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Germans get excited over prospect of Barack Obama visit

World Jul. 09, 2008 - 06:10AM JST ( 10 )

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smithinjapanJul. 09, 2008 - 10:58AM JST

Well, I can understand the excitement. Still... Germans get uber-excited over David Hasslehoff in a banana hammock, so that's not saying much.
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SargeJul. 09, 2008 - 11:03AM JST

Smith - Good one.
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tigrisJul. 09, 2008 - 11:22AM JST

Actually the excitement is limited to Mr. Wowereit. A more balanced article about this from the German press: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,564635,00.html
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Zen_BuilderJul. 09, 2008 - 11:27AM JST

Hmmm, I take anything published in the "Spiegel" with a large grain of salt. They can be very biased.
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skipthesongJul. 09, 2008 - 12:32PM JST

"With his message of hope, his relative youth and his trim figure, Obama has often been compared to Kennedy, especially in the eyes of many Germans." Hmm, I wonder how many are old enough to remember Kennedy. They are probably thinking he's a spin off a Milli Vanilli.
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SuperLibJul. 09, 2008 - 12:55PM JST

That's going to be awesome to watch him speak there....
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RepublicofTexasJul. 09, 2008 - 06:20PM JST

I like how all these non-Americans get so excited over someone who hasn't been elected yet.
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MadvertsJul. 09, 2008 - 07:45PM JST

Repub,

It's just a matter of time.
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RedMeatKoolAidJul. 09, 2008 - 08:25PM JST

As bad as Obama is he towers above the party hacks that make it to prime minister in most of Europe's pseudo-states.
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rajakumarJul. 12, 2008 - 12:49AM JST

Germans/Europe want and love barrack obama, to be next president.