President Obama recently came under fire for
referring to "Polish death camps" in a prepared speech, reflecting a
certain lack of awareness of matters European. This episode reminded us
of something else, of greater concern to U.S. voters: Obama's
speechwriters appear to also be unaware that the German media is
available online. In English.
It is hard to explain otherwise how they
continue sending Mr. Obama out to cite Germany's energy sector as a
model for driving America's economic recovery.
Look back to when the candidate and then the
new President Obama gave eight speeches touting Spain as the model for
his "clean energy economy." As Spanish experts quickly pointed out,
Spain's clean energy reality was in fact a disaster, even if this detail
was ultimately lost amid a flood of news about the country's broader
economic collapse.
This proved terribly embarrassing, and
President Obama stopped giving that speech. He did not, however, stop
pushing those policies that he claimed were an imitation of Spain's.
Apparently assuming yet again that no one would look more closely, Obama
now points to Germany as his success story.
READ MORE: http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2012/06/sunday-reflection-truth-about-germany-and-clean-energy-economy/686896
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