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To: i-node who wrote (401398)7/24/2008 4:39:29 PM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1578068
 
Well, let's see. One of Merkel's top advisers gets approached by an offical from the US at a G8 meeting and gets raked over the coals for allowing Obama to speak at the Gate. The very next day, Merkel starts voicing her objections.

Well, we don't even know that it happened.

Yes, we do. The German verb, angeblaffen, is the past tense of anblaffen and is a very strong German verb. It literally means 'to snap at'. The way it was used in the sentence suggests that the Bush advisor spoke very sharply to the German representative.



To: i-node who wrote (401398)7/24/2008 4:45:44 PM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1578068
 
"Either way -- it was obviously inappropriate for Obama to have suggested such a thing."

Yup. Why should he have the same venue as the Spargel queen? Or the dairy farmers?

It was a suggested venue by the German ambassador.


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