{"id":33891,"date":"2009-11-04T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:45:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T01:45:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:45:10","slug":"obama_blows_off_angela_merkel_s_invitation_to_berlin_wall_ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2009\/11\/04\/obama_blows_off_angela_merkel_s_invitation_to_berlin_wall_ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Blows Off Angela Merkel\u2019s Invitation to Berlin Wall Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125108.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"412\" class=\"alignright\"\/>RUSH: Do you believe, by the way&#8230;? Did you hear this? Angela Merkel invited President Obama to Germany for the anniversary of the falling of the Berlin Wall. He said I\u2019m too busy. I guess he\u2019s working on Afghanistan, folks. I guess he\u2019s working too hard. He can\u2019t go. Now, folks, this is unprecedented. An American president not showing up at one of the most famous sites for the destruction of tyranny and the outbreak of freedom? Being invited by the chancellor, the leader of Germany, and not going? An American president, not showing up at a citadel of freedom and extolling the virtues of what happened there? I mean, hell, he should go even if he wants to praise Gorbachev for making it happen. You know, Reagan is there. Reagan is there in spirit. Reagan is there every day: &#8216;Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.\u2019 I think one of the reasons Obama may not want to go is I think he probably fears he\u2019d be upstaged by the memory of Ronald Reagan and whatever speechifying goes on will include mentions of Ronald Reagan. But it\u2019s just, to not go? To not go. I got other things on my mind? I got other things to do? I can\u2019t fit it into the schedule. If it\u2019s not about him, he\u2019s not showing up. But it\u2019s unprecedented. You know, Jack Kennedy would be there. Hell, for that matter even Jimmy Carter would go! They\u2019d have all been there. But not Barack Obama, mmm, mmm, mmm! <\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: So I just checked the e-mail during the break here. You know, I just expressed a little shock, stunned amazement that our president is not going to accept the invitation, will not accept the invitation, Angela Merkel, to go to the anniversary of the falling of the Berlin Wall. I got a lot of e-mails from people, &#8216;Rush, Rush, Rush, Rush, Rush. Communists don\u2019t go celebrate their failures. Obama will be back when they rebuild the wall, and he\u2019ll autograph it.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: I think I\u2019ve got an idea on how to get Obama to go to Germany. It\u2019s really not complicated at all. Angela Merkel should call him back and say, &#8216;Hey, President Obama, there\u2019s going to be an emergency meeting of the Olympic organizing committee to reconsider the choice of Brazil for the next Olympics. <\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Here is Teresa, Harford County, Maryland, welcome to the EIB Network.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Hi, Rush.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Hi.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: You are a gift from God, literally. It\u2019s my birthday and I can\u2019t believe I got through to you.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Happy birthday.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Thank you. Listen, I have a theory on why Obama won\u2019t go to Berlin and I\u2019d love your opinion.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Oh, okay.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: The man-child is throwing a temper tantrum because when he was running for office he wanted to speak at the Berlin Wall and they wouldn\u2019t let him because he hadn\u2019t accomplished anything.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: You know what? You may be right. He wanted to speak at the Brandenburg Gate.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: And, no, that\u2019s reserved for leaders who have achieved something, who are serving in office or something. So you know what? I think that does explain it. He\u2019s in a snit. He\u2019s in a snit. You wouldn\u2019t let me, so screw you. This is what I meant by man-child, immature, when I said all of this on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace this past Sunday. Yeah, Teresa, I have to say that you thought of something that I didn\u2019t and that is rare when that happens. You should be very proud.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Well, thank you for taking my call, Rush.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Okay, Teresa, thanks much. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Do you believe, by the way&#8230;? Did you hear this? Angela Merkel invited President Obama to Germany for the anniversary of the falling of the Berlin Wall. He said I\u2019m too busy. I guess he\u2019s working on Afghanistan, folks. 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