Friday 25 July 2008

Obamania

Let's give the strange, faintly disturbing scenes of Obama worship in Berlin yesterday a little context. The Berliners have, in the past, given a frenzied reception to David Hasselhoff, believing him to be a rock god. But then, he did, by his own account, bring down the Berlin Wall.
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5 comments:

  1. Uncle Dick Madeley25 July 2008 at 11:37

    This sounds like mild criticism of Obama, Nige. I didn't think such a thing was allowed.

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  2. Selena Dreamy25 July 2008 at 11:58

    If the frenzy of the Germans is always inversely proportional to their good sense, this augurs ill for Obama...!

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  3. malty25 July 2008 at 12:32

    I wonder if he rented a Trabant at checkpoint Charlie, naw, probably not, I bet he bought a genuine Russian army officers hat though, made in Thailand.
    Berliners insist that they ain't actually German, they are, well sort of Berliners. Hasselhoff now off the menu, Bonnie Tylers in, any pop singers with the words "has been" after their name go down a bomb. Well worth a visit to Berlin, Hotels and restaurants good value for money, unlike that city between Staples corner and Bromley.
    Nige, Alex Salmond asked me to ask you why you haven't mentioned his stunning by-election victory this morning on your blog, a truly seismic shift in post war British politics. Or a load of twaddle.

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  4. Mark25 July 2008 at 12:43

    To show he really does mean it, Baraich O'Bama could buy a pair of little dachshunds when he enters the White House, one called Hasselhoff and his sister called Merkel. Introducing this cuddlesome pair on live TV would be the defining moment of our era, an "Oprah Moment" from the President of Feel Good.

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  5. Anonymous26 July 2008 at 02:22

    But did Barack say, "I am a jelly donut?" I don't think so.

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