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McCain at the Sausage Haus
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ABC News' David Wright Reports: Today as his rival prepares to deliver a major address to the throngs in Germany, John McCain counter-programmed with a more modest event bound to invite comparisons.
Obama was at the Tiergarten in Berlin, amid a sea of people. McCain was at "Schmidt's Sausage Haus und Restaurant" in German Village, an enclave of Columbus, Ohio.
McCain addressed about a half dozen Ohio small business owners in the historic village.
"I'd love to give a speech in Germany," McCain said. "But I'd much prefer to do it as President."
WATCH VIDEO OF MCCAIN AT THE SAUSAGE HAUS HERE.
In front of the restaurant stands a cardboard cutout of a Bavarian man in lederhosen and Bavarian woman in a dirndl. The faces are cutout, so tourists can pop in their heads for photos.
It's unlikely McCain would stop for a souvenir snapshot, but he did shake hands with the crowd of lunchtime diners who seem excited to see him. He also sampled the Haus' sausage and made a special point of ordering some chocolate cream puffs, a traditional German dessert, to go.
"We love him," said Columbus resident Diane Woods.
"I don't know why Obama's getting all this attention. McCain is right where he should be -- in America," she said.
"He graduated from the Naval Academy a year after my uncle did," said Roger Clark, who did not expect McCain's visit.
This event was hastily organized after the candidate's planned visit to a Louisiana was cancelled due to the threat of hurricanes in the Gulf Coast.
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poor poor mccain careful what you wish for some things just backfire!!!!!!!!!!remember everyone mccain wanted this trip for obama !!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: angie | Jul 24, 2008 12:26:45 PM
Wow, I almost feel bad for the guy - almost!
Posted by: geecee | Jul 24, 2008 12:34:39 PM
FROM A MODERATE INDEPENDENT I ADVISE THE MEDIA BE VERY CAREFUL IT COULD JUST BACK FIRE. I LIKE TO SEE BOTH VIEWS.THE VIEW THAT THEY CHOOSE NOT TO GIVE US I USUALLY WILL GO TO SEE MORE OF.NEVER PUT ANYONE ON A PEDESTAL THEY COULD EASILY GET KNOCKED OFF.
Posted by: natale from mass. | Jul 24, 2008 12:37:00 PM
I am already having obama fatigue, I am voting for McCain. Both are good men, but I am sick of all the obama stuff
Posted by: Steve | Jul 24, 2008 12:42:43 PM
McCain in front of the cheese aisle is hilarious!
Posted by: Trixie | Jul 24, 2008 12:55:12 PM
Obama is getting a lot of media attention right now because he is MAKING NEWS!
McCain could have made some news ,(Presidential nominee heading into Hurricane) by not running in the other direction when he heard there was going to be bad weather in the South.
He is now reinforcing the idea that Republicans won't show up anywhere until at least 5 days have passed since the bad weather.
Posted by: Truth Matters | Jul 24, 2008 12:55:32 PM
McCain should be careful about what he wishes for. Remember Obama's foreign trip was basically because McCain forced him into it, although McCain wanted to be there as well (Not that that was ever going to happen) but the overseas trip has done as much as anything else could to help make Obama look Presidential. Meanwhile McCain has tramped around America looking as weak and out of the loop as any candidate could.
Posted by: markymark | Jul 24, 2008 12:56:37 PM
OMG! Have y'all seen how many people are at the Obama speech in Berlin???!!!
Posted by: Shelt | Jul 24, 2008 12:56:40 PM
Here is the deal....If Obama's trip was a flop, nobody would complain about the media's over coverage. Get over it everybody. McCain has been in politics before I was born. We know everything about McCain. Let's find out more about Obama and let the media keep that spotlight on him in case he makes a mistake that it seems everyone wants to see.
I challenge everyone to republican and democratic to look past the party bias passed down to us from our parents. I hear a lot of people repeating media talking points and ideas from 10, 20, 30 years ago that they heard their parents say.
Posted by: Ace | Jul 24, 2008 12:59:09 PM
MAYBE STEVE WASNT BUT AFTER A WHILE IT STARTS GETTING OLD WHEN I LISTEN TO OBAMA I THINK OF MY GOVERNOR HIS TERRIBLE IN MASS WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS FOR POLITICIANS TAKE A REAL GOOD LOOK HOW THIS STATE IS RUN ITS NOT PRETTY.ONE LONELY INDEPENDENT
Posted by: natale from mass. | Jul 24, 2008 12:59:54 PM
So Obama has the real deal and McCain is the fake? Irony, irony...
Posted by: matt | Jul 24, 2008 1:09:16 PM
Obama is not making news, the media is making him the news. For all the attention Obama is getting, McCain has gained on Obama and the polls show Obama slipping.
Posted by: vicki | Jul 24, 2008 1:17:11 PM
vicki,
What polls are you looking at?
BTW - Polls are meaingless under after Labor Day and AFTER the debates.
Posted by: Jane Hussein | Jul 24, 2008 1:22:24 PM
McCain complained and counted down the moments until Obama went to Iraq, and now that Obama has called his bluff and the entire world is embracing him.(Have you seen the crowds and the love that our brothers and sisters around the world are giving him. Clinton was the last president that generated that type of positive buzz)
He's upset at all the media attention. What a whiner. But you havent seen anything yet Senator, Just wait until the debates. Obama will eat you alive.
Posted by: Poor Poor McCain | Jul 24, 2008 1:25:03 PM
Good Lord! Look at the crowd!
Posted by: Jane Hussein | Jul 24, 2008 1:26:44 PM
vicki,
Obama will eat McCains lunch. McCain was HORRIBLE in the Repub debates. But man was it fun to watch!
Posted by: Jane Hussein | Jul 24, 2008 1:27:56 PM
Yes We Can, live from Germany , basking in the flow in a intelligent politician's glow.
That was my little ditty, but seriously .
Obama is a godsend for International Relations.
It's about Time!
"Yes We Can" is really infectious
Posted by: James | Jul 24, 2008 1:28:45 PM
"OMG! Have y'all seen how many people are at the Obama speech in Berlin???!!!"
Have you seen the latest polling numbers from Fox? This trip is backfiring among the voters.
Obama fatique is real and not just his own urge to sleep standing up.
It will be interesting to see the ratings for the networks that went into the tank for him.
Posted by: len | Jul 24, 2008 1:28:56 PM
Thursday, July 24
Race Poll Results Spread
Minnesota Rasmussen Obama 52, McCain 39 Obama +13.0
National Rasmussen Tracking Obama 48, McCain 45 Obama +3.0
National NBC/WSJ Obama 47, McCain 41 Obama +6.0
Minnesota Quinnipiac/WSJ/WP Obama 46, McCain 44 Obama +2.0
Wisconsin Quinnipiac/WSJ/WP Obama 50, McCain 39 Obama +11.0
Michigan Quinnipiac/WSJ/WP Obama 46, McCain 42 Obama +4.0
Colorado Quinnipiac/WSJ/WP Obama 44, McCain 46 McCain +2.0
Posted by: Jane Hussein | Jul 24, 2008 1:37:26 PM
Jane Hussein - you need to compare the numbers from a week, two weeks, a month ago. Obama is slipping. With all the media attention he is getting, with all the money he is spending, he is slipping, and he will continue to slip.
Posted by: vicki | Jul 24, 2008 1:48:59 PM
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