“It is not going to be a political speech,†said a senior foreign policy adviser, who spoke to reporters on background.*
The German flyers bear Obama’s campaign logo and say “Paid for by Obama for America.”
(h/t Patrick Ruffini.)
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July 23, 2008
Dies ist kein politisches Plakat! [Karl]
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Comment by jon on 7/23 @ 6:22 am #
It’s the advisor’s way of suggesting–and it’s probably a good idea, considering–that what happens in Germany stays in Germany. I wish the advisor had thought of that before inviting a million people and a lot of reporters (with notable exceptions) along for the non-political chat over tea and streudel.
Not a political speech? That’s laughable. Almost as laughable as McCain’s insistence on no timelines, even useful ones that show the Anbar Awakening and the Shiite ceasefire preceding the Surge. For a guy running as strong on foreign policy McCain sure doesn’t seem to have much more than a superficial understanding about what’s happening in Iraq, especially in those border regions with Pakistan.
Comment by B Moe on 7/23 @ 6:24 am #
For a guy running as strong on foreign policy McCain sure doesn’t seem to have much more than a superficial understanding about what’s happening in Iraq, especially in those border regions with Pakistan.
I am pretty sure he knows Pakistan and India don’t get along.
Comment by Dan Collins on 7/23 @ 6:27 am #
Iraq’s border regions with Pakistan?
Comment by JD on 7/23 @ 6:30 am #
McCain sure doesn’t seem to have much more than a superficial understanding about what’s happening in Iraq, especially in those border regions with Pakistan.
That is not the Pakistan that jon knew.
Comment by TheGeezer on 7/23 @ 6:30 am #
Egad, my German bones get all tingly looking at the poster
- wait –
my right arm is rising of its own
- I’m struggling to get up from my chair and my legs are weak -
MEIN FUEHRER! I CAN VALK!
Comment by Carin on 7/23 @ 6:31 am #
I definitely think the Germans are gonna vote for the O!
Comment by JD on 7/23 @ 6:33 am #
It is not going to be a political speech. We can safely call this advisor a douchebag and a liar. Yet another advisor that will be thrown under the back of the bus, shortly.
Comment by jon on 7/23 @ 6:41 am #
Iraq has a border with Pakistan on the same alternative-earth where the US has 57 states. Note to self: next time I’m getting an atlas, avoid the “McCain Publishing” and “Obamabook” brands.
Comment by geoffb on 7/23 @ 6:43 am #
From The Politico
“At a morning background briefing, reporters parried with senior advisers on the characterization of Obama’s speech Thursday in Berlin as a campaign rally. The outdoor speech at the Victory Column could draw thousands of people, similar to the size of Obama events in the United States.
“It is not going to be a political speech,†said a senior foreign policy adviser, who spoke to reporters on background. “When the president of the United States goes and gives a speech, it is not a political speech or a political rally.
“But he is not president of the United States,†a reporter reminded the adviser.
“He is going to talk about the issues as an individual … not as a candidate, but as an individual, as a senator,†the adviser added.”
Comment by happyfeet on 7/23 @ 6:43 am #
It’s win-win. If Baracky becomes pezzydent, the Germans will feel they have a stake in his pezzydency. If he loses, he’s poisoned the well for McCain. This is patriotism.
Comment by Bill M on 7/23 @ 6:45 am #
Where’s his mustache? snark/off
Comment by great banana on 7/23 @ 6:46 am #
will he be delivering his speech in German? Or will he embarrass himself and America by speaking English. I seem to recall a major politician lecturing americans on how requiring immigrants to learn english was unimportant, but it embarrassed us all when an American went to a foriegn country and did not speak the langauage.
Does anyone remember what politician that was who lectured America about that?
Comment by Mikey NTH on 7/23 @ 6:49 am #
Geezer -
Comment by Mikey NTH on 7/23 @ 6:49 am #
- That poster gave me the heebie-jeebies.
Comment by geoffb on 7/23 @ 6:52 am #
I think that Obama’s people “feel” that he is already Predident. Gore and Kerry gave off that same vib after they were nominated, Obama has it going earlier. When he is not elected they will crash hard and say “Once more with feeling” that they were robbed again.
Comment by SarahW on 7/23 @ 6:55 am #
That is one scary-ass poster…
I feel all, like, velcro to shotguns.
Comment by SarahW on 7/23 @ 6:57 am #
Maybe that didn’t sound right. But I’m clinging bitterly to something democratic, whiskey and sexy and not violent at all.
Comment by geoffb on 7/23 @ 7:01 am #
President not Predident, ack.
Comment by Spies, Brigands, and Pirates on 7/23 @ 7:01 am #
That’s the actual poster, not a parody?
Did they hire Leni Riefenstahl as a design consultant or somethin’?
