McCain Plays Catch-Up: Attends German Restaurant In German Village, Ohio

John McCain is still playing catch up to Barack Obama.

As the Illinois Democrat speaks before the picturesque Victory Column in Berlin today, the Arizona Republican is doing a slightly less exciting form of German outreach. He is having a lunch meeting with small business leaders at a German restaurant in German Village, Columbus, Ohio.

The presidential race, it seems has boiled down to who has the greatest German appeal. McCain's appearance at Schmidts' restaurant, a "Sausage Haus" comes after the RNC launched several advertisements in towns named Berlin.

Among the items he may have ordered include: Sauerkraut-Bratwurst Balls, Hoffbrau Schnitzel, or the Bratwurst, voted the "Best Wurst" by Columbus Monthly.

Comments

[kahn10]

01:56 PM on 07/25/2008

Oh my god! How clueless can one man be? Did they really do a media blitzkreig of towns named Berlin? This is the kind of thing I'd expect over at 23/6.

[Pacific231]

10:35 AM on 07/25/2008

In his hilarious book "Executric­ks," Stanley Bing (check out his blog entries here on HP, BTW) muses that when old people travel, they care more about the proximity of a working bathroom than seeing worthwhile sights.

So...as long as the Sausage Haus had a working "Hopper Haus," McOldie was apparently perfectly happy to be having a pathetic little kaffeeklat­sch at a German restaurant while The Next President of The United States was acting like a true statesman and true future global leader on the world stage of Berlin.

[johnie2xs]

10:25 AM on 07/25/2008

McCains event planners must be Democratic plants. Who says the Democrats can't play down and dirty?

[AcitizenNJ]

10:01 AM on 07/25/2008

is it me or is this tit 4 tat stuff childish banter. who plans this stuff.

[Kashathree]

09:57 AM on 07/25/2008

Good Grief! And we thought Bush and his den of thieves were stupid! Well, they are, of course, but McCain makes them look like amateurs.

This is the best the Republican­s can come up with as a candidate?

Auf wiedersehn­, baby,

[SeenItBefore]

09:53 AM on 07/25/2008

"Ich bin ein Bratwurst.­" McCain will eat himself to death as his handlers provide him with photo-ops next in a French bistro and so on... Bugs said it best, "What a maroon."

[gobarackgo]

07:38 AM on 07/25/2008

McCain is going from bad to wurst!

[Kimberly46]

06:24 AM on 07/25/2008

I found it kind of repulsive to see him try to clean his teeth or top denture right there in front of the cameras. Guess he does not brush after lunch.

[JumpingCholla]

03:35 AM on 07/25/2008

He waited until he was on television to pick the sausage out of his front teeth with his fingers. I didn't think it was possible, but he's even more disgusting than bush.

[TXOBAMAGIRL73]

02:48 AM on 07/25/2008

Being at the House of Sausages with Ms.L was a very different thing for him I bet.

[dolphy]

02:09 AM on 07/25/2008

Can't wait for 11:30 PM. They're (Letterman­, Conan and Leno) gonna have a fiesta!!! McSame, he just keeps on giving. BWAHAHAHAH­AHA!!!!

[NotMcCain]

01:26 AM on 07/25/2008

This was even funnier than the speech in front of the cheese section yesterday.

Late night comedians are loving this guy. He's the gift that keeps on giving.

[ColumbusMike]

01:21 AM on 07/25/2008

I wonder if anyone told McCain that a lot of the residents of German Village are gay. In the 1980's, my partner and I lived on the same street as Schmidt's-­-just a block away. Of the 8 houses on our block, gay guys lived in 4 of them and lesbians in 2. Pastor Hagee, would be VERY uncomforta­ble there!!
BTW, Schmidt's has the best cream puffs in the world--the­y're HUGE!!! (And I'm referring to the desserts, not the neighbors. lol)

[tommytoons]

12:09 AM on 07/25/2008

I sure hope the McCain campaign managers are around for 2012, they have done a bang up job helping their Untermensc­h gain spectacula­r headlines these past two weeks. I'm surprized they didn't have him doing a Polka or have him dressed in lederhosen­!!!! God what a crew!!!!

[DinOhio]

09:38 PM on 07/24/2008

I heard he ordered " Iraq of Lamb"....