Obama Draws Criticism for Sitting Out Berlin Wall Anniversary

[Hugo Chavez]

No,its Buss' fault,according to Obama.

It's just wong to blame the buss.  The buss didn't do nuttin to us bros

[BM OUT]

It's just wong to blame the buss.  The buss didn't do nuttin to us bros

You know what I meant.According to your hero,Bush is responsible for even global warming,the economy,911,Barney Frank being gay,Gates etc.Its all George Bushs' fault.Even Obama marrying a pre-op tranny is because of Bush.

[240 is Back]

he'd be shat upon no matter what.

Imagine if he's overseas celebrating an anniversary in Europe... instead of addressing the rising unemployment and aftermatho f the horrible Ft Hood shooting.

Face it, Rush and other radio friends knew from minute 1 that they were gonna crap on him no matter what, for this.  Skip it, and you have no love for democracy.  Attend and get heat for neglecting duties at home.  Some ppl bitch about everything, we know that.

[BM OUT]

he'd be shat upon no matter what.

Imagine if he's overseas celebrating an anniversary in Europe... instead of addressing the rising unemployment and aftermatho f the horrible Ft Hood shooting.

Face it, Rush and other radio friends knew from minute 1 that they were gonna crap on him no matter what, for this.  Skip it, and you have no love for democracy.  Attend and get heat for neglecting duties at home.  Some ppl bitch about everything, we know that.

Funny,he didnt worry about that when he went to get Chicago the Olympics.Things were exactly the same minus the shooting.

[Soul Crusher]

he'd be shat upon no matter what.

Imagine if he's overseas celebrating an anniversary in Europe... instead of addressing the rising unemployment and aftermatho f the horrible Ft Hood shooting.

Face it, Rush and other radio friends knew from minute 1 that they were gonna crap on him no matter what, for this.  Skip it, and you have no love for democracy.  Attend and get heat for neglecting duties at home.  Some ppl bitch about everything, we know that.

He is doing nothing on both fronts. 

[240 is Back]

Funny,he didnt worry about that when he went to get Chicago the Olympics.Things were exactly the same minus the shooting.

you made my point.

prez leaves his country when he can.

there wasn't a major army shooting that week he went to get the olympics, so he went.


seriously, you dont make a lot of sense here.  

[Option D]

how do you know what Hillary, Kerry, etc.. would have done

I do feel pretty certain that if he went you would have started ten threads using ALL CAPS criticizing him for going

HAHAHAHAA @all caps..




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[BM OUT]

you made my point.

prez leaves his country when he can.

there wasn't a major army shooting that week he went to get the olympics, so he went.


seriously, you dont make a lot of sense here.  

What in the world is Obama doing about the shooting?Its over.He read the teleprompter and that was that.In fact,he spoke FAR more about the health care bill then he spent on the shooting.

Incredibly,he had no problem jumping to conclusions about the Gates case,but here,we have a radical muslim who yells ALAH AKBAR and Obama says "dont jump to conclusions".Thats a joke!He gave a taped messege today,he spoke of himself and NEVER mentioned Reagan once.The guy that was 100% the reason for the tearing down of the wall and Obama doesnt mention him,BUT he does speak of himself.Incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Coach is Back!]

So I guess it was just coincedence he was able to go to Copenhagen just at that time!!

[240 is Back]

What in the world is Obama doing about the shooting?Its over.He read the teleprompter and that was that.

Right.  And if anyone knows Obama's daily briefings and schedule regarding this shooting issue, it's you.

[Kazan]

Right.  And if anyone knows Obama's daily briefings and schedule regarding this shooting issue, it's you.

This is an important anniversary, and in my opinion he should have attended. The fall of the berlin wall the iron curtain was a world shaping event

[gcb]

Ummm - who cares? I mean he isn't German is he?

[Kazan]

Ummm - who cares? I mean he isn't German is he?

This is about a hell of a lot more than Berlin\Germany. Its about freeing an untold amount of people from Soviet iron handed rule.

[gcb]

This is about a hell of a lot more than Berlin\Germany. Its about freeing an untold amount of people from Soviet iron handed rule.

