Posted on 07/09/2008 12:26:12 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
"Berliner" is also German slang for what we would call a jelly doughnut, so many non-Germans thought that he had made a mistake. The Germans, for whom the speech was intended, had no problem whatsoever understanding his meaning. Even in those days the MSM had an agenda... sadly.
If I went today to NYC and proclaimed that I was a New Yorker, only the idiots would think that I was claiming to be either a magazine or a Chrysler. :-)
And to think he wanted to reach out the parts of the world the Bush admin. had forsaken. He’s already in trouble.
Thanks Smedley. I’m sure you weren’t alone. Take care.
It makes perfect sense to me, what he said. I don’t know German, but the concept is very clear.
I appreciate your response.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/jfk_berliner.htm
Empty suits think they are far better than they are. A good man knows his limitations. An empty suit has confidence in his inexperience.
Me too! I never thought I’d regard Hillary as almost a statesmanlike figure, but compared to Obama, she sure is. And while I have disliked McCain since day one, he suddenly looks - well, like the guy I’m going to vote for. Pretty amazing.
Unless a Scheisskopf is something to be eaten, the proper German would be "Ich bin Scheisskopf." Using "ein" changes the meaning completely.
When JFK stood before the Brandenburg Gate and said, "Ich bin ein Berliner," what he was actually saying in German was "I am a jelly doughnut." To say "I am a Berliner," he should have said "Ich bin Berliner."
Not for the first World-Elected President. Why, the election will be a mere formality by then, a little something to mark time between now and the coronation.
We can hope for over-reach but I think the American public is numb enough to it by now not to notice his Nuremburg-in-Colorado moment or the fact that he's on a triumphant world tour before he's even been voted in. Hussein's handlers figure they're giving the Germans the President they want, and see nothing presumptuous about it. Certainly if the newly-crowned Nancy Pelosi can travel the world conducting her own foreign policy a Presidential candidate can do the same. A reminder to anyone snickering - she got away with it.
Or to be more accurate: Horse-s*it Head.
:)
“B. Hussein Obama is a buffoon.”
Buffoon Osama HUSSEIN!!
No wonder the Terrorists LOVE B.O. HUSSEIN!
Ouch. Now foreign leaders have to teach Obama how he’s supposed to act.
If only Barack spoke German instead of Spanish.
Amen! Everyone must read your post! This is the truth, the horrifying truth if he scams his way into office.
Obama will say: Ich bin ein East Berliner, and Ronald Reagan was wrong to call the USSR an “Evil Empire”..... etc
To paraphrase that alien in "Scary Movie," we're so screwed.
Bring it Barry! Do tell us how the Brandenburg gate represents everything wrong with America.
Maybe he should try Dachau? I mean, if he wants to really throw his hat into the ring, he may as well do it up right.
I keep hoping he’ll really mess up...this may be his chance...
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Urban legend.
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