The Audacity of … Arrogance?
posted at 9:10 am on July 18, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Charles Krauthammer writes today that the question in the early part of the electoral cycle was: who is Barack Obama? Now, Krauthammer wonders who Obama thinks he is. Increasingly, Obama has defined himself through arrogance and haughtiness, and Krauthammer says the upcoming Grand Tour of Europe will make it exponentially worse:
Barack Obama wants to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast — a cheering audience and a few fainting frauleins — would be a picturesque way to bolster his foreign policy credentials.
What Obama does not seem to understand is that the Brandenburg Gate is something you earn. President Ronald Reagan earned the right to speak there because his relentless pressure had brought the Soviet empire to its knees and he was demanding its final “tear down this wall” liquidation. When President John F. Kennedy visited the Brandenburg Gate on the day of his “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech, he was representing a country that was prepared to go to the brink of nuclear war to defend West Berlin.
Who is Obama representing? And what exactly has he done in his lifetime to merit appropriating the Brandenburg Gate as a campaign prop? What was his role in the fight against communism, the liberation of Eastern Europe, the creation of what George Bush the elder — who presided over the fall of the Berlin Wall but modestly declined to go there for a victory lap — called “a Europe whole and free”?
I may have been the only person on the Right who didn’t get hot and bothered by the proposed Brandenburg venue. Yes, Kennedy and Reagan spoke there as Presidents, but the gate had more meaning during the Cold War and when the Berlin Wall still stood. The significance of the Brandenburg Gate as a Cold War front faded as the wall came down and both Kennedy and Reagan accomplished their mission — fortunately for Reagan, while he still lived to see it happen. Had Obama given a speech there, it would have highlighted how mundane Brandenburg Gate has become — and it would have reminded people of why it got that way, and who made it so. Obama would have been overshadowed by the history, not glorified by it.
However, Krauthammer has the main point correct. In ways large and small, Obama has demonstrated arrogance and conceit in ways not before seen in presidential politics. Americans may like their Congressmen and Senators to be arrogant and haughty at times, but not Presidents. They want humble men — or men who at least can act humble — in the White House. Harry Truman, Ronald Reagan, and even Bill Clinton understood that much. George W. Bush learned that lesson from his father’s failed re-election campaign — those seen as elitist don’t survive, even when the charge was unfair, as it was with Bush 41.
The column hits the big data points — the ersatz presidential seal being the most revealing of those he mentions. But he missed one to which I think most Americans related instantly. Obama went to San Francisco to raise money in April, and regaled Billionaires Row with his interpretation of the meaning of religion and the Second Amendment among heartland voters, whom he knows not at all:
But the truth is, is that, our challenge is to get people persuaded that we can make progress when there’s not evidence of that in their daily lives. You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
He fed into the elitist opinion that God only exists for people when the State fails, and that the State can replace God when it succeeds in controlling everything else — and, of course, only when Obama runs the State. What could possibly be more arrogant than that? Next to that kind of arrogance, Brandenburg Gate has as much significance as Coney Island as a venue for a speech.
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He’s Hugo Chavez without the smile.
RBMN on July 18, 2008 at 9:12 AM
He is an elitist and the elite tend to be arrogant.
carbon_footprint on July 18, 2008 at 9:16 AM
Elitist, Arrogant, Racist, Marxist, Ignorant …Yup
that just about sums it all up.
Obama takes his carnival act to the world stage with rock star media coverage. Today I am ashamed that He is an American!
Chicago! He represents You…Not Me!
old trooper on July 18, 2008 at 9:18 AM
I’ve been seeing for some time that for most of Obamas supporters, things like experience or policy or even competence count for very little. It’s only about Obama and the fact that supporting him makes them feel all warm and tingly inside. Now it seems that experience and policy and competence don’t matter to Obama- he deserves to be president, damn it!
smithinmich on July 18, 2008 at 9:19 AM
i yam that i yam.
JellyToast on July 18, 2008 at 9:20 AM
Anyone who votes for Hussein is a moron or evil. Anyone who votes for Hussein after reading Charles’s article is a moron and evil.
Akzed on July 18, 2008 at 9:21 AM
Well, it pisses me off that he is playing to the euroweenies. I’m sick of this belief that non Americans should have some say in who we elect president. It’s that one world government schtick.
Blake on July 18, 2008 at 9:21 AM
I wouldn’t mind BHO’s arrogance so much if it weren’t for the fact that he is the dumbest person I have ever seen in a Presidential race. The dumbest. I have never heard the man say anything intelligent, though idiotic ideas come pouring out of his mouth like they’re going out of style.
