Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,165,359 members, 7,860,954 topics. Date: Friday, 14 June 2024 at 07:45 PM |
Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Politics / Foreign Affairs / Obama Pulled A Crowd Of 200,000 In Germany (1011 Views)
Arab Asylum Seekers Rape Scores Of Women In Germany On New Years Eve / Ghana Election: Soldiers Use Tear-Gas To Disperse Crowd / A "mermaid" Sculpture Rises In Germany's Alster Lake (2) (3) (4)
Obama Pulled A Crowd Of 200,000 In Germany by Depilot(m): 7:55pm On Jul 24, 2008 |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_el_pr/obama_germany In Germany, Obama urges joint fight against terror By DAVID ESPO and DAVID RISING, Associated Press Writers BERLIN - Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago. "The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand," Obama said, speaking not far from where the Berlin Wall once divided the city. "The walls between the countries with the most and those with the least cannot stand. The walls between races and tribes, natives and immigrants, Christians and Muslims and Jews cannot stand," he said. Obama said he was speaking as a citizen, not as a president, but the evening was awash in politics. His remarks inevitably invited comparison to historic speeches in the same city by Presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan, and he borrowed rhetoric from his own appeals to campaign audiences in the likes of Berlin, N.H., when he addressed a crowd in one of the great cities of Europe. "People of Berlin, people of the world, this is our moment. This is our time," he said. Obama's speech was the centerpiece of a fast-paced tour through Europe designed to reassure skeptical voters back home about his ability to lead the country and take a frayed cross-Atlantic alliance in a new direction after eight years of the Bush administration. Republicans chafed at the media attention Obama's campaign-season trip has drawn. Presidential rival John McCain went to a German restaurant in swing-state Ohio, and said he'd like to deliver a speech in Germany, but as president not candidate. In Die Welt, the German publication, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., wrote: "No one knows which Obama will show. Will it be the ideological, left-wing Democratic primary candidate who vowed to 'end' the war rather than win it, or the Democratic nominee who dismisses the progressing coalition victory as a 'distraction'? Will it be the American populist who has told supporters in the United States that he will demand more from our allies in Europe and get it, or the liberal internationalist hell-bent on being liked in Europe's salons?" Obama met earlier in the day with German Chancellor Angela Merkel for a discussion that ranged across the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, climate change, energy issues and more. Knots of bystanders waited along Obama's motorcade route for him to pass. One man yelled out in English, "Yes, we can," the senator's campaign refrain, when he emerged from his car to enter his hotel. Obama drew loud applause as he strode confidently across a large podium erected at the base of the Victory Column in Tiergarten Park in the heart of Berlin. The crowd spilled away from the Column for blocks. Police spokesman Bernhard Schodrowski said the speech drew more than 200,000 people, more than double the estimated 75,000 Obama drew in Oregon this spring. He drew loud applause when he talked of a world without nuclear weapons and again when he called for steps to counter climate change. Obama mentioned Iraq, a war he has opposed from the start, only in passing. But in discussing Afghanistan, he said, "no one welcomes war. , But my country and yours have a stake in seeing that NATO's first mission beyond Europe's borders is a success." He referred repeatedly to the Berlin airlift, launched by the Allies 60 years ago when the Russians sought to isolate the Western part of the city. If they had succeeded, he said, communism would have marched across Europe. "Where the last war had ended, another World War could have easily begun," the presidential candidate said. Now, he said, the enemy is different but the need for an alliance is the same as the world stares down terrorism and the extremism that supports it. "This threat is real and we cannot shrink from our responsibility to combat it," he said. He said Europeans sometimes view America as "part of what has gone wrong in our world, rather than a force to help make it right , " And in America, "there are voices that deride and deny the importance of Europe's role in our security and our future." He said both views miss the truth, "that Europeans today are bearing new burdens and taking more responsibility in critical parts of the world; and that just as American bases built in the last century still help to defend the security of this continent, so does our country still sacrifice greatly for freedom around the globe." In any event, he said, there will always be differences. "But the burdens of global citizenship continue to bind us together. A change of leadership in Washington will not lift this burden. In this new century, Americans and Europeans alike will be required to do more, not less." |
