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06-20-2013, 09:04 AM
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O'Blunder Bombs in Berlin
A scathing critique of O'Blunders liberal fantasy, platitudinous, and pathetic speech. Contrary to Chris Matthews' view, it had nothing to do with the setting sun...
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Barack Obama bombs in Berlin: a weak, underwhelming address from a floundering president
By Nile GardinerWorld Last updated: June 20th, 2013
When John F. Kennedy delivered his “Ich Bin Ein Berliner” speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate on June 26, 1963, 450,000 people flocked to hear him. Fifty years later a far more subdued invitation-only crowd of 4,500 showed up to hear Barack Obama speak at the same location in Berlin. As The National Journal noted, “he didn’t come away with much, winning just a smattering of applause from a crowd that was one-hundredth the size of JFK’s,” and far smaller than the 200,000 boisterous Germans who had listened to his 2008 address as a presidential candidate. JFK had a clear message when he came to Berlin a half century ago – the free world must stand up to Communist tyranny. 24 years later, President Reagan stood in the same spot famously calling on the Soviets to “tear down this wall.” Reagan’s speech was a seminal moment that ushered in the downfall of an evil empire, and gave hope to tens of millions of people behind the Iron Curtain. It was a display of strength and conviction by the leader of the free world, sending an unequivocal message of solidarity with those who were fighting for freedom in the face of a monstrous totalitarian ideology.
In stark contrast to that of his presidential predecessors, Barack Obama’s message on Wednesday was pure mush, another clichéd “citizens of the world” polemic with little substance. This was a speech big on platitudes and hopeless idealism, while containing much that was counter-productive for the world’s superpower. Ultimately it was little more than a laundry list of Obama’s favourite liberal pet causes, including cutting nuclear weapons, warning about climate change, putting an end to all wars, shutting Guantanamo, ending global poverty, and backing the European Project. It was a combination of staggering naiveté, the appeasement of America’s enemies and strategic adversaries, and the championing of more big government solutions.
There was little in this speech that advances US interests, or makes the world a safer place. Completely missing from Obama’s address was a call for the West to stand up to the rising threat of Islamist militancy, the defence of Christians facing huge levels of persecution and intimidation in the Middle East, strong condemnation of Iran and North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, and any criticism of growing authoritarianism in Russia. The president paid lip service to the NATO alliance, which has proved critical in preserving Europe’s security for over 60 years, but made no call for the alliance to be strengthened in the wake of waning support and investment in Europe.
President Obama’s words may well have pleased his German government hosts, content to see a United States whose ambitions as a military power have been significantly clipped since George W. Bush left office in 2009. But Barack Obama underscored again why he is no JFK or Ronald Reagan. In front of the Brandenburg Gate, Obama sounded more like the president of the European Commission than the leader of the free world. It is never a good sign when a US president parrots the language of a Brussels bureaucrat when he is supposed to be a champion of freedom. Obama’s distinctly unimpressive speech in Berlin was another dud from a floundering president whose leadership abroad is just as weak as it is at home.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ni...ing-president/
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06-20-2013, 09:13 AM
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well, that's a relief .. doesn't look like Obie's gonna get elected again... tell Turtleboy, "Mission accomplished"
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06-20-2013, 09:47 AM
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well, that's a relief .. doesn't look like Obie's gonna get elected again... tell Turtleboy, "Mission accomplished"
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But Obaminable is making it more challenging for the next .... guy.
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06-20-2013, 09:52 AM
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But Obaminable is making it more challenging for the next .... guy.
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+1.
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06-20-2013, 09:57 AM
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but not challenging enough to keep Sir Hillary out of the Oval
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06-20-2013, 10:40 AM
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Only person the Germans would have sat in 90+ degree heat for three hours to hear speak would have been Hitler.
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06-20-2013, 10:45 AM
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Another blunder by Odumbo!
US President Barack Obama repeatedly called British finance minister George Osborne "Jeffrey" at the G8 summit, media reported on Thursday.
The US president said three times that he agreed fully with "Jeffrey" during his presentation . . .
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...6pLid%3D332740
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06-20-2013, 11:42 AM
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But Obaminable is making it more challenging for the next .... guy.
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Fortunately, it will not be nearly as "challenging" as GW left it "for the next .... guy."
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06-20-2013, 01:40 PM
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It was stupid of him to even try to make a spectacle of himself there. There is nothing he could discuss that would really impact the German people. The days of the cold war are over. Does anyone really think it will make a big difference if the Russians and the US reduce our nuclear stockpile from a big number to a smaller big number. He can't affect their economy so why should they care what he thinks. To appease the Obama ass kissers out there this statement would be true for any president.
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06-20-2013, 03:06 PM
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Yeah, how terrible to engage in efforts to reduce the number of nuclear weapons, try to end wars and poverty, get Guantanamo closed down....just awful. Let's focus instead on how many people showed up for the speech and hope against hope that you knuckleheaded republicans can find someone who can actually run a presidential campaign next time around. Don't hold your breath.
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06-20-2013, 03:11 PM
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Yeah, how terrible to engage in efforts to reduce the number of nuclear weapons, try to end wars and poverty, get Guantanamo closed down....just awful. Let's focus instead on how many people showed up for the speech and hope against hope that you knuckleheaded republicans can find someone who can actually run a presidential campaign next time around. Don't hold your breath.
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shit like that would be awful for the right ... what would they bitch about or build bunkers for
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06-20-2013, 03:14 PM
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Yeah, how terrible to engage in efforts to reduce the number of nuclear weapons, try to end wars and poverty, get Guantanamo closed down....just awful.
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You mean him talking about it ... works?
Is that why he's going to Africa on the taxpayers' tit? To ...
".... engage in efforts to reduce the number of nuclear weapons, try to end wars and poverty, get Guantanamo closed down...."
Or is that the family victory lap ....
..... before he takes a walk down Pennsylvania Avenue?
If he doesn't quit talking and get some work done ...
............... he may be the rail out of town.
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06-20-2013, 03:28 PM
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does that mean he'll loose the Greman vote next election?
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06-20-2013, 03:29 PM
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You mean him talking about it ... works?
Is that why he's going to Africa on the taxpayers' tit? To ...
".... engage in efforts to reduce the number of nuclear weapons, try to end wars and poverty, get Guantanamo closed down...."
Or is that the family victory lap ....
..... before he takes a walk down Pennsylvania Avenue?
If he doesn't quit talking and get some work done ...
............... he may be the rail out of town.
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He was the one who started talking about passing healthcare legislation. Talking is a start despite the massive effort to block anything and everything the man has tried to do by the Republicans.
As for him and a rail out of town...that train left without him on it last November. But, you can always dream and hope about 2016.
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06-20-2013, 04:52 PM
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Only person the Germans would have sat in 90+ degree heat for three hours to hear speak would have been Hitler.
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Because the ovens were hotter.
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