Thisis a huge embarassment for our country and a personal insult to the people and leaders of Germany.The flimsy excuse for not going is even more absurd. Maybe he'll use the day to announce healthcare and workman's comp for Gaza tunnellers.

Of course he will not go to Berlin. His side lost the cold war.

of course not it isn't about him.... who is him anyway

But he'll probably have time to fly in Air Force Loser and go to Iran to receive Muslim of the Year award.

don't forget he will bow to some saudi king and kiss his feet while getting that fake award

What.........another round of golf?

Celebrate? What's to celebrate? All these people running around handling their own lives without the government? Nobody paying the least attention to the directives of their betters in the government? There is nothing for Me here, and I declare it "Without Significance." I have spoken.

obama cant be bothered with anything dealing with FREEDOM....
maybe the loses in va and nj will open some eyes...not his...he is too arrogant...those loses arent HIS FAULT......
keep plugging along tea party people...IT IS WORKING.............

It isn't about him, so he can't be bothered. Perhaps that's for the best; he'd either apologize for Ronnie or try and grab the credit...

Berlin Wall? Is there any wonder? While hundreds of thousands of Americans served during the Cold War, in places like Fulda, the Three Sisters, the Rasdorf Bowl, Tann Pocket and many other spots in the shadow of a nasty fence, the Dear Leader whiled his time away preparing for a leisurely life as an Ivy League schooled community activist.

What...no golf courses in Germany?

Of course he will not go..he only goes if he can apologize. What a looser.

This is very telling just as sending back a bust of Churchill right off the bat was a finger-to-the-nose big message. "I have a gift." "I can play in this league." When you're arrogant you just do (or don't do) certain significant things just because you can.

Let's play "Make Believe" for five seconds.
Let us make believe that it is your child's birthday and no one in the family brings it up the subject. Ever. There is never a celebration, no hugs. No kisses. No cake. not even an Etch-A-Sketch. Nothing. Not one word.
You are the child's Mother. Dad doesn't say anything either. You go to a concert, and Dad heads for the coke line.

Oh. I forgot.
These people are pigs.

He is staying home to cry about his loss of 20 years ago.

Hey, I dunno, but maybe he just didn't want to be hypocritical. He truly believes that if the wall hadn't been torn down, East Germany would have proven how wonderful socialism is given more time.

Angela would not let him have the Brandenberg Gate as backdrop for his Victory Tour: the one he took before he won. The one he took and snubbed the wounded troops at the hospital in Landstuhl. So now he is ''getting back'' at her.
Sorry, folks, it IS all about him.

Well, surprise, surprise.

Come on guys....November 9th is a date night.

Interesting that Berlin was an important destination while he was campaigning for King of the World.

This would be a great opportunity for George H. W. Bush and Slick Willie to partner up and go to Germany.

Hey, it was Ronald Reagan, and also Pope John Paul II who were behind the events that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Pope, and above all, Reagan, are an anathema to any proper left-thinking person like Obama. You really think Obama would go to Berlin and honor an event associated with Reagan and the late Pope?

I wouldn't expect a Communist to celebrate the downfall of a huge Communist country. If this doesn't open the eyes of the unbelieving nothing will.

That sorry piece of trash does not have to go to any event that celebrates freedom. However, when the event celebrates Marxism or fanatic oppressive religion he can fit the necessary time into his schedule. He is a total flake and an embarrassment

Of Course He Won't Be There! He's Already Scheduled a Trip to SE Asia for VETERANS DAY, after being in Moscow on the 4th of July! Why Honor the Fall of Communism when he can Honor Islam?

I'd like to see Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, and Rush Limbaugh go as representatives of Still Free Anerica.

Muslims don't celebrate freedom.

This angers me; however, I am ever more irate over the fact that he can find no time for General McChrystal and a decision on Afghanistan...

It's probably best that he not go. I can just hear the speech he'd give: "We, in America, have done some things wrong. We've made mistakes. We've made many, many mistakes. We helped to tear down the wall that so many hands built with the dream for a richer future full of meaning. I am working hard to bring that dream to America, so that the United States will never threaten it again. I will see to it that the promise that the wall represented will not die and that the wall will be rebuilt not only here in Berlin, but across the vast country that I now run. And when I am president of all people, who are all equal in my sight, the dream will be universal."

Now folks,

O-man would have gone to the anniversary celebration if his administration could have found anything negative to blame America for when the wall fell. Then he could have apologized and gotten another award from some Marxist/Socialist committee.

Couldn't find anything so we just need to move on. He is such a putz!

The article in der Spiegel was written on 10-16. Seems they knew about this in Germany much earlier than we US citizens.

And, it also claims that Hillary Clinton will be the one attending in his absence.