Comment by serr8d on 7/23 @ 7:02 am #
Seems that the Germans should know better.
Comment by SarahW on 7/23 @ 7:02 am #
doesn’t seem to have much more than a superficial understanding about what’s happening in Iraq, especially in those border regions with Pakistan.
Iraq, Iraq
You border on the Adriatic
Also Pakistan and Jakarta
and your chief export is cupcakes.
Comment by Der Hahn on 7/23 @ 7:04 am #
Mikey .. no kidding … my first thought was ‘Seig O!’
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Comment by jdm on 7/23 @ 7:20 am #
will he be delivering his speech in German?
Only the part where he mentions the Jews… oh, my mistake, Zionism.
I wonder if he’ll recreate the JFK flub about being a Berliner. It didn’t seem to hurt JFK.
Comment by Chris Klein on 7/23 @ 7:23 am #
I will not be plakated !
Comment by jdm on 7/23 @ 7:27 am #
Oh, and Karl? I believe it’s “Diese” not “Dies” if Plakat were feminine. I also believe that poster is “das Plakat” which would make it “das ist nicht ein politisches Plakat”.
Sorry, sorry, sorry… I couldn’t help myself.
Comment by psycho... on 7/23 @ 7:28 am #
The white text on that red and black stripe there is a reference to Ghostbusters.
Comment by Spies, Brigands, and Pirates on 7/23 @ 7:30 am #
Ceci n’est pas un fasciste.
Comment by Karl on 7/23 @ 7:44 am #
#1: jon, I explained why your timeline is not viable yesterday. Start with the following link, but particularly note the underlying material (esp. at Mudville) that we were giving military support to the Awakening both before and during the surge:
http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=12965
#26: jdm – blame Google Translate. Or America for my lack of German fluency, like O!
Comment by afall on 7/23 @ 7:48 am #
I remember “Viva Bush” signs. The foreign language thing don’t seem so bad. Would we prefer that senate money be used for this speech or campaign money?
Comment by jdm on 7/23 @ 7:48 am #
Or America for my lack of German fluency, like O!
Heh. Good one.
Comment by Mr. Pink on 7/23 @ 7:51 am #
Well this gives Hugo Chavez free reign to come here and pose with Democrats when he is campaigning for reelection.
Comment by afall on 7/23 @ 7:59 am #
Creepy? Nah, its just trying to reach the technoviking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1nzEFMjkI4
(bout 40 secs in…)
Comment by SarahW on 7/23 @ 8:35 am #
Obama’s set up has become tiresome.
Watch what happens. His trousers have fallen down!
And now we must vote.
Comment by Jack Klompus on 7/23 @ 8:37 am #
Is Chris Matthews going to attend the speech and report on the Triumph of the Thrill?
Comment by Mr. Pink on 7/23 @ 8:40 am #
That poster without the words reminds me of the murals Saddam Hussien puts up at his palaces. All of them have rainbows behind his head and sunlight beaming down on him. Also everyone else is shorter than him in the murals and is looking up at him.
Comment by Topsecretk9 on 7/23 @ 8:41 am #
I’m still trying to figure out why the graphic designers keep using the image of Obama looking really, really confused is a good thing.
Comment by BJTex on 7/23 @ 8:44 am #
Will there be precision marching? I WAS PROMISED PRECISION MARCHING!!
Comment by N. O'Brain on 7/23 @ 8:47 am #
#Comment by Jack Klompus on 7/23 @ 8:37 am #
Anyone who makes puns should be hung, drawn and quoted.
Comment by Jack Klompus on 7/23 @ 8:47 am #
“Cue Wagner!…Cue Wagner!…What the f…!”
Comment by alppuccino on 7/23 @ 8:48 am #
The foreign language thing don’t seem so bad.
and this language is….
Comment by Rob Crawford on 7/23 @ 8:51 am #
You’re saying he has another expression? That’s the only one I’ve ever seen on his face.
Comment by Chris Klein on 7/23 @ 8:52 am #
I will not be plakated, or placated.
Comment by JD on 7/23 @ 8:52 am #
Racists
Comment by alppuccino on 7/23 @ 8:54 am #
A reprise of sorts:
How do you solve a problem like Obama?
On any issue can you pin him down?
How do you find a word that means Obama?
Commander-in-Chief? Maliki’s best bud? Brown?
Comment by JD on 7/23 @ 8:55 am #
Brown? Are you fucking kidding me? Brown?! Good Allah, your racism knows no bounds.
Comment by twolaneflash on 7/23 @ 9:05 am #
John F. Kennedy called the Germans “weiners” when he attempted to speak the native language in Berlin: “Ich bin ein Berliner!”, Berliner being a German tube-steak. Probably got him killed.
