German Chancellor Merkel Would Rather Not See Obama Speak at the Berlin Brandenburg Gate

@Paschen have you listened to the audio? Might be clarifying some of your questions. Please let me know if the Audio does not work for you.

Can not do that at this time! Sorry! No speaker!

Markus, the video to the story does not appear to be available.

@Rhonda thanks for the hint. Since I mailed the story, I have no means of monitoring it.

An altrnative source for the audio should be available here:

http://snurl.com/obaberlin

Many greetings,
Markus

You are very welcome, Markus! I will check out the link and get back in a moment.

Well, I am rather disapointed here since there is no writ up and not details, video should only be used to complement not to be the main story! I still have no clue what this is all about nor why there is a flag here!? 

Markus, for some reason not all of my comment posted -- I copied and pasted the link to my browser and was successful! A very interesting audio (opinion), indeed! I would suggest that you insert the link in your story, if possible, and remove the NP Video.  Thanks again for posting!

Paschen,  

Subject: Should Barack Obama be granted the right to speak at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Germany.

Merkel says 'No'.

Social Democrats say 'Yes'.

Bloggi comments.

Bloggi agrees, and sets forth his Opinion and the reasons therefore (in audio), that Senator Obama should be granted the right to speak at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.

BG is a big thing for Germans and has Political Repercution on an International level! Important here would be, what is the Occation and under what capacity?

This is like speaking at the Oval Office in sort! Thank you Rhonda for the info, Much Appreciated!

You are very welcome, Paschen.

@Paschen Well, depends which way you look at it. In this case, it was supposed to be an audio comment with text as teaser only. There would be little point in listening if I put up a transcript here, which - due to special circuastance on my end - would be impossible @ this time.

@Paschen Germans are a bit risk averse, I know but chances are that Obama will be elected next President.

So instead of turning him away, pea-counting whether he is president (yet) or not seems missing out on a chance to start off fabulously into German American relations.

Of course, Mc Cain is welcome, though I doubt he will get a big audience with his message.

And, on a more personal note, I think we need to do all we can to end the Bush nightmare by not helping to add more Mc Cain years. Bomb bomb bomb Iran was not exactly a good joke out of his mouth, but maybe revelatory.

What I don't understand is why Obama and McCain are globe hopping as part of their campaigns.  Personally, it seems silly to me if they are doing the "look presidential" tryouts.

However, the campaign already has descending into a spitting contest on both sides so I guess the ludicrous takes on the look of normalcy. 

Maybe they are thinking this is American Idol.

I still believe that Video alone has no place here on NP, it belongs on UTUBE! Text and commentary would be nice here!

Once Obama is President he may speak at the BG in Berlin not before though! 

Paschen - try doing a search - you'll find my article for:

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/july-24-obama-visit-berlin-may-make-speech-brandenburg-gate

which has exerpts from two local (berlin) english language papers about and what Obama would be speaking about and some additional details on when and some also on the debate between the Berlin Mayor (who wants Obama) and Merkel (the president of Germany who doesn't want him at the Brandenburg Gate.)

Thanks Markus for this. :)  Oh - and just fyi, the MLK I have a dream speech was the end of August.

Hello Phoenixrose,

thanks for the info. This will be a good lesson. German newsmedia had it that this was supposed to be the anniversary of MLK.

Looks I was a bit light handed here. So thanks for bringing it to our attention.

         Perhaps Germans will spot what most Americans have missed.He uses Inflamatory speech, just like Hitler.

Markus, I missed it too. Thanks Phoenixrose! Nevertheless, it may have been interpreted that Obama's apparent efforts to deliver a speech on the steps of  Bradenburg could be compared to Martin Luther King's rally on the steps of the Washington Monument in 1963.