Hillary Clinton will go instead? Perfect. She was born to be a dominatrix in a concentration camp.

I'd rather see a represenative of the people of the United States and this country go and that obviosuly does not apply to Obama - man-child extraordinaire.

Can you imagine the speeach he would give? Me, me, me and I,I, I and Michelle, Mchelle, and me, me, me and oh yeah, the wall came down thanks to some dead old white guy who didn't have an Ivy league education like me or attend a madrassah in Indonesia - I am the World. gag.

oooh, 27! Rush could broadcast his program from there, or at least be there for this most significant event. It would be a great way for him to honor our beloved Pres. Reagan. Both Presidents' Bush should be there.

He isn't happy that his fellow travelers lost this one to the good guys so he will not recognize the millions of people who were freed by this.

He is is disgusting, childish, creep and I can't wait until we see his backside in 2013.

#33

"Hillary Clinton will go instead? Perfect. She was born to be a dominatrix in a concentration camp."

OMG - you NAILED Hillary - what a perfect description - a dominatrix in a concentration camp! LOL

From what I know the main tenant of Islam is submission. Maybe this is why zero doesn't demonstrate respect for freedom and seems to think we ought to quietly and gratefully submit to him and the maniacs he appointed.

Why would Obama go to the wall. First of all he would never be cought dead seen supporting Reagan's great accomplishment and secondly - he loves, loves Communism! Therein lies your answer as I see it, as to the why of it all.
As for the post right above mine here, I can't wait to see BO's backside either! I mean, have we not all had quite enough of his 24-7 'frontside?' Lately his angry face matches that of his beloved big MO's angry face. Yup, they're a match all right! KLONK.

At least so far, we can't assert that Obama is a Stalinist. Hopefully that won't develop in the US.
But he definitely is, by his own words and actions, a marxist, socialist, "progressive," and if his program of limiting private wealth ala salary caps persists, a communist.

From Obama's viewpoint, the fall of the wall was a catastrophe to the cause of world socialism and a setback to the cause of global government. Any advance of individual liberty is anathema to statists.

The Prophet Obama will not go because it may require mention of a Catholic, an English PM and a conservatives conservative. All three combined to bring the wall down.

What an utter moron this guy is.

Remember BHO&Co have hit the "reset" button. When I lived in Berlin the US Army had one of the best golf courses in Europe in the city (the golden bear played there). There's no problem with Rush going, it's the return trip. BHO may not let him back in (lol), or customs will "find" some drugs on his jet.

Having grown up in Chicago I can say it's run very much like East Berlin was. Same kind of Commie rules, and fools. Kicked the dust of that phony Chi-Town off my feet in 88, and never looked back. BHO&Co are building their own Berlin Wall in the good old USA. It's a wall around our heart's and minds. Look at the wall around the minds of the Demonrat's News Whores?

It's better that he not go. His Berlin campaign speech amply demonstrated his poor grasp of history, and in particular, the end of the Cold War and demise of The Wall.

Having been stationed in Berlin in the Air Force from '65 through '67, I know of what this guy speaks. Yes the wall as well as the mine fields and guard towers and dogs on the east side gave visitors pause. But observing that society for 3 years gives one deeper insights. What was wrong with the comunist rule there? Obviously this was an imprisonment of an entire society. Intellectual tyranny was ingrained. One differs from the official mind-set only with risk. Is any political establishment so dedicated different? Think Cuba or North Korea. Or the Soviet Union and China before they embarked on a kind of state capitalism.

I find it interesting how Press Secretary Robert Gibbs uses phrases like, ''...we have a lot to work on here and we have commitments...'' while the Won is great at using the word ''I'' multiple times in an ordinary phrase.

Just curious who ''we'' is.

jaq~

Maybe if Obama did visit Berlin, he could explain to the younger generations that the ''wall'' wasn't built by Americans to prevent folks from crossing over into East Germany. That would be a huge plus today.

jaq~

Yes, #27! Excellent idea!
#29, but our sorry Comrade in Chief has time to meet 22 times with SEIU Prez Andy Stern.

What? No photo op for his Oneness?

Perhaps he and Michelle My Belle could have a $250,000 date night at der Wienerschnitzel instead. He's such a weenie, someone might just mistake him for the menu.

A trip of this type requires someone with a Presidental mind-set, Presidential demeanor and an ingrained recognition of America's greatness and role as leader of the free world. Hence, Hussein is not qualified.

The One won't go because the fall of communism isn't seen as a victory for humanity but as a disaster for the cause.

Send someone who played a role in its downfall and is unafraid to embrace the people's true liberation. Send Bush 41 instead.