I don’t know about others, but I would really love to see BHO’s SATs and LSATs. The idea that this fool (who seems to know nothing of the US Constitution, though that was his concentration at ‘Hahvahd Law’) made it into Hahvahd without the great help of Affirmative Action is laughable.
But I love it when libs still talk about BHO as the “great orator”. The stammerin’ great orator who can’t string together two consistent ideas …
progressoverpeace on July 18, 2008 at 9:22 AM
I just finished that article. I realize you need to have a little self confidence to become successful but this guy is off the charts. The whole “We are the ones we have been waiting for” says all you need to know about him. I mean really, what kind of total jackass says that - about himself?!
woodman on July 18, 2008 at 9:23 AM
He’s Hugo Chavez without the smile. - RBMN
He’s Xerxes without the chains.
“I am a compassionate god-king, I ask only that you kneel before me.”
Tony737 on July 18, 2008 at 9:25 AM
Our Dear Leader Obama (Praise Be Upon Him) has earned the right to receive glowing adulations wherever in the world he pleases. The guy is an arrogant tool - very common among the intellectual left, who have the proud distinction as having carried water for every evil in the 20th and 21st centuries. He’ll be another Carter.
And let this serve as a lesson to us Republicans. We abandoned the path of righteousness and spent a ton of money, had perverts among our Congressional ranks, and failed to provide effective leadership. And now, most probably, Obama (PBUH) will be our next President. Let’s hope he doesn’t do too much damage in his one term.
Outlander on July 18, 2008 at 9:25 AM
Ferraro was right. If he wasn’t black, he would be a non-factor. Never in history has a candidate been so uninformed and naive that they would promote him like a marketing shill and expect the people swallow every lie presented, hook line and sinker. The democrats are exploiting the dumbing of America that they created. They will play the race card as it has never been played before.
volsense on July 18, 2008 at 9:26 AM
Barack Obama mirrors nothing more than the pseudo intellectual arrogance displayed by those on the left when describing or addressing conservatives. No surprises there, except that he fails to hide it behind the veil as well as his peers.
Yoop on July 18, 2008 at 9:26 AM
I would also like to add that, in his defense, when your blind followers treat you like your a deity it must be near impossible not to began to act that way.
No, he is just an arrogant ass.
carbon_footprint on July 18, 2008 at 9:26 AM
Arrogance? Even crap floats…
IntheNet on July 18, 2008 at 9:26 AM
Don’t you dare diss Coney Island like that! Barry wouldn’t last five seconds on the boardwalk. He’d be gobbled up like one of Nathan’s Famous.
TC@LeatherPenguin on July 18, 2008 at 9:27 AM
He should forget about the Gate, and go for a location in Berlin that would better resonate with his base.
forest on July 18, 2008 at 9:28 AM
…as if morons would read him. By the same same token who but Obama could be more representative of post-modern American culture?
elvis on July 18, 2008 at 9:30 AM
You have a good point, carbon_footprint. With every MSM outlet fawning and drooling over this inexperienced, unaccomplished fool like he’s The Second Coming, and now this super-hyped Coronation Tour . . . oops, I mean campaign tour, of Europe and Iraq, with all the media following him around like lapdogs — it’s no wonder Obama’s head is as big as it is.
AZCoyote on July 18, 2008 at 9:31 AM
Forest
That, or he could go to Trier and visit the home of Karl Marx.
Tony737 on July 18, 2008 at 9:33 AM
Yes, they do indeed.
Gilda on July 18, 2008 at 9:34 AM
A genius can still be a moron, King.
Akzed on July 18, 2008 at 9:37 AM
Hey, just like New York’s Governor said.
If you don’t vote for Barry then you are a racist.
there it is on July 18, 2008 at 9:41 AM
Hussein feels he is entitled. Like the world owes him something. Where and how would he develop that idea…
dogsoldier on July 18, 2008 at 9:44 AM
If he’s as wonderful as he thinks he is, no wonder Michelle is finally proud of America–for finally noticing him.
jgapinoy on July 18, 2008 at 9:45 AM
What a great article. I especially loved “Lord of the seas”.
Hening on July 18, 2008 at 9:45 AM
Barack HUSSEIN Obama (PBUH)(SAW)(SWT), IS the new Messiah!
