Re: JFK in Berlin Compared to Bush in Britain

Gandalf Grey wrote:
> http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/11/con03358.html
>
> Compare JFK in Berlin to Bush visit to Great Britain
>
> A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY
>
> By Hugh Conrad
>
> Conservatives and Republicans have endured some trying times in late
> November, 2003. What became obvious with all of the publicity of the 40th
> anniversary of JFK's assassination is a clear contrast of the idealism of
> the 35th president of the United States, to the current philosophical
> bankruptcy of the current resident of the White House.
>
> George W. Bush could not venture out among the citizens of London when he
> traveled to Great Britain -- our staunch ally -- for a state visit. Contrast
> that to President John F. Kennedy's speech in front of more than 100,000
> Berliners in front of the Berlin Wall on June 26, 1963. "Ich bin ein
> Berliner," he said, echoing the belief that he, too, was one of the Berlin
> citizens who were fighting against Communism.

Actually, JFK really screwed up that line.

"Berliner" is NOT the German word for "citizen of Berlin."
A "berliner" is the name of a pastry.

It would be like JFK going to Denmark and telling the people there, "I 
am a Danish."


-- Steven Litvintchouk