People, all are right about how the left sees the Berlin Wall fall -- they didn't LIKE the wall, but they understood its necessity...and saw its fall as a symbol of the collapse of their socialist dreams (can you imagine, having socialist dreams?). Just as Obama doesn't place his hand on his heart during the pledge of allegiance, just as he doesn't care that (evil) U.S. soldiers are dying in a war they deserve, he won't commemorate a backward step for humanity.

Ok, here's the problem: The American people are all watching TV and have no idea that this is who this guy is. That's what bugs me.

Agree, George H. W. Bush's attendence would be a lot more meaningfull than anything 0 could contribute.

#18 nailed it, in spades!
'The Wall', 'Reagan', 'Freedom', etc., etc. aren't even on Zippy's radar!
They might as well not exist.

People as narcissistic as Obama are obsessed with themselves and everything else is perceived only insofar as how it affects THEM!

When he was refused use of the Brandenburg Gate as the backdrop for his awful speech/reading, he took it, as he does everything, PERSONALLY!
The Won will not be dissed!

I agree that it's best that he stay off this and every other international 'stage'.

#33, Brilliant!

Gotta stay home and shine his peace prize, y'know.

There was never a chance he was going to do this for all of the reasons L-dotters have already cited above. Mostly, he won't go because he won't be part of giving Ronald Reagan any credit where credit is hugely due. Frankly, I don't want him standing on that ground.

Let me see if I understand this. Germany pulled out all stops and welcomed *candidate* Obama with open arms to *campaign* in Europe for the U.S. presidency. Right?

And, now, he returns the favor by SNUBBING them?
Big mistake, Obie. Huge.

If B.O. is not going to Germany, I'm sure it's because Germany has agreed to come to him.

Some other writer made what I think is an important point. The important decisions were made weeks, perhaps months before the concrete wall was torn down. The concrete wall was just a symbol. The really important things were when the East Germans and Russians made the decisions to stop machine-gunning the people crossing the wall, when they decided to take down the razor wire and remove the attack dogs. There was a lot of confusion in the bureaucracy going on when some minor functionary said, so far as I know you can cross freely, anytime. That's when a mob of East Germans went straight to the border posts and walked into West Germany.

I believe the not-supporting-Reagan is the likely reason, but another couple of reasons he will not go:
1. Ma-Hussein-Obama does not want to stand next to the French President's wife;
2. Hussein-Obama will be preparing for his pilgramage to the Haj.

#23, Please don't forget that Margaret Thatcher was part of the "Big 3" and the only one still with us.

#32, I remember reading about this some weeks ago. My thoughts about this are still unpublishable.

#47, Add to that that George Soros can drop by any time he wants. He calls and zippy opens the front door for him.

Obama is a typical liberal coward. He high- tailed it out of town on 09/12/09 when the tea party people were in town, he is afraid of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Fox news, and the coward didn't even watch the returns last night preferring to watch an HBO special about how wonderful he is.

Of course, BHO wouldn't think of going to Germany to celebrate the fall of the wall, it might invite comparison of him to a real president.

Actually, it's because brat is not on his diet.

If 0bama can't be the focus of an event he sees no point in attending. He's a malignant narcissist.

Present Zero is the wurst!

The guy is an arrogant slime. What a disgrace to have this loser even begin to represent the greatest country that God gave man.

from 42- "BHO and co are building a Berlin Wall here in the USA. It is around our Hearts and Minds"
-Well said. Exactly.
Erich Honecker- PRes of East Germany (DDR)saidthe wall was to keep out the fascists like West Germans and the Americans(!!)

I saw the Wall in '68, went across at Checkpoint Charlie, toured around East Berlin,which still had WWII damage showing.
I never forgot that awful gash thru The West.
It was very psychological as well.Bricked up windows,doorways,guard towers.

Rush doesn't have to leave the country to honor the fall of the Berlin Wall and the influence of Reagan, Thatcher and the Pope in that happening. He can just broadcast all week from the gardens at the Reagan Library right next to the piece of the Wall given to the Reagans by a grateful German people and right there with the spirit of the Great Liberator.

I believe that Our Fuhrer will not go to the Berlin Wall because he might just break down and cry over the loss of something so dear to him.

Reply 18 has it right.

Obama can't be compared to Hitler. At least Hitler got the Olympics.

Of course he won't go. Obama's politics are in line with the old East German and Soviet Union socialist ideals. Why would he want to be associated with the fall of the Berlin wall?? Obama is the polar opposite of Ronald Reagan. No way he would approve of what Reagan did for freedom and capitalism.

You want to know something scary?? Many of the young people today are being taught and believe that we put up the Berlin wall to keep the communists away from us. Isn't that sickening?? Leftist lies and propaganda are pure evil. We must make sure the youth are taught the truth and real history (not the revisionist stuff made up by Marxists).

#18 is so right. Not going to Berlin is spite work for being denied the Brandenberg venue.

