Obama Cancels Plans To Attend Berlin Wall Anniversary

Spiegel:

US President Barack Obama has shelved his plans to attend festivities marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will reportedly take his place at the Nov. 9 celebrations.

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Comments

[RexPrimoris]

A columnist whose name escapes me opined upon what I believe is Obama's true motivation for avoiding the Berlin celebrations -- the simple fact that the event won't be about him. Therefore, he abstains from attending. The man's narcissism is now at the level of a severe psychological problem that is impacting in a very negative way the manner in which he conducts foreign affairs.

[BlackRabbit]

I'm no great defender of Obama, but you're hanging a lot of laundry on a pretty thin line here.

Chances are that he's not attending cause he's trying to rescue his health plan. If so, his priorities are correct.

[murphy80]

sorry the love fest is over.
this guy screws up everything he touches.
mideast
healthcare
mortgage foreclosure
afganistan
you name it,
this guy accomplishes nothing.
zero, zilch, and now can't find his way to Germany. rofl at him and you

[maidenofdforest]

s c r e w your sorry thoughts? LOL

[yvonne61]

I wish all you hater go on a island together and chill.

[yvonne61]

damn if he do damn if he don't Obama the best thing for this countyr. You think people happy for McSame snd no-talking Palin. I don't think so

[Benderknows]

I'm surprised. This would be a great opportunity for him to dump on the US and praise Socialism. I forgot, this is where we celebrate victory over a repressive, Socialism regime. Obama would be very conflicted.

[vascopyjama]

But why send Hillary?

[VOTER]

Huh?

The Secretary of State is the highest ranking Member of the President's Cabinet
and is in charge of FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

[Durango]

I think you meant Duh?

[duxguts]

See what happens when you don't send enough troops to Afghanistan.

[iamnodem]

Good, now we don't have to hear how bad we are, and how sorry we are again.

[VOTER]

(-)

[KIVPossum]

Does Obama do anything he says he will?

[dillydawg]

That didn't take long. Now remind us about the TelePrompter.

[KIVPossum]

That's so he can stay on message and not laugh about your foo-foo dog.

[Lee Andrew]

Good. Can't stand Chancellor Merkel .... She was Bush's buddy. 'Nuff said. I am also disappointed that she will be addressing a joint session of congress in November --- how soon we forget about the Brandenberg Gate debcale.

[Yeah-Me]

I wonder if "You Lie" Wilson will make himself scarce that day, or will he have some other enlightening piece of input to share with a foreign dignitary?

[coveark]

Good.

[UncleJimbo]

Let me be the first here and get the whole take for the Tr00ls out of the way! Obama doesn't want to attend the event because it was President Reagan that brought the Wall down! Baloney! Now Shaddup!

[dresdengirl]

Ronald Reagan was a B Actor. The Berlin Wall came down because the Soviet Union went belly up.
Educate yourself.

[UncleJimbo]

You have NO sense of humor and NO understanding of Sarcasm! Check my Profile and Bio! The statement is from the point of view of a Stewpid Tr0ll! I expect a retraction! Ta!

[duxguts]

Yes the Soviet Union went broke but Ronald Raygun sent us broke making them broke.