World leaders assembled in Berlin for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German President Horst Koehler shelter from the rain under umbrellas as they make their way through the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, as part of the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. (AFP /Michael Gottschalk)
World leaders. Not the United States President, though. He sent a video in which he failed to mention Ronald Reagan or Margaret Thatcher… and instead talked about himself:
“Few would have seen on that day that… that their American ally would be led by a man of African descent.”
Who gives a shit? This guy is one narcissistic piece of work.
RealClearPolitics digs deeper into the obama’s psyche for some hard truth…
Behind Obama’s Berlin Wall Snub
By Rich LowryIn his first year in office, Barack Obama has visited more foreign countries than any other president. He’s touched ground in 16 countries, easily outpacing Bill Clinton (three) and George W. Bush (eleven). It’s an itinerary befitting a “citizen of the world.”
But there’s one stop Obama won’t make. He has begged off going to Berlin next week to attend ceremonies commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall. His schedule is reportedly too crowded. John F. Kennedy famously told Berliners, “Ich bin ein Berliner.” On the 20th anniversary of the last century’s most stirring triumph of freedom, Obama is telling them, “Ich bin beschäftigt” – i.e., I’m busy.
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Obama famously made a speech in Berlin during last year’s campaign, but at an event devoted to celebrating himself as the apotheosis of world hopefulness. He said of 1989, “a wall came down, a continent came together, and history proved that there is no challenge too great for a world that stands as one.”
The line was typical Obama verbal soufflé, soaring but vulnerable to collapse upon the slightest jostling from logic or historical fact. The wall came down only after the free world resolutely stood against the Communist bloc. Rather than a warm-and-fuzzy exercise in global understanding, the Cold War was another iteration of the 20th century’s long war between totalitarianism and Western liberalism. The West prevailed on the back of American strength.
But Obama doesn’t think in such antiquated, triumphalist terms. Given to apologizing for his nation abroad, he resolutely downplays American leadership. “President Obama is applying the same tools to international diplomacy that he used as a community organizer on Chicago’s South Side,” the Washington Post notes, approaching “the world as a community of nations, more alike than different in outlook and interest.” To the extent that the Cold War doesn’t fit this unbelievably naïve worldview, it’s an intellectual inconvenience.
Please, read the entire article; it’s very telling.
November 10th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
So what’s it going to take for the mainstream public and media to point out Obama for what he really is? Or should we just put together a long list for the 2012 elections?
November 10th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Some are already coming around, [witness some of the recent AP stories] but it’s difficult for them to pull their heads out of his ass. I’m sure it stings a bit at first…
November 10th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
>>>>Given to apologizing for his nation abroad, he resolutely downplays American leadership<<<
Which is why he wouldn't go to Berlin, because he just. can't. admit that Reagan brought down the evil empire.
However, I did read this morning that he really wants to personally visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki… hmmmm, I wonder why?
November 11th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Probably to apologize!!
November 10th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
The only news is fox the others are marketing firms running advertizment campaigns – he will be protected.like all democrats and some republicans are
November 10th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
I don’t watch FOX for obvious reasons… but yeah, they’re the only ones not on his payroll… and by ‘payroll’ I don’t mean strictly monetary funds… there are other ways to compensate someone…
November 10th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Ich Bin Ein Magische Negro!
November 11th, 2009 at 6:03 am
‘Barack the Magic Negro’
November 11th, 2009 at 4:12 am
The media cannot pull their heads out of their asses because they forgot to put KY Jelly on their ears.
Anyhow, Obama’s taped speech wasn’t so good, he forgot to mention the three people who caused that wall to fall, Ronald Reagan, Maggie Thatcher and John Paul the Second. This Obama guy sure is turning out to be a dim bulb.
November 11th, 2009 at 6:04 am
You just said a mouthful!
November 11th, 2009 at 9:23 am
It’s just as well…Obama isn’t fit to walk in the steps of the great RR or Dame Thatcher. Obama doesn’t need to sully this event with his unenlightened presence.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Very true! Plus, everyone learns such a lot about him when he acts like a self centered two year old…
November 11th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Does anyone still have any doubts about this nozzzle’s immaturity, or his lack of dignity?
Please, God… let somone find out SOMETHING about him that is impeachment worthy. Biden would be a splendid walk in the park compared to this idiot.
November 11th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Nope, no doubt.