Oh, goody, the Germans like us again

No, I didn’t bother watching Obama’s speech yesterday, just like I haven’t watched any of his speeches. Too much hyperbole for my tastes, and as I suspected, the Germans, who are historically easily swayed by empty, populist oratory seemed to gobble up the staged show (Washington Times Christine Bellantoni);

Just like crowds at his American rallies, these fans erupted in chants of “Obama, Obama,” and “Yes, we can.” One person led the crowd in a chorus of the “Obamagirl” song, getting dozens to sing along that “I’ve got a crush on Obama.”

Of course, the Left in the US all peed themselves a little when the Germans accepted Obama. That’s what the Left needs, someone from Europe, especially one of the more socialistic countries like Germany, to validate their candidate. The rest of the United States, not so much.

John Kornblum wrote in the Washington Post;

I was standing on a raised platform about 25 yards from Obama yesterday. Most of the audience — a sea of young people shouting “Obamaaa!” and “Yes, we can!” — were not native speakers of English, and some perhaps didn’t understand English at all, but they didn’t seem to care. The young people seemed to feel that he was speaking to them.

I get the same feeling sometimes, only different – I am a native speaker of English and I’ve never felt as if he was speaking to me.

Half of my antecedents left Germany around the end of the 19th century, I don’t know why exactly, but I’m sure they had their reasons. They certainly didn’t care what the “left behinds” thought of them, so I guess I shouldn’t either. Most of us come from European ancestry, people who left the chains of serfdom and constant war to build a new nation on this side of the Atlantic. The United States has rescued Europe from itself on more than one occasion. Why would we seek approval from the world that we call “the developed countries” (but they’re really not developed like we are at all – most are racist, sniffing backwards snobs)?

Ask any American GI who spent any time in Germany if the Germans are really as smart as the Left likes to portray them – or anyone who spent time in any part of Europe. Any GI who longed to return to the “Land of the Round Doorknobs”.

So why would Europe embrace the likes of Obama? Because they long for the days of Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter when we were a laughing stock. When our presidents showed up with bags of money and on their knees to pay tribute to the sons of kings of Europe. The same reasons that Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, al Qaeda, FARC and all the rest of the world’s thugs support Obama – for what they anticipate they can hornswaggle out of the US taxpayers.

Who cares what Europe thinks? Only the people who’ve forgot why this country was founded in the first place care…that’s who.

Personally, I’m most trusting of the Europeans when they fear us and respect us.

Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Foreign Policy, Media, Politics