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Barack Obama's Berlin visit sparks German diplomatic row
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Posted on 07/08/2008 5:29:50 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver
we have an improved relationship with the deutschland.
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posted on
07/08/2008 5:32:30 PM PDT
by
ken21
( people die + you never hear from them again.)
To: Sub-Driver
The plan, Obama advisers have told Der Spiegel magazine, is to use the visit on July 24 to signal an imminent improvement in the transatlantic relationship.
Barry, just because you are an anti-semite does not mean that you'll be greeted with open arms...
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posted on
07/08/2008 5:32:30 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Sub-Driver
ich bin ein Berliner! "I'm a doughnut?"
Wot?
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posted on
07/08/2008 5:35:20 PM PDT
by
WilliamofCarmichael
(If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
To: Sub-Driver
I predict Obama will walk across the Atlantic and give speech while levitating above Brandenburg Gate.
Take that you Nazi Racists.
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posted on
07/08/2008 5:37:16 PM PDT
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: Sub-Driver
his chutzpah reigns supreme - like his presidential seal he put on the podium in front of him - that quickly disappeared in the uproar - this further example of his acting like he was already POTUS instead of just a candidate, is crass.
This man’s arrogance is colossal...
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posted on
07/08/2008 5:38:51 PM PDT
by
maine-iac7
(No trees were killed in sending this message but a large number of electrons were terrible agitated)
To: Sub-Driver
local Berlin authorities could rob [Obama] of a photogenic moment at the Brandenburg Gate and derail his flagship tour of Europe this month. Wait for it.. here it comes. Now!
"The Germans are racists."
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posted on
07/08/2008 5:39:20 PM PDT
by
WilliamofCarmichael
(If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
To: Sub-Driver
“Ask not what you can do for your country but what your country can do for you” is Obama’s version of the JFK legacy.
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posted on
07/08/2008 5:42:25 PM PDT
by
caisson71
(Times change, values don't.)
To: Sub-Driver
Is Germany allowed to vote in our elections????
(This guy is so full of himself. I'm beginning to think he is delusional.)
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posted on
07/08/2008 5:44:28 PM PDT
by
Chgogal
(Voting "Present" 130 times might be a sign of a smart politician. It is not a sign of a good leader.)
To: Chgogal
That’s quite the snub to our closest allies, the Brits.
Is Obama signalling a tilt to the Franco-Germanic Axis within the EU?
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posted on
07/08/2008 5:52:47 PM PDT
by
Shermy
("But when democratic society says "no", you need some sort of democratic solution." /sarc)
To: maine-iac7
his chutzpah reigns supreme - like his presidential seal he put on the podium in front of him - that quickly disappeared in the uproar - this further example of his acting like he was already POTUS instead of just a candidate, is crass.
This mans arrogance is colossal...
I think Hitlery is going to knock his ego for a loop.
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posted on
07/08/2008 5:55:35 PM PDT
by
unkus
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
07/08/2008 6:08:25 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Sieg Heil)
To: WilliamofCarmichael
I've heard Germans who've taken it both ways. Strictly speaking, “Berliner” in this context should be taken as an adjective, as in “I am American” (German, “Ich bin Amerikaner.”) However, “I am an American” is perfectly grammatical.
“Ich bin ein Berliner” is, at worst, ambiguous and somewhat awkward. It's hard to think the listener would have construed the noun “Berliner” to mean a pastry in context. I remember seeing the speech on TV news at the time and the crowd went wild.
By the way, JFK didn't say he was a Berliner, he said that the proudest words a person could say were once “Sum cives Romanus.” but today they were “Ich bin ein Berliner.” He was praising Berlin for being in the forefront of the struggle for freedom.
To: Sub-Driver
When did we decide that we were going to allow German citizens vote in our elections? I missed that.
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posted on
07/08/2008 6:13:35 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Enviromentalists, including Algore's "scientists," should be forced to find jobs.)
To: mikrofon
Ich bin ein Obamer Well, there goes the keyboard! LOL!
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posted on
07/08/2008 6:14:51 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Enviromentalists, including Algore's "scientists," should be forced to find jobs.)
To: unkus
I think Hitlery is going to knock his ego for a loop.
Mrs. Clinton is sharpening her claws as we speak. And just who is going to come hear the messiah give his big speech? Will Germans get the day off? Will ex-pats be bussed in from other European cities? Will there be swooning...fainting?
I am Barack Obama...your Messiah...and the next leader of the free world.
Parody: The Messiah's Message || Shanklin
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posted on
07/08/2008 6:19:54 PM PDT
by
Miss Didi
("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
To: Sub-Driver
Technically the decision lies with the Berlin Mayor, a flamboyant, openly gay Social Democrat, who quite relishes the idea of irritating the conservative Chancellor. Hey Obama I think we found you a running mate, he's is everything your party is looking forin A VP.
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posted on
07/08/2008 6:20:27 PM PDT
by
edzo4
To: Miss Didi
Barack Obama is in for the surprise of his life.
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posted on
07/08/2008 6:26:05 PM PDT
by
unkus
To: Sub-Driver
He is going there to proclaim the title of New Fuhrer.
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posted on
07/08/2008 6:37:19 PM PDT
by
boomop1
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Ich bin ein Berliner is, at worst, ambiguous and somewhat awkward. Equivalent to?
I am Danish.
I am a Danish.
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posted on
07/08/2008 6:43:38 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
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