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Posted by Doughboy on Nov 9th, 2009
2009
Nov 9
A symbol of oppression and intolerance fell in Berlin.
I remember being in 5th grade, watching on the classroom television. Doubtful that will occur today across America — what with all the multi-cultural dance festival preparations and such!
Pres. Obama was invited there to celebrate a victory for freedom over tyranny. He declined. The mainstream media is downplaying this, so we go to blogs, as usual, for analysis.
“Some have criticized President Obama for not visiting Berlin to commemorate this historic moment, but he made the right choice. When Sen. Barack Obama wanted to speak at the venue during the 2008 presidential campaign, German Chancellor Angela Merkel thought the request “a bit odd.” It still is.
Mr. Obama was on the other side of the policy divide during the Reagan years, and if his party had remained in power, we have no doubt the Soviet Union would have lasted longer as a going concern. Mr. Obama should not attempt to associate himself with that historic moment, when a man with vision had the ability to see the future and the courage to realize it.”
Maybe if they set out 200,000 drooling Euros to watch him speak anti-American nonsense in front of a Column or there was a Summer Olympiad he could fail to lure to Chicago?
