Barack Obama in Berlin, Germany today

**Kirsten** · 07-24-2008, 09:10 AM

Well, it's all over the media here. Barack Obama is visiting Berlin today. He spoke to the German chancellor this morning, and now everybody's waiting for his public speech at the "Siegessäule" ("Victory Column") in Berlin. Ten thousands of people are expected to come. I'm curious to hear what he'll have to say.

from CNN: Obama in Berlin

Kirsten

**lizbud** · 07-24-2008, 10:07 AM

He is a very charismatic fellow. It would be interesting to see how he
is recieved over there.

**Kirsten** · 07-24-2008, 10:35 AM

So far, the people over here love him, wonder how many will come to see him at the Victory Column this evening. And yes, you cannot deny that he has a lot of charisma.

Strangely enough, you don't hear much about John McCain over here ...

Edit: wow, just read a couple of articles and it was said that 150,000 or even 200,000 people came to see him which is much more than he expected. And according to these articles, the Germans liked a lot what he said.

Kirsten

**kitten645** · 07-24-2008, 06:17 PM

Yes. I just heard his speach went very well and 230,000 showed up! That's pretty incredible. They talked about his "rock star" status which I think is becoming a bit cliche now

Claudia

**lizbud** · 07-24-2008, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by kitten645

Yes. I just heard his speach went very well and 230,000 showed up! That's pretty incredible. They talked about his "rock star" status which I think is becoming a bit cliche now

Claudia

I happened to be home when his speech started & saw it on CNN. I
thought it was a good speech & the crowd seemed to like it as well.

Read something about there being a music concert afterwards & that was
the reason for the huge crowd. (probably just a dig at Obama)

**Kirsten** · 07-25-2008, 04:19 AM

Read something about there being a music concert afterwards & that was
the reason for the huge crowd. (probably just a dig at Obama)

No, that's not correct, the crowd went home after his speech, they only came to see him. It's true that there was a band playing before he spoke, but that was only arranged to entertain people until he arrived.

But it's true that they gave him a welcome as if he was a rock star...

Kirsten