Re: Obama Pulled A Crowd Of 200,000 In Germany by SeanT21(f): 7:59pm On Jul 24, 2008 |
I saw the speech on CNN and MSNBC this morning. It was beautiful and Touching. Obama 2008-2016 |
Re: Obama Pulled A Crowd Of 200,000 In Germany by BigB11(m): 8:13pm On Jul 24, 2008 |
If I'm dreaming, please do not wake me up! Fantastic Majestic Redoubtable Courageous Breathtaking Fabulous Magnificent Terrific Thrilling and absolutely one of a kind. This is what leadership is all about. It is obvious that this man is blessed and can never never be touched or stopped. At this point, I'm predicting that Senator John McCain himself will end up casting his vote for Obama come November '08. |
Re: Obama Pulled A Crowd Of 200,000 In Germany by BigB11(m): 8:19pm On Jul 24, 2008 |
FYI: Obama did not intend to take this trip at this time, it was all the recommendation of Sen John McCain. I think he's currently sick to his stomach |
Re: Obama Pulled A Crowd Of 200,000 In Germany by toshmann(m): 8:41pm On Jul 24, 2008 |
great speech. great crowd. great effects. tell that to the republicans. . . german votes wont get him to the white house though |
Re: Obama Pulled A Crowd Of 200,000 In Germany by TayoD1(m): 11:03pm On Jul 24, 2008 |
@topic, In Die Welt, the German publication, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., wrote: "No one knows which Obama will show. Will it be the ideological, left-wing Democratic primary candidate who vowed to 'end' the war rather than win it, or the Democratic nominee who dismisses the progressing coalition victory as a 'distraction'? Will it be the American populist who has told supporters in the United States that he will demand more from our allies in Europe and get it, or the liberal internationalist hell-bent on being liked in Europe's salons?"This publication appropriately defines the many facet of Obama in few and effective words. Couldn't have expressed it any better. The audacity of Vanity rears its head again. |
Re: Obama Pulled A Crowd Of 200,000 In Germany by toshmann(m): 4:15am On Jul 25, 2008 |
suffice me to say here that john McCain got better in the polls in swing states while obama was creating heroics in germany. however, to be fair to obama . . the german publication was biased obama did not ''vow'' to end the war ''rather than win it'' . .he wants a pull out of US troops. he never dismissed progress as a distraction either that sounds like hannity he is not hell bent on being liked in europe's salon. . . he would have gone to the salons instead. he wants to re-define trans-atlantic rlshp which george jnr has damaged. but mccain was wise too, he gently went to ohio to dine with ohioans who will definitely give him the battleground state if only the democrats will ''disown'' abortion. i woulda been a democrat at heart. their tolerance of such heinous crime against God is irritating to say the least |
Re: Obama Pulled A Crowd Of 200,000 In Germany by naijadiva2(f): 4:49am On Jul 25, 2008 |
i was surprised that that many people went to see his speech. that's good. |
Re: Obama Pulled A Crowd Of 200,000 In Germany by 4Play(m): 7:03pm On Jul 25, 2008 |
Ode to Our Saviour,Barack "Jesus" Obama: And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article4392846.ece |
Re: Obama Pulled A Crowd Of 200,000 In Germany by Kobojunkie: 7:09pm On Jul 25, 2008 |
Great article from AP and Times UK, Excellent article from Times there. @4Play, may the great messiah, Obama, have mercy on you and your unbelieving soul!! LMAO!! |
Re: Obama Pulled A Crowd Of 200,000 In Germany by toshmann(m): 8:34pm On Jul 25, 2008 |
4 Play: |
Re: Obama Pulled A Crowd Of 200,000 In Germany by 4Play(m): 8:30pm On Jul 26, 2008 |
I thought the best part was this,spreads on interbank rates and rates on credit default swaps falling. And there were other wonderful signs. In the city of the Street at the Wall, spreads on interbank interest rates dropped like manna from Heaven and rates on credit default swaps fell to the ground as dead birds from the almond tree, and the people who had lived in foreclosure were able to borrow again. |
Re: Obama Pulled A Crowd Of 200,000 In Germany by tpia: 10:07pm On Jul 27, 2008 |
The news is more scary than anything else. Hitler also pulled vast crowds in Germany. maybe Obama should try running for office in Germany, and see if he still gets the same reaction. |
Re: Obama Pulled A Crowd Of 200,000 In Germany by toshmann(m): 11:43pm On Jul 27, 2008 |
hitler was also democratically elected popular leader. may be democracy is fatal |
Re: Obama Pulled A Crowd Of 200,000 In Germany by Screwdiver(m): 12:12pm On Jul 30, 2008 |
No, Austria is exporting politicians (Hitler was not a German, he was Austrian), so Schwarzenegger for President. But whats with Hillary Clinton - see for yourself
|
(1) (Reply)
Watch The Inhumanity Of African People! Gosh!!!! / Gaza: How It All Started / Israel Has The Right To Defend Itself. What About The Palestinians?
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 60 |