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- lewhich, on 07/24/2008, -4/+49My favorite comment:
"And we thought McCain didn't know anything about economics. Clearly, McCain got just as much political bang for his campaign buck by speaking to small businessmen at a German restaurant in Ohio as Obama got from going to Berlin and speaking in front of an audience of 200,000 Germans. I'm sure McCain looked very presidential chocking down a Bratwurst. The economics of McCain's strategy is brilliant! If Obama goes to Mexico, McCain goes to as Taco Bell. If Obama goes to Italy, McCain goes to a Pizza Hut. If Obama goes to China, McCain goes to a Panda Express. If Obama goes to France, McCain goes to a McDonalds and scarfs a large order of French Fries.. And consider the logical progression of extending this approach to the national campaign. When Obama is campaigning in the Garden State, McCain gives a speech at a Frank's Nursery. When Obama campaigns in the Aloha State, McCain gives a speech wearing an Hawaiian shirt with a lei around his neck. When Obama campaigns in the Show Me State, MaCain gives a speech and drops his drawers. The possibilities for McCain to display his economic know how are endless." - SheilaNoya, on 07/25/2008, -3/+45Good grief! Who the hell is running McCain's campaign now?
They bitch about not getting enough media coverage... so the media shows up and what does the McCain campaign have to show us for the last several days:
- McCain riding in a golf cart with Bush Sr.
- McCain looking at cheese in a grocery store
- McCain talking to a half-empty room of old, fat people
- McCain at the Sausage Haus
- McCain talking to reporters and making HUGE mistakes and getting all of his "facts" wrong [again]
I say we should keep the cameras on him at all times now so everyone sees how truly pathetic he really is. - samtheotter, on 07/24/2008, -9/+46that's almost TOO funny.
- grlykool, on 07/24/2008, -8/+37I hope McCain enjoyed all the Obama signs in German Village. He could hardly pick a more a better spot to run into Obama supporters.
- BradOFarrell, on 07/25/2008, -5/+28Wurst. Candidate. Ever.
- Dndlion, on 07/24/2008, -18/+35pitiful. poor pitiful man.
- rhabd0mancer, on 07/25/2008, -1/+14No kidding, German Village is 99% liberal.
BTW, I recommend the Bahama Mama and the Jumbo Cream Puff. - Rotzooi, on 07/24/2008, -3/+16No, but the Republicans are still going to complain about the media's bias.
- Cyberdactyl, on 07/25/2008, -5/+14Give me a break, Obama could give a campaign speech to a 35 person village in Uganda and McCain at the mall in Washington and the Huffy Post would still poo-poo McCain.
This digg post is merely the daily hard-on fix for the Obama far left fan boys. - grlykool, on 07/24/2008, -9/+18McCain was there w/Lindsay Graham it would be funny if it wasn't so sick. Is anyone in the media going to call him out on this?
- kenedamick, on 07/25/2008, -1/+10Dugg because the headline is ***** hilarious.
- GhostWithToast, on 07/24/2008, -5/+13Next Stop: The German section of the Epcot center's 'Circle of the World'
- ZeroVector, on 07/25/2008, -0/+7Mission accomplished! Schmidt's does have a kick ass cream puff though.
- sb66, on 07/25/2008, -2/+9I wonder how many people support McCain who aren't knee jerk haters of anything "liberal" or rascists....you know, people who actually like him and don't just hate the other side.
- cph1, on 07/25/2008, -1/+8http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/07/ob ...
"The senator decided out of respect for these servicemen and women that it would be inappropriate to make a stop to visit troops at a U.S. military facility as part of a trip funded by the campaign....
Sen. Obama did not want to have a trip to see our wounded warriors perveived as a campaign event when his visit was to show his appreciation for our troops and decided instead not to go." - dkapuchino, on 07/25/2008, -2/+8Well put.
- HopeMonger, on 07/25/2008, -1/+7Rumor is he got a box of cream puffs to go
- HopeMonger, on 07/25/2008, -0/+6I liked it best when he knocked over the stack of stuff bumbling around the grocery isle...classic!
- relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -1/+7"Schmidt's Sausage Hause und Restaurant"
lol - Ljay90, on 07/25/2008, -1/+6I see what you did there...
- diggB, on 07/25/2008, -2/+7McCain couldn't have chosen a wurst location to eat ...
- dkapuchino, on 07/25/2008, -8/+13I had no idea Germans could vote for POTUS. How stupid of McCain not to spend thousands on a trip to germany to rally support from those voters.
Since when did we ever need the world's approval as to who we choose as a president? Isn't this all about who will be good for America, not who will be good for the world? - LinkGCN4, on 07/25/2008, -0/+5Thank you!
- geddon, on 07/25/2008, -1/+6Did Obama switch his candidacy to World Leader when I wasn't looking?
- codywalton, on 07/25/2008, -3/+8Anyone else think that headline sounds like it came from The Onion?
- flink405, on 07/25/2008, -5/+9Meanwhile the latest Gallup poll shows McCain and Obama tied.
