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Offline thundley4

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Obama to press Europe on security in Berlin
« on: July 24, 2008, 12:14:32 PM »
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BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama is expected to call on Europe to do more in hotspots like Afghanistan when he speaks in Berlin on Thursday in his only formal address of a week-long foreign tour.

Obama held talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel on issues ranging from the global economy to Iran, Iraq and Middle East peace on a trip he hopes will burnish his foreign policy credentials and boost his election chances against Republican challenger John McCain.

His evening speech at the "Victory Column" in Berlin's Tiergarten park is already being compared in the German media to former President John F. Kennedy's 1963 "Ich bin ein Berliner" address.

Okay, WTF is up with this asshole?  This is not campaigning or anything even close.  He is acting as if he has al ready been elected, and has the right to state US foreign policy.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080724/pl_nm/usa_obama_germany_dc_7
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Re: Obama to press Europe on security in Berlin
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2008, 01:01:04 PM »
He did no such thing.

His speech was a bunch of platitudes with no real meat in it.  Even the audience, which wanted to like him, gave him a lukewarm response.
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Re: Obama to press Europe on security in Berlin
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2008, 01:15:04 PM »
I caught part of that today.  Are the print reporters trying to bolster his standing even more? 
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Re: Obama to press Europe on security in Berlin
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2008, 01:27:06 PM »
Well, perhaps it will backfire a bit, since the Germans as a whole are not real keen on the Afghan Adventure.  They've been more willing and capable partners than the rest of the EU (except the Brits, or course), but their appetite for buying into a bigger piece of it is nonexistent.
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Re: Obama to press Europe on security in Berlin
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2008, 03:02:58 PM »
Did he deliver the speech in German?  Or was he hoplessly stammering "Merci beaucoups?"
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Re: Obama to press Europe on security in Berlin
« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2008, 03:15:21 PM »
Quote from: Red October on July 24, 2008, 03:02:58 PM
Did he deliver the speech in German?  Or was he hoplessly stammering "Merci beaucoups?"

 :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:
Teh Obamessiah DOESN'T  hopelessly stammer. 

Teh Obamessiah NEVER hopelessly stammers. 

Teh Obamessiah brings HOPE and CHANGE, and HOPE FOR CHANGE to all who will believe and trust in his mighty arm for salvation!

That means everybody but YOU, oh blasphemous one!  :rotf: :rotf: :fuelfire: :fuelfire: :lmao: :lmao:
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Re: Obama to press Europe on security in Berlin
« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2008, 03:36:13 PM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on July 24, 2008, 03:15:21 PM
Quote from: Red October on July 24, 2008, 03:02:58 PM
Did he deliver the speech in German?  Or was he hoplessly stammering "Merci beaucoups?"

 :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:
Teh Obamessiah DOESN'T  hopelessly stammer. 

Teh Obamessiah NEVER hopelessly stammers. 

Teh Obamessiah brings HOPE and CHANGE, and HOPE FOR CHANGE to all who will believe and trust in his mighty arm for salvation!

That means everybody but YOU, oh blasphemous one!  :rotf: :rotf: :fuelfire: :fuelfire: :lmao: :lmao:

 :bawl:  I beg the Holy One's forgiveness!  Deliver me, Obamessiah! 
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Re: Obama to press Europe on security in Berlin
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2008, 04:13:59 PM »
Oh, he'll deliver you alright, you just won't like the destination.
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Re: Obama to press Europe on security in Berlin
« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2008, 05:16:14 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on July 24, 2008, 04:13:59 PM
Oh, he'll deliver you alright, you just won't like the destination.

Shit......................he's gonna put us all in the camps and feed us Cheetos :thatsright:
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Re: Obama to press Europe on security in Berlin
« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2008, 05:17:57 PM »
Quote from: Crazy Horse on July 24, 2008, 05:16:14 PM
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on July 24, 2008, 04:13:59 PM
Oh, he'll deliver you alright, you just won't like the destination.

Shit......................he's gonna put us all in the camps and feed us Cheetos :thatsright:

Yeah, but the Obamessiah can feed 5,000 with 5 bags of Cheetos and 2 fishy smelling lumps of tofu.
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Re: Obama to press Europe on security in Berlin
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2008, 10:17:11 AM »

Barack loves me this I know
For the media tells me so
Citizens with big doe eyes
We are dumb but he is wise

yes Barack loves me
yes Barack loves me
Yes Barack loves me
The media tells me so
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