Dale in Atlanta on July 18, 2008 at 9:45 AM
That look he has says it all.
carbon_footprint on July 18, 2008 at 9:46 AM
If democrats could see how their leaders really see them, there would be no democratic party. The problem Obama has is that he cannot disguise his arrogance towards his followers. His disdain for the masses is the persona that is being promoted as the aura of a “messiah”. Reveling in his presence is expected from the unwashed.
volsense on July 18, 2008 at 9:47 AM
Gilda
Ha! Good job, that is so him.
Didn’t they run an elitist snob in the last election? How that work out? I remember Kerry trying to eat a Philly cheesesteak, he was holding it like it had spiders on it or something. What a weenie!
Tony737 on July 18, 2008 at 9:48 AM
This BO whirlwind Euro-tour is not going to sit well with the American electorate. It will mark the beginning of his demise.
swami on July 18, 2008 at 9:52 AM
Answer “C’est moi” ~ ~ B. Obama
Or, as OldEnglish said in the headlines item on topic - après moi le déluge.
It would have been funny to see him prance around, with Mr. socialist gay mayor of Berlin, at the Brandenburg gate, which I saw from the horrible side during the cold war. Having the gay vote secured at home, it would have awaken the “gun toting, bible thumping” others at home a bit more.
Now they’re going to claim that he didn’t take Michelle O. along, due to security risks. The media are already writing about “security around O.” this, or that. It’s another way to hype his significance and the ‘important’ moment in the world (note, not the U.S.).
To me he’s an empty socialist/Marxist canvas, with hardly any experience, onto whom anything can be painted, who has an anarchyst ambitious wife.
Elitism is indignant, indeed.
Americans are slowy awakening. Their nightmare is stareing at them.
November 2008 will make a lot of people in the world cry.
Entelechy on July 18, 2008 at 9:52 AM
“Religion…is the opium of the people.” -Karl Marx
Bigfoot on July 18, 2008 at 9:54 AM
I’m with you, Ed. I would have liked to have seen him standing there in the shadow of truly great men who delivered actual change and brought real hope to millions, all the while prattling on about his version of hopeandchange which everyone knows is just warmed-over socialism.
I guess “bitterly clinging to religion” is a little more descriptive and somewhat less condescending than “religion is the opiate of the masses.”
Kafir on July 18, 2008 at 9:58 AM
Excellent work by HA’s techno_barbarian. Along with Gilda, great job!
Entelechy on July 18, 2008 at 10:02 AM
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Entelechy on July 18, 2008 at 10:04 AM
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dm60462 on July 18, 2008 at 10:05 AM
Wouldn’t it be sweet if the German president told Obama to leave if he decides to go through with this Brandenberg Gate speech?
thekingtut on July 18, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Once again, do you believe this guy is a presidential nominee? It says really bad things about our country.
The rats are in charge of the cheese. The flunkies are grading the papers. It’s kind of like the Watts IQ test. If a mentally slow person can’t pass, change the test.
We need higher standards for individuals, not a weak common denominator. We need to try and move people up, not encourage them to remain down. This is crazy.
All Obama will do is attemt to institutionalize non-productive behavior and embelish it with endless excuses to explain it away.
The Democratic party is the party of failure.
saiga on July 18, 2008 at 10:13 AM
Krauthammer has nailed it. Obama writes his slogan as “Yes We Can” but the true slogan is “Yes I Can”, and everyone else is just a means to the end–he will rise on the backs of the ignorant and naive, and enslave them once he has their votes.
His wife’s “Barack Obama will require you to work” is telling: who is Barack Obama to REQUIRE anyone to work for him? We are not slaves, we are a free people, and as George Washington said, a President is the SERVANT, not the master, of everyone in the nation. If Obama wants to REQUIRE us to work for him, what will he PAY us?
What has Obama ever really DONE? He says he had “judgment” on Iraq, but McCain’s contrary strategy actually worked. Obama spent years in the Illinois Senate earmarking money to developers of tenements, which are bankrupt and falling in ruins according to the Boston Globe. He was supposedly such a great “community organizer”, but those “communities” are still as disorganized as ever, and Obama takes credit for work others have done. He claims credit in political ads for passing laws he either opposed or never bothered to vote on.
Thomas Edison said that his inventions were the result of 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. Obama is the Five Percent Solution.
McCain had better run lots of ads about Obama’s real record, so we’ll find out on November 5 whether “The Ego Has Landed”…or crashed.
