Obama's Speech in Berlin

[rapunzel]

Geez, if 6th Gen is right and that park is a mile long, that crowd stretched a mile back? Unbelievable.

 

[6thGen]

The UK Times wrote it, not me. Damn, the GOP really, really needs to get this guy away from the teleprompter.

 

[Chickpea]

Geez, if 6th Gen is right and that park is a mile long, that crowd stretched a mile back? Unbelievable.

Thanks for posting!!

 

[CPort]

why did all three nighly news anchors run over there with him?

 

[Will B]

Here's an interesting observation from a local news guy (I'm paraphrasing)...
In France, Britain, and Germany, Obama is the clear choice if the people of these countries could vote. A few months back a research center did some polling in Europe and found that 58% of Europeans want a weaker America which is about the margin of Obama's preference. So, how would you like to have this conversation with somebody from over there...
"Would you like the United States to be weaker or stronger."

"Weaker."

"Who do you support, then, for president?"

"Barack Obama"

Hmmmmmm.......

 

[GoodWitch58]

why did all three nighly news anchors run over there with him?

Ratings.

 

[rapunzel]

why did all three nighly news anchors run over there with him?

Because John McCain attacked him for not having gone to Iraq, and challenged him to leave the country. It's traditional for the nominees to do that in the period after they clinch the nomination. McCain did. The Democratic primaries went on for too long, and Obama was into the summer campaign season before he clinched. I don't think the McCain camp expected Obama to take the risk of leaving the country this far along in the campaign season. If he did, they expected to be able to dominate news cycles while Obama was out of the country.

The tactic backfired, and McCain's making an issue of a visit to Iraq insured it would be a big news event.

 

[traderx]

The test of Obama's success with this trip will be in the poll numbers. The most recent poll I read was Obama 45%, McCain 42%. Despite the legions of press and Obama being in the global spotlight, his numbers have not yet improved. The trip, of course, could backfire on him. It will be interesting to see how the French react to Obama's speech.

 

[LuciferSam]

This should be the new republican symbol:

 

[Matt J]

I find it hysterical that McCain's camp (see other thread about how bad they are) decided to have him appear in front of a German restaurant.

Wrinkled flags, bad backdrops, yeah his campaign is just gearing up for some major debacles.