Posted on 10/16/2009 1:45:45 PM PDT by Gritty
US President Barack Obama has shelved his plans to attend festivities marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will reportedly take his place at the Nov. 9 celebrations.
Germany is going to have to wait longer than expected for US President Barack Obama's first official visit. Citing government sources in Berlin, Reuters reported on Friday that Obama will not attend the anniversary festivities marking two decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The event will take place on Nov. 9 -- just two days before Obama embarks on a long-planned trip to Asia on Nov. 11.
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0bummer is sad the wall fell. He really wanted to get the West behind that wall too.
Maybe with 0bummerCare he can finally subjugate us.
Mr. Putin, rebuild this wall!
A diss to A. Merkel, who despises him anyway?
“Obama embarks on a long-planned trip to Asia on Nov. 11.”
Why doesn’t he make it a long trip to Asia...the rest of his life sounds about right.
He could make it to Copenhagen for the Olympic gig though.
Just another part of the mess the conservatives left you, Mr. President.
You’re welcome.
Sleaze ball!
No, he could not possibly show up on that spot to celebrate something that is of great importance to Germans, only to talk about himself...
Mixed feelings, I suppose.
"Mr. Medvedev, put back this wall."
He’s probably in mourning.
The socialist in the White House says more by what he doesn’t do....He thumbs his nose at any celebration of democracy in the free world. Pathetic president for sure!
(From the history books of the future)
The Berlin Wall
Erected by the warmonger United States Army to keep oppressed West Germans from escaping to the Workers’ Paradise in the German Democratic Republic. Torn down 20 years ago at the insistence of the peace-loving Workers of the USSR because they wanted to allow all people to enjoy the fruits of communism.
(That’s the new version, right??)
He used Germany for campaign prop last year - now it’s useless to him.
Obama: Mr. Putin, REBUILD THAT WALL!
It was a dark day for communism when that wall came down. Not a day that Obama wants to see repeated or celebrated.
The failure of a Marxist state is nothing to celebrate.
The less he is in the nation, the better off we should be.
Why would he want to celebrate his sides defeat?
The last time I saw a mouth like that it had a hook in it. Da dum crash
Actually, most Germans couldn’t care less about the “One’s” attendance. Non-performers just don’t rate too highly.
I cannot remember hearing Obama speak of freedom . . . or its role in the world.
Have I missed a memo?
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