Steve Z on July 18, 2008 at 10:17 AM
* Speeches in stadiums filled with mesmerized, adoring audience - Check
* Seeks to replace God with the State - Check
* Creates his own new symbols of power - Check
* People adopting his name as their own - Check
* Wants Secret Police force - Check
* An uninspiring background before meteoric rise - Check
* Somebody powerful people think they can control - Check
* Associates with racists hatemongers - Check
* A propaganda machine willing to show him only in th best possible light - Check
* Inspires adoration Art - Check
Frightened yet?
TheBigOldDog on July 18, 2008 at 10:21 AM
As Dizzy Dean once said, if you can do it, it ain’t braggin’.
The thing with Barack Justanotherlyingpolitician Obama is that he can’t do it. He’s not interested in doing it. Doing it is a “distraction” and “irrelevant.”
Or to quote again, “If elected, I refuse to serve.” America exists to serve him.
Haven’t you been listening?
NeighborhoodCatLady on July 18, 2008 at 10:24 AM
There is a difference between being elitist and elite.
Obama is an elitist to be sure but there is nothing elite about him in the slightest.. other than his and his followers over inflated view of his greatness.
Yakko77 on July 18, 2008 at 10:27 AM
Wait … coincidence, you say?
Jaibones on July 18, 2008 at 10:28 AM
The Dali Bama is one of these racist, black, dilusional Elitists. You know, the ones who think they’re rubbing white Americas noses in a pile of crap by having a white girl friend. ha ha ha
DfDeportation on July 18, 2008 at 10:33 AM
It s/b noted that the gate signifies a lot of pain to Chancellor Merkel, and those who lived and suffered during Marxism, and the families of those who died.
Propaganda and electioneering by an American empty socialist/Marxist canvas would have been the height of irony.
However, I regret that he isn’t doing it. The impact would have been wonderful.
Entelechy on July 18, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Oh come on, Ed. You face the Right. You know where the Right can be found. The Right looks vaguely familiar to you when you see it on the street. You occasionally vacation on the Right.
You’re the John McCain of conservative bloggers.
misterpeasea on July 18, 2008 at 10:41 AM
What’s the big deal?
Puff Daddy thinks he’s legit, and Puff Daddy probably knows more about politics than anybody else in the world. Ever.
Rogue Traveler on July 18, 2008 at 10:41 AM
How haughtily he cocks his nose,
To tell what every schoolboy knows.
–Jonathan Swift
franksalterego on July 18, 2008 at 10:41 AM
I really really don’t think that Obama should be making a speech about how the State trumps all in Germany, of all places. Senator Hopenchange has to realize that the German Dude with the Funny Moustache used to make the same type of assertions in speeches about how being German (or Aryan) trumps all, right?
mjk on July 18, 2008 at 10:41 AM
Obama the Younger is not familiar with that term. Merit is earned through noble accomplishments. While he may act as nobililty, he has accomplished far less than what the rest of us have by the time we were twenty five years old.
Charming people is his bailiwick, something a two-year old is quite capable of.
fogw on July 18, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Yes we have. Techno_barbarian does some fine work. My latest, on the MSM being “in the tank” for Obama, is here if anyone is interested.
Gilda on July 18, 2008 at 10:45 AM
Seems I’ve heard somewhere or from someone that both 41 and 43 actually do fit the elitist mold, “…he was born with a silver foot in his mouth”.
J_Gocht on July 18, 2008 at 10:47 AM
That’s one big ‘check’ for me.
4shoes on July 18, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Yes. What Obama is, really, is best described by the term pseudo-intellectual.
progressoverpeace on July 18, 2008 at 10:48 AM
What a fantastic quote. Mind if I keep it on ice for possible future, uhh, exploitation?
Gilda on July 18, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Yes
franksalterego on July 18, 2008 at 10:53 AM
OMGosh! Freaking hilarious!
4shoes on July 18, 2008 at 10:54 AM
Your ignorance comes from listening to stupid people.
Jaibones on July 18, 2008 at 10:55 AM
Question Authority. Unless his name is Barack Hussein Obama.
Spanglemaker on July 18, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Bravo! You’ve got to put that up in FreeRepublic if you haven’t already.
TheBigOldDog on July 18, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Back at yah, hon…!
J_Gocht on July 18, 2008 at 11:02 AM
What a fantastic quote. Mind if I keep it on ice for possible future, uhh, exploitation?
–Gilda on July 18, 2008 at 10:48 AM
He makes his loudest statements
Standing in the litter box
–From a poem about a cat, the epitomies of arrogance
franksalterego on July 18, 2008 at 11:06 AM
In the tank. Very clever.
