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Unreported Major Factual Error in Obama Berlin Speech
Drill_ANWR

Posted on 07/24/2008 8:19:10 PM PDT by drill_ANWR

I noticed this listening to his speech and did the research:

Obama, all his advisers, and the fawning MSM are clueless.

As mistakes go, I would say this is the ultimate. A prepared speech (not an off-the-teleprompter gaffe), announced days in advance to the world. How is a mistake this huge possible? There is no chance he misread (misspoke), otherwise, there would be no mention of Belfast in that portion of the speech.

Not only does Obama not realize that there are more "peace walls" then ever in Belfast, but his entire speech writing and campaign consulting team did not catch this error -- not to mention the adoring world press - who had access to his speech text prior to the Berlin speech today. This would not have gotten my attention while listening to his speech, but I just happened to stumble on an article a few weeks back (not the USA Today article below) and the Belfast walls were fresh in my mind.


TOPICS: Germany; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: belfast; berlin; error; gaffe; obama; obamasbigadventure; obamavisit; victorycolumn; walls
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To: Peelod

and more

http://www.multimap.com/maps/?&hloc=GB|BT15%202HQ#map=54.62595,-5.92439|13|4&loc=GB:54.61674:-5.93572:16|BT15%202HQ|BT15%202HQ


41 posted on 07/24/2008 9:19:00 PM PDT by Peelod
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To: LayoutGuru2

I hope Rush gets a hold of this.


42 posted on 07/24/2008 9:21:47 PM PDT by IM2MAD
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To: Peelod; drill_ANWR
Impressive map. Those walls are depressing. I do find it odd Obama chose to mention the walls of Belfast. They're not often discussed and he was wrong about them.
43 posted on 07/24/2008 9:23:21 PM PDT by Neverforget01
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To: river rat

We must all understand Newspeak

War is Peace
Hate is Love
Stupid is Smart...lol


44 posted on 07/24/2008 9:41:31 PM PDT by Gasshog
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To: dep

What the heck is the mistake? Just an opinion stated (which may very well be legitimate) usually doesn’t fly around here...


45 posted on 07/24/2008 9:44:47 PM PDT by TheBattman (Vote your conscience, or don't complain about RINOs!)
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To: TheBattman

...”so let it be written, so let it be done” (Pharoah - Rameses from ‘The Ten Commandments’) Obama is the new Pharoah!


46 posted on 07/24/2008 9:50:47 PM PDT by princess leah
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To: flyfree
Maybe it is because of my public school education... but while I know that Belfast and Ireland as a whole suffered years of war and terrorism related to the Catholic vs. Protestant battle. But why are the troubles still running to the point that these walls must be built?

Seems to me that both Catholics and Protestants are acting rather UN-Christian in their belligerent behavior.

47 posted on 07/24/2008 9:51:30 PM PDT by TheBattman (Vote your conscience, or don't complain about RINOs!)
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To: princess leah

Somebody ought to do a face-over on the old SNL skit with Steve Martin doing “king tut”...Oh yeah, one cannot make fun of the great O-bama!@


48 posted on 07/24/2008 9:52:15 PM PDT by princess leah
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To: TheBattman
Obama stated in his speech: "Not only have walls come down in Berlin, but they have come down in Belfast,"

This is factualy incorrect, not just an opinion.

49 posted on 07/24/2008 9:57:27 PM PDT by Neverforget01
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To: glock rocks

[Bambi could declare that feces was gold, and the press would proceed to polish it.]

My five year old said to me tonight “flies think dog poop is their dessert.”

So change dog to Bambi and you know who the flies are.


50 posted on 07/24/2008 10:00:14 PM PDT by littlehouse36 (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable - JFK)
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To: IM2MAD

Rush and other radio show host might be able to have a gaffe of the day segment every day if Obama keeps going at this rate.


51 posted on 07/24/2008 10:03:20 PM PDT by pepperhead (Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
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To: drill_ANWR

marked


52 posted on 07/24/2008 10:04:57 PM PDT by LowOiL ("I don't need Mr. Keyes lecturing me on Christianity. That's why I have a pastor." — Barack Obama)
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To: littlehouse36
lol.

I think your 5-year old gave you part of a new tagline.

53 posted on 07/24/2008 10:40:06 PM PDT by taraytarah
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To: glock rocks

That is an awesome quote; I just added it to my signature for my work email. Thank you for posting it.


54 posted on 07/24/2008 11:13:33 PM PDT by Lusis ("Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.")
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To: drill_ANWR
I KNEW IT!!

After a long day and then it was around midnight and I kept hearing clips of the Obama speech on the TV in the other room and I was thinking: How many times can a person say the word "walls" in a single speech?

Then I heard him talk about walls coming down in Northern Ireland and I knew that was BS because "peace walls" went up there and they worked.

So then I was doing searches to find news about peace walls but it was getting late so I settled on this news item and posted it:

Governments propose Ireland border checks for the first time in 80 years

I'm glad you nailed him drill_ANWR. Good job, it is a huge mistake by Obama!

55 posted on 07/24/2008 11:20:00 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Vote For McCain But Trust In The LORD.)
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To: Lusis
You're welcome. Here's another of my favorites...



The left hates heroes. A hero demonstrates the importance of a single person making big things happen. A hero is an individual -- as opposed to a group, or a tribe, or a "people." A hero defies victimhood, undermining the left's entire world view.

There are big and great things that are publicly glorified as heroism. We can all be awed by mighty acts of courage and will that can move great forces in the world. Such people and such feats are important to history, and inspire us to live according to the best within us.

But in everybody's life there are countless choices, conflicts, and opportunities that require courage, integrity, a willingness to face hard truths, make difficult decisions that might have big consequences, and take action that you would rather not have to take.

Ronald Reagan saw the heroic in ordinary Americans. That is one of the things that I loved about him as a president, for everywhere he looked in America, he saw ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

— Dr. Joel Wade

56 posted on 07/24/2008 11:35:12 PM PDT by glock rocks (Baraq Hussein Obama ~ black, white, and red all over.)
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To: river rat

“Therefore it is so”

Just another case of obama and his crew rewriting history to suit his purpose for the moment. No one has the guts to call him a liar—one wouldn’t want to be labled a racist for pointing out such glaring errors.


57 posted on 07/24/2008 11:44:25 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: drill_ANWR

good fences make good neighbors?

A great catch - Obambi and his puppet-masters are, as usual, out to lunch (and worse)


58 posted on 07/24/2008 11:55:36 PM PDT by Enchante (OBAMESSIAH: "Pay no attention to that pitiful little man behind the curtain!")
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To: drill_ANWR


59 posted on 07/24/2008 11:56:29 PM PDT by XR7
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To: drill_ANWR

We must demand all pols write their own speeches. We need to know what the pol thinks all by himself, not by committee. When we hear people attribute famous speeches/phrases to Presidents who had speechwriters its just another lie.


60 posted on 07/25/2008 12:04:11 AM PDT by Linden1209
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