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Thursday, July 24, 2008 --- 27 days ago http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mayhill-fowler/hurra-barack-obama-ist-da_b_114704.
 7:20 PM, BERLIN, 24 July 2008 Senator Obama takes the podium and at first many in the crowd don't recognize him, for one of the Secret Service checking the podium shortly before is African-American. Obama calls himself not a candidate but a citizen, a citizen of the world. Speaking in English, with no German phrases, he begins quietly, to subdued applause. Immediately, he invokes freedom, complimenting Berlin, "this city of all cities knows the dream of freedom." Now is the time to build more bridges across the world." Interestingly, Obama is echoing much of Bill Clinton's speech at the Brandenburg Gate on July 12, 1994. "Building bridges, not walls," Clinton had said. Despite the distracting echo from the video screens down the Strasse, the crowd is slowly warming to Obama. They aren't so enthused about "a new dawn in the Middle East," but they applaud on Darfur, nuclear weaponry and "saving the planet"--the latter most of all. Berliners take in politely Obama's call for more action in Afghanistan. "People of Berlin, this is our moment, this is our time.". Now towards the end of his speech, the Senator weaves in common phrases from his campaign. "The road ahead will be long." The crowd has liked some of what they heard, but clearly they are just getting to know Barack Obama. To what extent he has met their expectations remains to be seen. Obama himself seems tired. At one point, he even stumbled in his phrasing--a rarity for him ... |
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