July 25, 2008

I'm guessing Gerhard isn't a big fan of irony

Some German guy named Gerhard Spörl, writing in Der Spiegel, was really impressed by Obama's speech in Berlin. Shockingly, he believes that for anyone who saw his non-campaign rally campaign rally, "it is hard to imagine that John McCain still has any chance." I suspect most of the Germans who showed up believed the same thing. I also suspect most Germans also believed the same thing about John Kerry in 2004, but I digress.

I mention this article because Gerhard says the following, later in his column...

George W. Bush is yesterday, the Texas version of the arrogant world power. Obama is all about today: the "everybody really just wants to be brothers and save the world" utopia.
...but, then, a few lines later...
Let's allow ourselves to be warmed today, by this man at the Victory Column.
I'm guessing Gerhard (and, by extension Barry O.) doesn't have a very firm grip on irony, or "yesterday," seeing as how Obama delivered his speech on unity and brotherhood in front of a monument to Prussian militarism which inspired the "Sieg Heil" chant.

By the way, I probably just invalidated my own argument by posting this.

(h/t)

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