Comment by alppuccino on 7/23 @ 9:05 am #
And a twist:
Aide’s advice, Aide’s advice
Every morning you greet me
Down with Surge, website purge
Limit questions on TV.
Blunders and gaffes, they may bloom and grow
Who would know that better?
Aide’s advice, won’t suffice
I’ll be president forever.
Comment by alppuccino on 7/23 @ 9:07 am #
If you’re going to sing #48, make sure your voice catches on “forever”
Comment by alppuccino on 7/23 @ 9:08 am #
your racism knows no bounds.
Not yet, at least.
Comment by BJTex on 7/23 @ 9:18 am #
Just a tank full of ethanol makes the food supply go down, the food supply go do-own, the food supply go d….
Oops! Wrong Julie Andrews movie and</i. wrong topic.
I double dutch snakeyes whirly gig denounce myself.
Al: Don’t tell JD but I got you guys a couple of midget clown caddies for your outing. That should give a 10 stroke advantage right there.
Comment by BJTex on 7/23 @ 9:20 am #
Ending tags! Ending tags!
I’m a hypercode mor – ron!
Comment by Clint on 7/23 @ 9:31 am #
But Eddie Izzard told me it was a doughnut! If I can’t trust the witty English transvestite, who can I trust??
Is there no Hope anywhere in this world?!
Comment by alppuccino on 7/23 @ 9:34 am #
B – a bug, that stings my ass
A – it’s Fonzie’s favorite noise
R – the sound a mad dog makes
A – more Fonzie for the boys
C – you do it with your eyes
K – the opposite of No
Walks – on water and he flies
It’s our Lord and Saviour, O! o o o
Comment by alppuccino on 7/23 @ 9:35 am #
it’s out of my system now
Comment by BJTex on 7/23 @ 9:38 am #
LOL I bow to you oh spinner of absurdist tunes! May it never be “out of your system.”
Comment by guinsPen on 7/23 @ 9:38 am #
I am seventeen going on eighteen…
Rolfbama!
Comment by MayBee on 7/23 @ 10:16 am #
Imagine Ahmadenijad making a similar poster just before he leaves for his no-preconditions meeting with Obama.
I know I am a dead-horse beater, here. But Obama is making so much of his overseas trip, yet he is the one that has tried to pretend other world leaders meeting with POTUS is no big deal. Not a prize. Surely he now realizes the value of such propaganda.
Comment by happyfeet on 7/23 @ 10:38 am #
Is Baracky expecting smurfs to come or something?
Comment by DJ on 7/23 @ 10:40 am #
OK, I just have to do this. As a native German speaker I can say the title should be “Dies ist kein politisches Plakat” and a “Berliner” is a North German expression for a jelly-filled donut, called a “Krapfen” in Bavaria.
Can I be President, now?
Comment by alppuccino on 7/23 @ 10:45 am #
I know I am a dead-horse beater, here. But Obama is making so much of his overseas trip, yet he is the one that has tried to pretend other world leaders meeting with POTUS is no big deal. Not a prize. Surely he now realizes the value of such propaganda.
As I’ve said before, MayBee, this pure genius. Why is it not getting more traction? Perhaps if you set it to music?
Comment by Clint on 7/23 @ 10:48 am #
Set it to music, MayBee, but don’t have any of those dancers in the background. That would just further the oppression of women, especially if they’re hot black women.
Comment by alppuccino on 7/23 @ 10:49 am #
this “is” pure genius. Too late.
Comment by maggie katzen on 7/23 @ 10:53 am #
well, I for one applaud Karl for not outsourcing this job to someone overseas just as Obama would want.
Comment by alppuccino on 7/23 @ 10:57 am #
May I?
There’s a place for us.
Somewhere a place for us.
Hugo, me and Ahmadinijad,
Peace, by God, is there.
There’s a time for us,
Some day a time for us,
Sticks and carrots and friendly talk,
Hold your nukes and we’ll take a walk
Comment by Sdferr on 7/23 @ 11:07 am #
MayBee on your 58, Obama is pulling the same stunt with regard to the Surge, ie. we need a surge into Afghanistan right now, but the surge into Iraq was useless and wasteful of soldiers lives.
Comment by RTO Trainer on 7/23 @ 2:03 pm #
“Almost as laughable as McCain’s insistence on no timelines, even useful ones that show the Anbar Awakening and the Shiite ceasefire preceding the Surge.”
Given the usage, I don’t think you know what “timeline” means in this discussion. In addition, the term has been “timetable.”
Comment by mojo on 7/23 @ 3:37 pm #
“Ich bin ein anspruchsvoller schmuck”
Comment by Roland THTG on 7/23 @ 4:28 pm #
Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein OBAMA!!!
OBAMA UBER ALLES