Obama takes heat for skipping Berlin Wall anniversary (poll, elections, Chicago)
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Practically every speech he has given on foreign soil since taking office has been marked by an apology or apologies for America’s past.
So very true. How else could he expect the world to love him. The dictators, despots and murderous regimes of the world will love you when you denigrate America.
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The striking absence of the leader of the most powerful nation on the face of the earth from ceremonies marking the fall of the Berlin Wall is yet another damning indictment of Barack Obama’s world leadership, or lack of it.
Instead its position is being rapidly undermined by a foreign policy of weakness and indecision, one that will only strengthen the hand of its enemies.
Yep, that's what many have been saying on this side of the pond.
Give the guy a break though. He's been busy on the perpetual campaign to get his boondoggle HC takeover passed, to the detriment of every other issue.....like jobs.
So very true. How else could he expect the world to love him. The dictators, despots and murderous regimes of the world will love you when you denigrate America.
Yep, that's what many have been saying on this side of the pond.
Give the guy a break though. He's been busy on the perpetual campaign to get his boondoggle HC takeover passed, to the detriment of every other issue.....like jobs.
By all means, let's stay on topic. We have a hypocrite extaordinaire, bashing Obama for not attending an event. If Obama went, the righ wingnuts would call it a photo op or smear him for not addressing more pressing issues right here in the USA. This nonsense spewed by the lizard Newt, is just another opportunity to take a rather non-issue and make it an issue to suit their pathetic agenda.
we actually have a perfectly parallel situation - the anniversary of d-day.
obama went to that - and we still hear about his "vacation in france" from the right.
if he was going to germany, you can bet your butt we'd hear about how he was vacationing, wasting taxpayer money, spending time in other countries when he needs to be here working on our problems, etc etc etc. you guys here on the right have already proven that is the case.
Maybe Germany sees this a national thing that they want to commemorate w/o the USA sticking its nose in.
Was he invited? LOL... You people kill me. The fact is there were too many other world leaders there and Obama couldn't have an "all about me" gathering...
we actually have a perfectly parallel situation - the anniversary of d-day.
obama went to that - and we still hear about his "vacation in france" from the right.
if he was going to germany, you can bet your butt we'd hear about how he was vacationing, wasting taxpayer money, spending time in other countries when he needs to be here working on our problems, etc etc etc. you guys here on the right have already proven that is the case.
"Some consider President Obama's refusal to attend the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany next week an outrage, I consider it a tragedy." Gingrich wrote in an op-ed published Friday in The Washington Examiner.
"To commemorate, after all, is to remember. And Americans need to remember, not just that the Wall fell, but why it fell," Gingrich added. "We need to remember that the Berlin Wall was the symbol of more than just the Cold War, more than just the division of Europe."
He has time to attend Corzine's campaign's more than ones, he has time for all te people who pay enough to him to stay at the WH and get private time with him, playing golf, going out on the town, flying to try to get the Olympics to the US (IMO the Olympics shouldn't be a political issue but a Sports event, and politics should stay out!), etc...
But to speak up for the people of Iran who now in their own language are shouting "bama are you with usor with them"...meaning are you helping us the people who want deocracy or are you with our president who wants to wipe Israel of the map and hae us shut up!
Or to go what is a very important time in history and spread the word about freedom in Berlin...."I'm a Berliner, Tear down that Wall, but Obama is just stating "I'm a beginner"!
why should he go, there was no way he could have made it about himself.
I think Hillary Clinton is doing a fantastic job in representing America among all those other world leaders from Europe and around the world.
His narcissistic nature at work again...
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The Social Democrats welcomed the prospect but the chancellor, Angela Merkel, from the conservative Christian Democrats, cast doubt about it going ahead.Thomas Steg, a spokesman for Merkel, said there is concern about allowing one of the most symbolic landmarks in Berlin to be used for a partisan speech.
"Nuclear freeze", is that not where the US would have been left in a disadvantaged position and the Soviets in and advantageous position? One might think because the nuclear freeze idea was pushed heavily by Reagan's daughter it would have been a good idea. Nope. As Reagan said "I don't want to freeze them, I want to get rid of them."
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Let's not forget this great gesture...
