Obama In Berlin: Tear Down These Placards

July 21, 2008 by Frank Gannon | Filed Under Election 2008 

The organizers of what Wonkette refers to as Senator Obama’s “European/Central Asian/ Middle East luxury basketball vacation” have hit some snags on the upcoming German leg of the tour.

First there was the brouhaha about using the Brandenburg Gate as a backdrop. Now there are some questions being raised about the example being given to the Germans —who are caught up in admiration for the man they’re calling “Der Schwarze Kennedy” — by the Obama campaign’s heavy handed decision (which is understandable but probably unnecessary) to forbid any visible protests in the form of posters or signs or even bags with printed sentiments.

Bei seinem grossen Auftritt an der Siegessäule Barack Obama verbietet Protest-Plakate in Berlin

Mit Spannung wird Barack Obamas (46) Rede vor der Siegessaule in Berlin erwartet. Der Präsidentschaftskandidat der US-Demokraten kündigte eine Grundsatzrede an. Die Polizei erwartet eine Million Zuschauer. Doch die müssen sich an strenge Regeln halten: Plakate, Schilder, Taschen – alles verboten!

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