I shouldn’t add fuel to the fire, this really is quite funny…
#386128

On July 25th, 2008 at 8:11 am, purplepeep said:

sausage said:
Aside from the manic Nazi references from certain loons (if all Germans are still Nazis, are all NASCAR fans backward hillbillies?) this thread was full of win.

Although I shouldn’t add fuel to the fire, this really is quite funny…

I read that earlier, sausage. Great good fun!
#386151

On July 25th, 2008 at 9:15 am, JT said:

Although I shouldn’t add fuel to the fire, this really is quite funny…

Funny, but it accurately portrays how Obummer sees himself.
#386175

On July 25th, 2008 at 9:38 am, Dimsdale said:

One military official who was working on the Obama visit said because political candidates are prohibited from using military installations as campaign backdrops, Obama’s representatives were told, “he could only bring two or three of his Senate staff member, no campaign officials or workers.” In addition,
“Obama could not bring any media. Only military photographers would be permitted to record Obama’s visit.”

The official said “We didn’t know why” the request to visit the wounded troops was withdrawn. “He (Obama) was more than welcome. We were all ready for him.”

That is both sad and pathetic. If there were ever a single reason that you would keep you from voting for Obama, the final straw on the camel’s back, this is it. Even Bill Clinton would at least fake the compassion. And to hear that he went shopping instead? Or was it a trip to the gym? Or both?

I wonder if anyone will go back to Iraq, and interview all the soldiers seen smiling and shaking his hand, and tell them he did this, that the soldiers are nothing more than a PR prop for this poseur, this pretender, this empty shell of a man?

Probably when monkeys fly out of my butt.
#386282

On July 25th, 2008 at 10:53 am, JT said:

purplepeep,

Read you MSLSD link. The funniest thing was all the mootbats defending Obama’s behavior.

Since they couldn’t turn it into a campaign promo with pres in tow, the Obama campaign bailed. Classless. Exactly what to expect from an Obama administration.
#386359

On July 25th, 2008 at 11:40 am, purplepeep said:

JT said:
purplepeep,

Read you MSLSD link. The funniest thing was all the mootbats defending Obama’s behavior.

Since they couldn’t turn it into a campaign promo with pres in tow

lol – yeah, I’ve come across a few odd excuses. The bottom line is you set the campaign & media gang aside and take some time to say “thank you” – all by yourself, if need be. That is if he really had wanted to, of course.
#386367

On July 25th, 2008 at 11:47 am, RetFireman said:

If there were ever a single reason that you would keep you from voting for Obama, the final straw on the camel’s back, this is it.

Thing is, as this campaign wears on, there will be still countless more examples and reasons why nobody in their right mind should even think about voting for The Empty Suit…let alone ever actually do it. This is just one of the many so far.
#386589

On July 25th, 2008 at 1:54 pm, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

Why wasn’t this given in German? Isn’t that intolerant of Obama?
#387224

On July 26th, 2008 at 4:38 am, dallas7 said:

Here we go with the Nazi card again. Doesn’t matter if it’s 2000 or 150 years old, if Hitler touched it, it’s Nazi from now on until the end of time.
#387988

On July 27th, 2008 at 6:08 pm, atheling said:

dallas7:

The “Nazi” reference is about the character of the German people, which seems to have this flaw that seeks the savior in a political system. The Naziism of 70 years ago is a symptom of a deeper problem.

There are no saviors in politics. Grown ups who live in reality understand that, which is why we see idiotic journalists and libtards swooning over Obama – they are adolescents.

Every people of a nation bears some kind of character flaw. This thread addresses those of the Germans. We could just as easily point out that of Japan’s or ourselves.