Posted on 07/06/2008 5:19:38 AM PDT by Born Conservative
Democratic US presidential candidate Barack Obama has requested permission to give an address at the Brandenburg Gate when he visits Berlin later this month, according to German media reports.
Although it's still not official, various German media are reporting that Obama's team has contacted the Berlin Senate to discuss the possibility of the presidential hopeful delivering an outdoor speech in front of the famous landmark. It would likely be his only public speech during an upcoming European tour which is set to include stops in Germany, France and the UK.
If permission is granted, the address would be loaded with historical significance. The Brandenburg Gate is where former US President Ronald Regan gave a famous speech in 1987, during which he asked then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin Wall.
Both Chancellor Angela Merkal and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier have expressed interest in meeting Obama, although dates for his visit have not yet been confirmed.
Obama is immensely popular in Berlin – a factor that appears to have some of his advisors worried. According to reports in the daily Berliner Morgenpost, some of his staff have warned him that excessive popularity in Europe could end up costing him votes at home, as was the case with 2004 presidential candidate, John Kerry.
Let me guess.... Mr. Gorbachev bring back this wall?
You got it!
This leftist slime ball sh** head will be understood there.
If it was Hillary doing this, it would be “Ah bees uh Berliner”.
Maybe he can run for queen.
this guy is good. Is there any empty symbolism he is missing?
He accepts the nomination on the anniv of the dream speech, he wants to give a speech at the site of Reagan’s most famous speech...
Maybe his next speechw ill be from the apollo landing site on the Moon???
Oh, is this poser going to pretend to be some great defender of freedom and democracy? Sickening to see this lightweight trying to gain some credibility by associating himself with our military and such an iconic symbol of the Cold War victory, a victory that would never have happened if clowns like Obama had been in any position of responsibility.
Because this empty suit cannot possibly run on who he is, he must run as someone else. In this case JFK.
How pathetically simple minded can people be to fall for this nonsense?
yup, it could be a defining moment that unites conservatives against him.
Definitely not Reagan.
Don’t forget his unity speech from Unity. That was too cute.
saccharine, fake, gag me cute maybe!
Obama ‘campaigning’ in Germany; McCain ‘campaigning’ in Columbia.
It seems apparent that the next President intends to continue the globalist policies of the current President.
Bingo. What you said.
Ich bein en Panderer
A few weeks back over at lucianne.com, she had a picture posted, side by side of OBama and JFK striking the exact pose. Obama is all show and no substance; if he does this speech thingy it will be the height of arrogance and will backfire on him. Will he bring the great seal of Obamaland with him to hang on the podium when he delivers his empty oration? Every day he demonstrates his arrogance and elitism, if he keeps this up it will be a landslide for McCain. I hope that Merkle is busy the day(s) he visits over there as I hope Maliki refuses to meet with him in Iraq. Obama is still saying he will retreat from Iraq, at least I think that is what he is saying; he changes his mind so much that I finally understand what he means when he says “change you can believe in”.
The Media will be the silent fifth column, the sheeple will baaaa obediently, the GOP will still be stupid party as the country moves into the Marxist / Fascist light
Words fail me now. I can’t believe this PO$ has so many blind followers.
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