Europe Is Witnessing The 44th President Of The United States
SPIEGEL ONLINE
Gerhard Sporl
According to Der Spiegel, God hath laid his hand upon the “World” and his name is Barack Hussein Obama.
I would say the the writer Gerhard Sporl, had more going on with his leg than did Chris Matthews.
Anyone who saw Barack Obama at Berlin’s Siegessäule on Thursday could recognize that this man will become the 44th president of the United States. He is more than ambitious — he wants to lay claim to become the president of the world.
It was a ton to absorb — and what a stupendous ride through world history: the story of his own family, the Berlin Airlift, terrorists, poorly secured nuclear material, the polar caps, World War II, America’s errors, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, freedom. It’s amazing anyone could pack such a potpourri of issues into the space of a speech that lasted less than 30 minutes.
The comparison of the “Chosen One” and McCain seems a little lopsided to me. But then I’m just your average American.
Anyone who saw him make the short way from the Victory Column in Berlin on Thursday to the podium saw a man with the serious gait of a basketball player, a man who seemed young, decisive and focused. For those who witnessed his appearance in Berlin, it is hard to imagine that John McCain has any chance. McCain is 25 years his senior, a man who because of the torture he endured in Vietnam is in constant pain — unable to comb his hair or lift his arm in celebration.
Then Gerhard becomes a little worried that he and his beloved Germany may be asked to help in saving the Universe.
He is also certain to demand the help of the Germans, Brits and French in Afghanistan and Iraq. He’s not going to let NATO shirk its duty — and therein lie the perils of the engaging “we” and the catchy “Yes, we can.” Otherwise all these hard-nosed Europeans will hope and pray that the future President Obama isn’t really all that serious about the saving the world of tomorrow, the polar caps, Darfur and the poppy harvest over in Afghanistan.
But, never fear, Der Sporl takes time to mention President Bush in glowing terms. Oh, he also has a somewhat vivid and telling description of the United States of America.
George W. Bush is yesterday, the Texas version of the arrogant world power. Obama is all about today — the “everybody really just wants to be brothers and save the world” utopia. As for us, we who sometimes admire and sometimes curse this somewhat anemic, pragmatic democracy, we will have to quickly get used to Barack Obama, the new leader of a lofty democracy that loves those big nice words — words that warm our hearts and alarm our minds.
Let’s allow ourselves to be warmed today, by this man at the Victory Column.
by Gerhard Sporl
My suggestion to Gerhard is, take a cold shower, NOW! For the rest of us, if we find ourselves in Germany we must at all cost avoid this man. He’s acting like a dog in heat.
But Not The Guy Below
Comment by Althor on 27 July 2008:
History has a tendency to repeat itself. Déjà vu?
All you need is to add the words “Sieg Heil!” to the above picture, whith the 200,000
“Obamamoonies” present chanting it in the background, to give the location an eerily nauseating relevance…
Althor
Comment by Dred on 28 July 2008:
It’s not the Democrats fault they were actually able to find a candidate with charisma for a change. Hell, I’d think you people would be all for a charismatic empty suit - you re-elected one in 2004, after all.
At least this figurhead wouldn’t continually embarrass us abroad, like the last one. And this one probably remembers that there’s no such thing as Czechoslovakia any more, or that there’s no Iraq/Pakistan border, unlike his opponent.
I love how you’re making his popularity into a shortcoming, a fault. He’s trying to become POTUS, ya know. In order to do that, you need to be popular.
…but then again, you don’t need to win the popular vote to be President.