Obama Expresses Gratitude 'for Some Very Important German Immigrants, Anheuser-Busch'

The Weekly Standard ^ | 6/19/13 | DANIEL HALPER

[Nachum]

Via the pool report:

He thanked families like Chrysler, Hershey, Heinz, Einstein, Steinway, Steinbeck, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig for prosperity and inspiration. He said young Americans "will always be grateful for Levi Strauss for their blue jeans."

"Americans will also be grateful especially for some very important German immigrants Anheuser Busch."

Obama said he was "thankful to Angela" who he said had yearned for the freedom in her youth, and said she had pointed out during their lunch the train tracks where the Berlin Wall used to run. He said she had helped her dreams become true for millions in her country.

"You are an inspiration to me and people around the world."

Potus then told the story of a bell that was gifted to the German people from the United States in 1950 and hangs in the former town hall in Berlin. The bell tolled after the JFK, speech, German unification and after 9/11.

He made his toast quoting a declaration to which millions of countrywide Americans signed before the bell was given to Germany.

[stormhill]

Maybe it’s a good thing this generation is incapable of shame; otherwise this country would be embarrassed to death.

[El Cid]

"Americans will also be grateful especially for some very important German immigrants Anheuser Busch."

That one was kind of funny. Complements to Mr. Teleprompter.

[cdcdawg]

It was somewhat funny, and even true, making it a most rare Obamaism. I’m very glad those families came here with their craft, along with Adolf Coors, whose product I am currently consuming.

[COBOL2Java]

That one was kind of funny. Complements to Mr. Teleprompter.

OK who from NSA hacked into TOTUS?

[El Cid]

...and even true, making it a most rare Obamaism.

I was about to put a disclaimer in my original response because I realize that this Administration is very poor in their fact checking (as they constantly pull out their 'facts' from a dark and stinky place). But I figured, 'what the heck, Anheuser and Busch sound pretty Germanic', so I left the disclaimer out...

[goodnesswins]

Does this IDGIT have any idea how many good Germans came to this country to escape poverty and war...and for FREEDOM? He makes me ill...and my German Great Grandparents are rolling in their graves.

[cdcdawg]

well, you know he couldn’t have said Coors, because that family is pretty solidly conservative. Anheuser and Busch were both born in Germany.

[Right Wing Assault]

I forget. Do those people speak Geranium, Germanium, or Germanish? Or is it Austrian??

[Venturer]

I know Jesse Jacksons kid is grateful to Anheuser-Busch, he got himself a distributorship after Jesse blackmailed them.

[Brandonmark]

[mountainlion]

So who do you think owns Anheuser Busch in John McCains district? None other than his WIFE!

[Yosemitest]

"Spriken ze Doech ?"

Tea Party Rally May Have Drawn Bigger Crowd than Obama Speech in Berlin

"Obama's Berlin crowd may also have been smaller


What a difference 5 years make: Obama braves blistering Berlin heat to make speech before invite-only crowd of 4,500 (that's 195,500 FEWER than last time he was in Germany)



than the crowd of several thousand who turned out for the Tea Party Patriots' 'Audit the IRS' rally and for a rally against the immigration bill held at the Capitol on Wednesday.

One unofficial estimate put the crowd size at 7,000 to 10,000 at its peak.
Both rallies lasted several hours."

Beck proves, even on short notice, that he's more popular and more liked than the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF.

[Political Junkie Too]

What? Obama left out Mr. Mercedes and Mr. Benz?

Yes, I know that Mercedes was not a person.

-PJ

[UCANSEE2]

It’s all Busch’s fault.

[SeminoleCounty]

I guess Obama isn’t going to say something nice about me...I was born in Germany.....and I have my birth certifcate to prove it...too

[lightman]

Ack! Vat a putz!

[Hotlanta Mike]

What, he DIDN’T blame Busch? /sarc

[Mr. Lucky]

Obama is such a Berliner.

[a fool in paradise]

Yes, I know that Mercedes was not a person.

She's not???