For Obama, Pfennigs From Heaven
Rocky Mountain News | Today, 07:03 AM EST
By Mike Littwin
Barack Obama gave a stirring speech in Berlin, but that, of course, was the least of it.
Giving good speeches is what Obama does best. Put him in front of maybe 200,000 people, many of them chanting his name and waving American flags, and he's guaranteed to knock the ball out of the park - or, as they might (or maybe not) say in Berlin, whack the jelly donut over the Brandenburg Gate.
The real question is how the speech plays here at home, where the voters live.
This is an actual, serious question. Somehow, in a world fraught with peril, the greatest danger Obama has faced on his endless world tour is that the world would like him - The One - too much.
You know how we Americans are. We love to be loved - but only, you know, on our own terms. We love to be loved by Europeans, but not if they're going to be condescending about it, or, for that matter, be all French about it or, furthermore, (see: Tom Tancredo) be in any way multicultural about it.
Mostly, we love to be loved - or, even better, greeted as liberators - but not if we have to ask for it.
Obama gives a very good speech, a speech reminiscent of JFK and Reagan, a speech that placed America very much in the... Read the Full Story
Barack Obama gave a stirring speech in Berlin, but that, of course, was the least of it.
Giving good speeches is what Obama does best. Put him in front of maybe 200,000 people, many of them chanting his name and waving American flags, and he's guaranteed to knock the ball out of the park - or, as they might (or maybe not) say in Berlin, whack the jelly donut over the Brandenburg Gate.
The real question is how the speech plays here at home, where the voters live.
This is an actual, serious question. Somehow, in a world fraught with peril, the greatest danger Obama has faced on his endless world tour is that the world would like him - The One - too much.
You know how we Americans are. We love to be loved - but only, you know, on our own terms. We love to be loved by Europeans, but not if they're going to be condescending about it, or, for that matter, be all French about it or, furthermore, (see: Tom Tancredo) be in any way multicultural about it.
Mostly, we love to be loved - or, even better, greeted as liberators - but not if we have to ask for it.
Obama gives a very good speech, a speech reminiscent of JFK and Reagan, a speech that placed America very much in the... Read the Full Story
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