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Title: Der Spiegel has spoken! names Obama as #44
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Der Spiegel online
URL Source: http://www.spiegel.de/international/
Published: Jul 25, 2008
Author: various Der Spiegel journalists
Post Date: 2008-07-25 01:23:55 by scrapper2
Keywords: Germany sees our end, citizen of the world
Views: 648
Comments: 16
Check out these headlines - what a laugh! - the Germans are gloating that America will finally meet its end - our Stalingrad, our Normandy - America will be beaten down to its knees by putting all its hopes in Chauncey Gardiner better known as Barack Obama, a man who came from obscurity, a man whose policies are as vague as his motto of "change". The Germans are savoring our defeat. They have waited a good long time and now they see their fond dreams materialize before their very eyes in Berlin, no less. All hail Barack Obama, Citizen of the World, Banker's Grandson, President in Waiting. Headlines from Der Spiegel: "People of the World, Look at Me" "No. 44 Has Spoken" "'A Strong and Gutsy Message'" " Obama in Berlin: Huge Crowds Left with Mixed Feelings"
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Check out these German magazine/newspaper covers: www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-33622.html Obama the superstar: The current edition of DER SPIEGEL magazine covers the phenomenon of the star politician -- something Germans so far have been unfamiliar with. www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-33622-3.html "Come Back to Earth," the German daily newspaper Die Tageszeitung demands. www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-33622-5.html Weekly magazine Stern asks this week if Obama is the redeemer -- or simply a seducer?
Huge Crowds Left with Mixed Feelings By Mark Waffel and Josh Ward Some cut and paste: Expectations were sky-high for the speech US presidential candidate Barack Obama delivered in Berlin Thursday evening. Enormous crowds welcomed what the senator had to say, but not everyone was convinced by his delivery. Patricia Gusovius, 48, of Berlin, brought her 5-year-old daughter Hanan to the speech particularly because of Obama's background. "I'm here because my daughter has an Egyptian father and I'm German," Gusovius told SPIEGEL ONLINE. "She can see that Obama is a mix, like her. Mixed race families have a hard time in Western culture, and he can be her role model." After excitedly awaiting her turn to speak, Hanan added: "We spent a whole day at school learning about him." Reactions to the almost 30-minute speech hit both extremes. "It was excellent, not good, but excellent," said Henry Aikins, 63, a pensioner from Berlin, though originally from Ghana. "It was good he didn't just talk about America, but Africa and other continents as well. … He really moved me in my heart." Anton Kliegl, however, a 50-year-old managing consultant from Regensburg, didn't see things that way. "In general I have to say I was a bit disappointed," Kliegl said. "The coverage of the primaries created this impression that he was an amazing speaker who could carry away his audience. He didn't do that tonight. I really expected more."
As Obama Visits Germany, McCain Visits German Restaurant
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol...ctions/article4393257.ece "Barack Obama: feted abroad but facing a fight at home" While Barack Obama was being feted in Berlin, there were many voters back in the US wondering what he was doing in Europe at a time when their homes are being repossessed and jobs cut. With Europeans clearly favouring Mr Obama over his Republican rival John McCain, the reality back in America is that their presidential race is close, with many voters still harbouring significant doubts about the Democrat's lack of experience and core values. Although it is early days in the general election campaign, and with Mr Obama still favoured to win, the polls show that since he captured his party's nomination a month ago, Mr McCain has actually gained ground on his opponent. Such a dynamic is all the more surprising because Mr McCain has suffered a bad fortnight. His campaign co-chairman resigned after calling Americans worried about the economy "whiners"; his opposition to a timetabled withdrawal in Iraq is in danger of being eclipsed by events on the ground; and a series of gaffes and sheer bad luck have contrasted poorly with Mr Obama's almost flawless foreign tour. Yet a Wall Street Journal/NBC survey has underscored voter unease with Mr Obama and the fact that his poll lead over Mr McCain remains small, in part because more Americans identify with Mr McCain's "background and values" than with Mr Obama's. Many voters feel that they still don't know Mr Obama. The poll gave Mr Obama a six-point lead over Mr McCain, but the Republican held significant advantages on the issues of experience, who would make a better commander-in-chief and leadership. They key question for voters was what type of president Mr Obama would make, indicating that if he can quell lingering doubts, he could win handsomely - but if those doubts grow, Mr McCain has a great chance of victory. While Mr Obama met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday, Mr McCain was holding a campaign rally in north-eastern Pennsylvania, in a reliably Democratic region. "For the past two days on talk radio here, pretty much every caller wanted to know why Barack Obama was in Europe and the Middle East rather than talking to people back home about the issues here," said Andrew Seder, a reporter for the Times Leader in Wilkes Barre who covered the McCain event. With record-high petrol prices, rising unemployment, and a gloomy economy, Mr Seder said: "They just don't understand why he's over there right now. They see the trip as a political stunt." Mr Seder said that the normally reliably Democratic area was up for grabs this year, because of doubts about Mr Obama. "A lot of Democrats were in the McCain audience and are going to vote for him," Mr Seder said. "I haven't figured out if it's a racial thing, his experience, or his lack of ties to the military, but a lot of people just can't get on board for Obama."
#8. To: scrapper2 (#7)
BHO does not care about Americans.
Or maybe the anti-war/anti-police state Democrats are pissed that Obama has stabbed them in the back. At this point Obama promises more Police Action nonsense than McCain does while at the same time refusing to undo Dubya's TSA/DHS cluster-fuck. Combine that with spending policy that would make even the most tax and spend loving "D" recoil in horror and it's little wonder the shine is coming off the Obamania.
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As Obama Visits Germany, McCain Visits German Restaurant
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Mr Seder said that the normally reliably Democratic area was up for grabs this year, because of doubts about Mr Obama. "A lot of Democrats were in the McCain audience and are going to vote for him," Mr Seder said. "I haven't figured out if it's a racial thing, his experience, or his lack of ties to the military, but a lot of people just can't get on board for Obama."
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