No - it's really a non-issue, I mean not all of the soviet countries were freed at the same time so why pick one Eastern Block country over another. Besides I'm sure he has more important things to do.

[2ND COMING]

biden said obama had a steel spine...

obama refuses to attend the falling of the berlin wall anniversary..

YOU do the math 

[gcb]

biden said obama had a steel spine...

obama refuses to attend the falling of the berlin wall anniversary..

YOU do the math 

2 + 2 = 5

Yes, that's right he must be Stalin re-incarnated - how could I have missed this?

[Kazan]

No - it's really a non-issue, I mean not all of the soviet countries were freed at the same time so why pick one Eastern Block country over another. Besides I'm sure he has more important things to do.

Ok, the fall of communism and oppression of the eastern european people is a non issue

Yeah the POTUS always has more important things to do except when it comes to the Olympics or jetting off to date night somewhere in the world, he has time for the really important things

[gcb]

Ok, the fall of communism and oppression of the eastern european people is a non issue

Yeah the POTUS always has more important things to do except when it comes to the Olympics or jetting off to date night somewhere in the world, he has time for the really important things

Read what I said not what you think I said. Obama going to the anniversary or not is a non-issue. The Olympics would have been good for the local economy. You don't like Obama that is why you are paying out on him. If Bush had done the same we would've heard crickets.

[Hedgehog]

Obama aside. The Wall event was an absolutely incredible thing. I still have memories of those months. It was crazy. Crazy wonderful.
I remember how we all were just waiting for reports of Soviet coming down hard on the break away nations. But they never did. Visited Prague a few years later. It was only a few months after Clinton had been there. In fact i ended up in a jazz club that it turned out Bill had been playing the sax in a few months earlier. Very special kind of atmosphere at the time

[MB_722]

[240 is Back]

This is an important anniversary, and in my opinion he should have attended. The fall of the berlin wall the iron curtain was a world shaping event

1) What other world leaders attended?

2) To the average American, was it more important than US troops getting killed and 10.2% unemployment?

[MM2K]

This is the nail in the coffin for me concerning Obama and his supposed love for this country. I am very disturbed and troubled by this. When we saw previews and pieces of evidence of this early in the primary campaigns, (being the only one not to put his hand on his heart during the Star Spangled Banner) I took all of that with a grain of salt. I had already been criticising him for his views and knew they would be disasterous for this country. But this is particularly disturbing.

[Soul Crusher]

1) What other world leaders attended?

2) To the average American, was it more important than US troops getting killed and 10.2% unemployment?

Hey moron:  The Berlin wall celebration was scheduled before the shooting happened and he never planed on going either way. 

As far as 10.2% UE - its his economy now and he has done enough damage to where blaming Bush is getting very old.  By his own definitions on UE, he is a failure. 

With regard to the memorial service, he has to go and has to do damage control for his disgusting press conference giving shout outs to people who did not even get the medals he claimed they did.   

[loco]

I'm no Obama fan, but Bush senior did not attend the celebrations either when the wall fell, and he too was criticized for it.  But Gorbachev thanked him for not attending, for not bragging and angering or humiliating the Russian conservatives who wanted the old Soviet Union to live on.  That was the reason Bush did not attend.

Obama is not going to attend the anniversary celebrations probably for the same reasons, for the sake of American and Russian relations.  The Soviet Union lost.  There is no need for America to rub it in there face too.

[Hedgehog]

I'm no Obama fan, but Bush senior did not attend the celebrations either when the wall fell, and he too was criticized for it.  But Gorbachev thanked him for not attending, for not bragging and angering or humiliating the Russian conservatives who wanted the old Soviet Union to live on.  That was the reason Bush did not attend.

Obama is not going to attend the anniversary celebrations probably for the same reasons, for the sake of American and Russian relations.  The Soviet Union lost.  There is no need for America to rub it in there face too.

LOL

You have one ass long memory.

I had completely forgotten about that one.

I always thought Bush Sr was a good example of what a politician should be like.

Technocrat, dull, not very flashy.

Never mind his ties to dirty business with the CIA.

But his personality, like John Kerry's, is what I prefer 8 days a week over a Tony Blair, an Obama or a Clinton.

Or the "communicator" Reagan.