And in Germany a comment about Obama's Berlin Speech:
"Klaus Bölling, a former government spokesman under ex-Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, told SPIEGEL ONLINE: "It was a sermon and an unsuccessful one at that. The intellectual gulf between him and John F. Kennedy could not be overlooked. Apart from the niceties and talk about Berliners' love of freedom, there wasn't a single original thought. Instead, there was just a feeling of 'All people should become brothers.' A world without nuclear weapons? Nice idea, but if Obama gets elected that becomes nothing more than rhetoric."
"In America the demystification process of the candidate has already beguan and continues." - Cuchanu, on 07/25/2008, -8/+12I think that the McCain people see it as there only way to get any headlines. But I'm not sure it's good publicity if it makes you look like a joke.
- mookrit, on 07/25/2008, -1/+5Here's the "Help Wanted" ad Obama apparently believes he's answering by running for president:
HELP WANTED
Job Description: Emperor of the World
Requirements: Not much. "Community organizing" of welfare beggars in any American city will do. In addition, must be willing to threaten nuclear annihilation of any country that balks at complete, 100% obedience to American foreign policy. If such mass murder is necessary, must be good at telling lies about your true intentions by calling the mass murder "a new birth of freedom," "exporting democracy," "eradicating evil from the earth," etc., etc.
At least three references required, along with a 1000 word essay on "Why I Want to Be Emperor of the World." - theutopian, on 07/25/2008, -0/+4I dugg you up but I'm not sure I should digg you for copying and pasting someone else's clever comment...
- inactive, on 07/25/2008, -0/+4Fotze
- TVarmy, on 07/25/2008, -1/+5Nah, brah. He's on a stay-cation. He saves cash, and has fun! Meanwhile, Obama's being a jetsetter and spending all his cash.
- trollick, on 07/25/2008, -2/+6So you don't care how clueless your president is as long as there is a slight chance that he will have a beer with you?
- bruce86, on 07/25/2008, -1/+5I guess you are one of those dumbasses that digg those "top 10 useless links of the day!" or '5 secrets about feet you didn't know!" Why don't we see more hatred to those submissions
- inactive, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3Eva Braun?
- actorboy, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3Ha! Good one. I tell you what, why don't you have that same band play before a McCain rally and see if the audience sticks around after the set. It would empty out in a heartbeat. Now, if you let Toby Keith open for McCain, I have no doubt the audience will stick around. In other words, the band might support the message, but they are not the reason people listen to it.
Nice try though. - zacharytelschow, on 07/25/2008, -13/+16The comparison is staggering, I agree. On the one hand, you have an arrogant man prancing around the world on the presumption he will be president, declaring he is a global citizen and denouncing the United States, while on the other hand you have a war hero eating dinner at a place my family could easily be found eating dinner. Quite staggering.
- actorboy, on 07/25/2008, -3/+6You weren't paying attention during the primaries. He has always said we should be fighting in Afghanistan and not Iraq. See, one war (Afghanistan) was waged to capture or kill the people behind 9/11. The other war (Iraq) was waged to relieve a country that posed no threat to the US of terrible weapons that they did not have.
- dlm85, on 07/25/2008, -2/+5All I want is a picture of McCain's face sticking through the wooden cutouts in front of the store. http://flickr.com/photos/70323761@N00/239950457/
- dupswapdrop, on 07/25/2008, -5/+8They told him he was in Germany! After all he won world war two right?
- datastorageguy, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3Wait a second, so McCain, who is running to be the President of AMERICA has the audacity to campaign in AMERICA? Stop the presses!!!!!
- Azurensis, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3Oh man! Schmidts' is the *****! If McCain is going to visit a restaurant in Columbus, at least he chose a good one.
- ChildeRoland420, on 07/25/2008, -1/+4Doesn't it bother you that a presidential candidate is campaigning in OTHER COUNTRIES?
- inactive, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3I'll gladly eat the shark fin nachos and shark fin pizza!
- CdnPhoto, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3Sad, but not true.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics ...
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama dropped a plan to visit wounded U.S. troops in Germany on Friday amid concerns the stop would be viewed as a political event.
Planning for a stop at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center had been in the works for three weeks. But an Obama adviser said he was told in recent days by the Pentagon that the military would consider it a campaign event. - gringodude01, on 07/25/2008, -3/+6So many Americans live overseas though. I believe many will vote for President this time. Also, Obama is doing this because had he not, McCain could legitimately point out that he hadn't traveled abroad for a long time. People in Europe are very happy with Obama's message and that will help out when he becomes president, which, by the way, he will.
- BotchaMcCoola, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3I think he should have gone to Heini's Cheese Chalet and Mall near Berlin, Ohio. Maybe not after further thought. The Amish and Mennonites are not too big on wars like the rest of us.
- kenedamick, on 07/25/2008, -0/+2And how exactly do you plan on doing that, sir?
- inactive, on 07/25/2008, -0/+2I realize that, but there are many more voting citizens within the continental US.
- SushiCW, on 07/25/2008, -1/+3Because nobody is going to perceive a big speech in Germany as a "campaigning" event? Something seems a bit fishy to me.
- Cuchanu, on 07/25/2008, -0/+2Ahh, good point.
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