Obama Berlin Speech

Obama: "Ich bin ein Chrysler!"

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Parker

Obama talked his usual great game of absolute confidence at the end of his announcement this morning, telling the country, "If you're going to buy a new car, buy an American car."

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Dowd's Snark Shoots Up, Down

Nancy Kruh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nancy Kruh

In his book, Snark David Denby describes Maureen Dowd as "essentially sour and without hope," but my evidence, I believe, proves him wrong.

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Obama: The Change Candidate Abroad, Too

Paul Hunt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Hunt

Obama's candidacy has generated effective grassroots initiatives in the States and it might well do the same on this side of the Atlantic, which would be a major change in many European states.

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Obama in Berlin: Finding the Right Tone

Susan Neiman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susan Neiman

In Berlin, Obama gave his hearers hope, not hysteria -- the hope for an America that could not only work with European nations, but even be a model for them.

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Jason Linkins

RNC Ties Obama To ... David Hasselhoff

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the clearest sign yet that the Republicans have all but given up on even pretending that they have ideas worth selling to the American people, the ...

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Obama in Berlin: Walking the Walk

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stefan Sirucek

The speech is a brisk, affecting affair. There are big cheers when Obama talks about nuclear disarmament and dealing with climate change, but the crowd's response to "defeating terror" is noticeably muted.

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Obama Should Re-Think His Faith-Based Agenda

William Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Fisher

There's one wall that Barack wants to pull down that I think needs to be affirmatively left in place, or, to be more precise, reconstructed: the one between church and state.

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Should We Care What the World Thinks About Obama?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda Bergthold

For Americans who believe that the rest of the world should just suck it up and love us or leave us alone, the argument that we should care what the world thinks of us will have no impact.

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Obama in France: La Vie en Rose

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joan Z. Shore

Much to Barack Obama's credit, he is not acting presidential on this European tour. He said it in Berlin, and he repeated in Paris: "I'm not here as a presidential candidate, I'm here as an American senator."

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Three American Freedom Speeches In Berlin

John Tomasic | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Tomasic

For anyone who hasn't surfed over yet, PrezVid has a great three-part line up of videos, a series of what what you could call "the American Freedom Sp...

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Diminishing Hope: A Leading Palestinian Responds to Barack Obama

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

2008-07-26-clemonspull.jpgI interviewed non-violence advocate Mustafa Barghouti yesterday found his hope in Obama being replaced by 'disappointment.'

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Bereft in Berlin

Marc Kusnetz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marc Kusnetz

Each time Obama steps on a new stage, the press criticizes his rhetoric as high-falutin' but devoid of content. Do they think Berlin was the perfect time to announce a new initiative for the earned income tax credit?

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Echoing Hillary in Blasting Barack

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carol Felsenthal

Is the McCain campaign borrowing from Hillary Clinton? Consider the similarity between her remark from last March and a McCain spokesman's response to Obama's speech in Berlin.

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Obama And The Wall

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jamal Dajani

During my recent travels to the Middle East, I found that although Obama fairs much better than his rival, early enthusiasm for his candidacy has been replaced by skepticism.

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Obama Berlin Speech: US Foreign Service Workers Instructed Not To Attend

Katharine Zaleski | Posted 05.25.2011

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**UPDATE 7/25** ThinkProgress now reports that the bar on Foreign Service workers attending Obama's speech in Berlin --through what a diplomat's union...

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Obama in Berlin

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

250,000 Berliners would never have assembled to hear a speech by John McCain. Today, even Bush couldn't pull that many people together in Berlin to protest against him.

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Obama In Berlin: A New Day, A New Hope

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frank Schaeffer

Tens of thousands of people who have been highly critical of our country gather to hear an American political figure. They wait, as we do, for the new day.

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Bush Bans State Department Officials From Obama Rally

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jacob Heilbrunn

The sentiments expressed by Germans, who worship Obama as much as they loathe George W. Bush, might not be ones that the administration is eager to hear.

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Reading The Pictures: Fudge Haus

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Shaw

2008-07-25-shaw_fudghehaus.jpg If the strategy of the day was to emphasize McCain's ability, evoking a German setting, to successfully engage 199,990 fewer people than Obama, this event was a rousing success.

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Obama Berlin Speech: Reagan, Kennedy Comparisons; More Media Reactions

The Huffington Post | Dan Duray/Katharine Zaleski | Posted 05.25.2011

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Major news organizations are drawing comparisons between Barack Obama's speech in Berlin today and those of John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. (They w...

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Obama's Berlin Speech: Candidate Dampens Expectations (VIDEO)

Katharine Zaleski | Posted 05.25.2011

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***SCROLL DOWN TO WATCH LIVE STREAMING VIDEO*** The buzz about Barack Obama's Berlin speech is almost at a fever pitch in the final hours before he d...

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Seth Colter Walls

McCain Response To Obama In Berlin Echoes 2004 Bush Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

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It took 90 minutes -- forever in the realm of rapid response -- but the McCain campaign appears to have found the line in Barack Obama's Berlin speech...

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Jason Linkins

Obama Apparently Not Allowed To Employ Foreign Languages

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over at The Next Right, Patrick Ruffini is really, really worked up over Barack Obama's speech in Berlin, and wants to put the Senator in...uhm - Deut...

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Berlin Was Wrong Place for Obama's Wall Speech

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

Obama's speech had high points and deserves applause -- but it's ultimately forgettable because he failed to deliver the most important lines where they most mattered.

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Obama Berlin Speech: See Video, Photos, Full Speech Transcript

Posted 05.25.2011

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Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "def...

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