Of course he won't go, he doesn't want to be over shadowed by Ronald Reagan. May Ronald Reagan rest in peace, he was our very best president.

Speaking of Rush, one of his callers today said that Obama would probably go if they rebuilt the wall!

I'm pretty sure Ronaldo Maximus will be there anyway!

I had a D.I one time who had an extraordinary talent with our language. When he got finished with you, ....well, the ground shook. I would like to use some of his terminology and gusto to explain my feelings about big ears and his insult to us, the world, and especially the German people. Have you no sense of decency?

Dear Germany,

I want to extend our apologies on behalf of the American people....

We remember the day that wall came down, we understood what it meant. We cheered and celebrated with you. The first gulps of breathing free are are a wonderous thing.

We are sorry that we have such a self absorbed, navel gazing, weak spined, limp wristed, panty waisted, lazy, commie loving,
freedom hating, hind end of a donkey as a Leader.

Please know that WE will celebrate with you on that day !

Love,

The American People

Very nice # 30, very nice.

I vote we send Sarah Palin instead.

He doesn't "need" Germany anymore. He used them to fluff him up for the cameras prior to his coronation. That was then. Mission accomplished for him.

Perhaps he wishes the fall had never happened.

Remember, big O never forgives a slight. Merkel did not allow him to use the Brandenburg Gate as a backdrop, so he set up his teleprompter next to a rock concert where free beer and sausages were handed out. Why should he travel to Germany when on his first visit to France he did not go to the graves of American soldiers. Even Sarkozy was perplexed. Second visit,it was an aniversary big O and Ladzilla stood aside not mingling with other heads of State and only whispering into each others ears. Very grown up!
The Obamination is a sorry excuse for a so called president, I still live with the eternal hope that one day he will have a public break down and will have to excuse himself and 'they' will confine him to a golf course permanently. Of course the replacement does not conjur up rosy pictures either, but he is the lesser of two evils.

What a slap in the face to the marvelous Madame Merkel who made a most impressive address to a joint session of Congress the other day.

I cannot get to a low enough level of words for this idiot we have as a president.

CLUELESS!

Of all things that have proven disappointing with Obama, this is at the top.

He has NO appreciation for freedom.

This is so surprising, in a way, after so many years with having the Democrats decrying the poor human rights records of various dictators. Now there is absolutely no Democrat mentioning human rights issues anywhere (but Guantamano).

He has quite a list of snubs starting with the Medal of Honor inaugaration ball, sends back Churchill bust, gives blind PM DVDs that wont even play in Europe, D-Day Memorial, 4th of July-Moscow, 9/11 stayed away from NY (though he made it for Cronkite memorial), Christening of USS New York- busy campaigning for Corzine. I know I left some out, but yall get the picture.

I would like to see Michael Reagan go---as a private citizen---representing his father, who was so critical in achieving that epochal event. I am sure he would give a humble, memorable speech; Something Omaumau could never manage.

I hope Michael Reagan goes to the ceremony! I still thrill and get tears in my eyes when I see a film clip of his dad telling Gorbie to "Tear down this wall!" I never thought I would see it done in my lifetime. God bless the memory of Ronald Reagan!

If Michael Reagan went, it would be nice if Nancy was up to the trip also. However, she DID look oh so frail at President Reagan's funeral.

Too busy....hmmmmm....trip to Asia....PHOOEY!! He was able to find the time to fly to Copenhagen to bribe, er make that beg for the 2016 Olympics.

#79, a perfect letter to the people of Germany.
Also, after thinking about it, it's best that President Obama not attend this wonderful celebration of freedom - he would only sully the occasion and desecrate our representation. Similarly to #56, I believe that our weak and cowardly President does not belong on that hallowed, blessed ground.

I was just going through these posts. Former presidents Clinton and Bush (either one or both) could represent the United States over there. They would do one heckuva better job than the anti-American marxist we have in there now.

Personally, I'm glad Little Lord Pantywaist won't be representing us at the wall. His conspicuous absence will illuminate the presence of Reagan.

Zip's snit over not being allowed to speak at the Brandenburg Gate should be instructive to us all.

A petty mind and a massive chip on his shoulder. Not a good combination in a POTUS.

This is sooooo representative of exactly who the current president is.

Obama = walls, coercion, socialism and communism.

Reagan/Bush = Freedom, victory over communism, and the American spirit affecting the world.

I was in Germany in March of 1980 during the height of the Cold War - went to Berlin for a week and was over on the East Side on two separate occasions. Almost got arrested by the police for jaywalking.

Then, I went back in March of 1993 and walked freely through the Brandenburg Gate, tears of joy suddenly streaming down my face. That's why freedom is so precious. Obama will never understand that. Reagan and Bush did and still do.