Question though, what are Brian and Charlie doing with their hands?
fogw on July 18, 2008 at 11:07 AM
Krauthammer is one of the best writers of our time.
d1carter on July 18, 2008 at 11:12 AM
Gilda, great job. Expect a bunch of hits, soon.
Note to J_Gocht - no Bush is in the run this time, and the “silver spoon” lady is dead. Plus, she had no impact - he ripped her panties off, so to speak, in Texas directly, and nationally too.
Entelechy on July 18, 2008 at 11:15 AM
The best nickname yet1
HawaiiLwyr on July 18, 2008 at 11:22 AM
Indeed. This is the case where elitist, ignorant, empty, inexperienced, socialist/Marxist/anarchyst opportunists, with mob appeal (plenty of ignroant around), pretend to be elite.
America, the giant lady, is waking up slowly - she senses danger when it stares down at her. If she doesn’t, she deserves to be fooled. I still have faith in her. There are way more non-elitists who vote than elitists.
Entelechy on July 18, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Obama’s existence is defined by backdrops. Like that photo you take at an amusement park with fantastic things going on in painted background. Interchangeable to suit his mood, yet when he steps away, he’s nothing.
thebrokenchair on July 18, 2008 at 11:25 AM
I’m going to assume that BO is going to address his Euro adoring audiences in their native language??? Moron!
FedUp on July 18, 2008 at 11:27 AM
It’s all about packaging. That’s always been the essence of Obama. It’s to our shame that so much of the public can’t see through that.
Socratease on July 18, 2008 at 11:32 AM
You’re on fire today. Thanks!
Okey doke. If makes you feel better about yourself, be my guest.
Gilda on July 18, 2008 at 11:32 AM
The Audacity of Stupid!
sabbott on July 18, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Outstanding list. A keeper.
I’m not really frightened so much as I am disgusted, and somewhat surprised. I guess I shouldn’t be - it’s not the first time that mass delusion has occurred and it won’t be the last, but I was hoping for better especially from the generation too young to have known a “pre-wired” world.
Gilda on July 18, 2008 at 11:44 AM
This is what’s truly remarkable to me. The guy is an empty suit for certain but the most striking aspect of his personality and intelligence is his total lack of understanding about pretty much any significant issue. I have no idea if Obama is actually dumb (by IQ standards) but his inability to recognize the correlation between action and consequence on important issues makes him the most frightening prospect as President . . . ever.
JonPrichard on July 18, 2008 at 11:53 AM
What Obama and Pelosi and Democrats do not understand is that when you actually solve problems - THEY GO AWAY so you can move on to the next pressing issue of the day. Republicans tend to fix (and end) problems, Democrats like to keep the problems (and victims) around so they can justify their own existenc to keep working on the problem (and maintain a loyal voting block). The Brandenburg gate represents a problem solved. Its image is historical and would not have much significance for Obama other than trying to resurrect problems that have been solved and do not exist anymore. What better comparison than Reagan winning the Cold War and Johnson/Dems still fighting the war on poverty?
jerseyman on July 18, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Obama sounds alot like Brian Williams of NBC News. Mr. Williams dismisses all criticism of NBC News with a wave of the hand and then goes on to talk about Barack Obama’s “historic mission”. Williams, life long Democrat, can not even hide his bias. And Obama reciprocates. He is giving Williams special access on the Obama MidEast Europe tour.
Larraby on July 18, 2008 at 12:02 PM
How to make fun of Obama
Entelechy on July 18, 2008 at 12:07 PM
“He is an elitist and the elite tend to be arrogant.”
A phony elitist at that. You can’t be elitist when you passed over hundreds of more qualified people because of the color of your skin. You don’t deserve to be there.
LtE126 on July 18, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Obama supporters are falling away. Nat Hentoff, once a strong backer, has dropped him. Great column in the news today. Obama has definitely peaked and on the downhill slope.
Glynn on July 18, 2008 at 12:16 PM
who is Barack Obama?
Barack Hussein Obama, besides being a faker, is nothing but a small time, arrogant “BASTID (literally)”. /Intended insult
byteshredder on July 18, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Glynn, always provide the goodies. Thanks for the tip.
Entelechy on July 18, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Himself, of course you right-wing freak show!!
Mysterious are the ways of the Messiah. Ours is not to question why.
/sarc
crazy_legs on July 18, 2008 at 12:48 PM
Michelle looks like she doesn’t smell “fresh”.
marklmail on July 18, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Nothing. He just is. Isn’t that enough? He thinks he deserves first prize just for existing. All that accomplishment stuff is so old-fashioned.
