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Obama in Berlin
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If Barack Obama loses his bid to become President of the United States, he can trace the beginning of his demise to his campaign's boneheaded idea to speak in Berlin. While on the surface it might seem to offer a resounding image of popularity and approval, the historical memory it provokes and the powerful and sinister images it recalls to living memory is an ominous reminder of events that continue to resonate among older Americans.
The spirited young Obama people must have huddled around the planning table blinded with the brilliance of the idea that their candidate's speaking in Berlin would trigger memories of
President's Kennedy's stirring remark that gave hope to the beleaguered people of that surrounded city,
"Ich bin ein Berliner," and would offer the double reminder of
Ronald Reagan's "Tear down that
wall" speech a few years later.
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