"As a presidential candidate in July 2008, Barack Obama was greeted by a massive, adoring crowd for his speech in Berlin. Returning for the first time as president, the venue will be smaller, the expectations lower. (Jae C. Hong, Associated Press / July 24, 2008)"
6/15/13, "Obama returns to Berlin, no longer a 'superstar'," LA Times, Hennessey
"Five years ago, when Americans had not yet made up their minds on their choice for president, Europe had. More than 200,000 people crowded the streets of Berlin — a favorite backdrop for U.S. politicians reaching for history — to hear then-candidate Barack Obama promise to turn the page on the unpopular policies of George W. Bush.
"Germany meets the superstar," the news magazine Der Spiegel proclaimed on its cover....
In his unabashedly lofty speech five years ago, Obama asked the massive crowd to envision a world without nuclear weapons, a planet Earth healed, without racial or sectarian divisions.
"These are the walls we must tear down," Obama said. "This is the moment to stand as one.""...
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Ed. note: Foreign media was eager for Obama to be US president based on a few months in the US Senate? That makes you a global superstar? The outcome was never in doubt anyway. Obama ran unopposed in both 2008 and 2012.
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