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Posted on 04/18/2019 8:08:27 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
Members of the press were left reeling Thursday after the United States Marine Corps band played the song "Edelweiss" from the "Sound of Music" as reporters were being led into the White House for a presidential briefing on the Mueller report.
The band, which plays at the White House for special events was, apparently, running through a classic movie themes medley, and played "Edelweiss," as part of a retrospective that included "The Sound of Music" — the theme song from the musical — "Over the Rainbow" from "The Wizard of Oz," and "When You Wish Upon A Star" from Disney's "Cinderella."
But it was "Edelweiss" that got attention.
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It’s kind of scary that such influential people are so ignorant.
The Dems will be playing “Tomorrow Belongs To Me” at their convention without a trace of irony.
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Strange—they do seem to “wish upon a star” named AOC.
The MSM is biased, dishonest - but also stupid.
Stupid, just stupid.
Leave it to the liberal lefties to completely misunderstand.
Ping.
They probably should’ve played some traditional Snoopy Dogg Dogg.
I think the leftwing morons objected to the phrase “small and white” describing the alpine flower, because these dingbats probably think “eidelweiss” is a white supremacy code word.
According to Wikipedia:
The song was created for the 1959 Broadway production of The Sound of Music, as a song for the character Captain Georg von Trapp (originated by the performer Theodore Bikel). In the musical, Captain von Trapp and his family sing this song during the concert near the end of Act II, as a statement of Austrian patriotism in the face of the pressure put upon him to join the navy of Nazi Germany following the Anschluss (Nazi annexation of their homeland). It is also Captain von Trapp's subliminal goodbye to his beloved homeland, using the flower as a symbol of his loyalty to Austria. In the 1965 film adaptation, the song is also sung by the Captain earlier in the film when he rediscovers music with his children.
Now, there was popular Wehrmacht song--"Es War Ein Edelweiss" -- but I don't expect any of these pinheads would ever have heard of it.
Well, Adolf Hitler’s favorite flower is the Simple Edelweiss.
I knew a fairly high up official in the Clinton administration that did not understand the difference between salt water and fresh water.
What a bunch of macacas
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They had their hearts set on ballad of Horst Wessel.
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Edelweiss wasn’t even a REAL Austrian folk song
It was MADE UP for the movie.
But lessay it WAS real:
The song was presented in the movie as a protest against Anschluss, the political merging of Austria with the Third Reich.
Why would that be SCARY..?
Only in the mind of someone DETERMINED to be scared.
Why should we constantly consent to be hijacked to disabused The Left of their various bugbears..?
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