Competition is just downright mean. Participation is all that matters, not success or failure or any results really. He’s the ultimate candidate of the misguided self-esteem movement.
Barack Obama: Being Trumps Doing.
Gilda on July 18, 2008 at 1:42 PM
Obama is a natural born shoe-shiner. Tells you what you want to hear. Convinces you deserve it. And spits on your shoes when you’re not looking. [I mean no disrespect to actual shoe shiners, a very worthy profession indeed.]
Griz on July 18, 2008 at 1:43 PM
The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the - Web Reconnaissance for 07/18/2008 A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention, updated throughout the day…so check back often.
Thunder_Run on July 18, 2008 at 1:43 PM
Gonna have to disagreee, here, Cap’n…yeah. If The Lightworker gave a speech at the B-Gate, the press on both sides of the Atlantic would play it up as the biggest and most Lightworker-ish moment in modern history.
There would be NO, repeat NO context added pursuant to what you said.
Do you really think that any network anchor or CNN-ABC-CBS-NBC-BBC-AFP-Der Speigel editor would even MENTION the name of Ronaldus Magnus in connection with The Obama’s speech there??? No effing way. Not ever.
Can you picture Katie Couric or Wolf Blitzer or Mr. Thrill-up-the Leg giving props to Reagan along the lines of: “Hey Obama gave a great speech at the Gate today, but let’s remember how Ronald Reagan worked his ass off for 8 years to bring down the Berlin Wall, and how if Reagan had not shown balls as big as church bells, the Wall might still be up. “ Yeah, me neither.
More likley, the press accompanying The Secular Messiah would be grateful that there was a new Sheriff of Brandenburg, grateful because the press would never again have to mention RR or credit him with anything.
Am I a bitter and sour individual on this? Maybe.
But I just ate a lemon, so…..
Mike D. on July 18, 2008 at 2:34 PM
Remeber he is embarrassed by the fact that Americans travel to Europe can only speak English.
I’ll bet he only spake English too. I am so embarrassed by him….
Sir Napsalot on July 18, 2008 at 2:47 PM
The arrogance belongs to the media who are collectively seeking to ram this cretin down our throats regardless of the consequences to the nation.
elduende on July 18, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Gives a whole new meaning to:”It’s all about the ‘O’”…
Sorry Sabine
Catseye on July 18, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Having served our Country, in Berlin for three years, the Brandenburg Gate will never be mundane.
ultracon on July 18, 2008 at 4:35 PM
So Gilda… is Katy’s middle digit less offensive because it’s a complicated, creative, cut-n-paste, in PhotoShop, rather than my dimbulb text clip of Dubyah from YouTube?
You win, well done! Mine was entirely too glib; a spur of the moment wise asse response.
I’m looking forward to additional cutting edge political design from you. I shall attempt to use better response judgment, in the future?
Really!
J_Gocht on July 18, 2008 at 4:51 PM
I can’t wait to hear the media accompanying him note that he cannot speak the languages of Europe, and contrast that with his speech about our need to teach kids Spanish.
What’s that you say? They won’t bring it up?
Nevermind….
cs89 on July 18, 2008 at 5:35 PM
If someone hasn’t said it already, here’s where you’re missing it. The Brandenburg Gate issue is symptomatic of Obama’s arrogance–just as much as the faux presidential seal was–and it is, therefore, highly significant as an indicator of the way O thinks of himself. JFK spoke there, Reagan spoke there, so, of course, the great O should speak there. People won’t remember that Berlin is no longer two cities or that Germany is no longer two countries. What they’d remember is that O spoke there just like the Great Ones….and that was what he was counting on.
baldilocks on July 18, 2008 at 6:38 PM
Baldy, olde boye, bothe you and I know he won’t be speaking there.
What I do know is… President Obama will be one of the “Great Ones”…!
Your words…and mine!
J_Gocht on July 18, 2008 at 6:54 PM
If he is fact finding, that may be legal. If he is campaigning on taxpayer funding then he is accepting public funding and that is another thing entirely. The MSM will give him hours of free airtime.
old trooper on July 18, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Damn… “old trooper” the Big O isn’t accepting any taxpayer financed money for his campaign.
Where have you been?
J_Gocht on July 18, 2008 at 7:07 PM
I read all this and wholeheartedly agree, and it seems so obvious this guys is the “Emperor with no clothes”…then I realize that there are like 60 million people who have swallowed him whole…ugh…
CCRWM on July 18, 2008 at 7:18 PM
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