Dear Diary: Guten Tag! I am heading to Berlin next month to reprise my famed appearance in 1998. Himmel, what a day that was! Some 200,000 people crowding the streets hanging on my every word. I am already brushing up my German so that I can impress Angela Merkel when we meet for talks. It will also be the anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's visit when he famously said: "Ich bin ein Berliner" which does not --as he thought-- mean "I am a Berliner," but "I am a little bear." Not the sort of silly mistake I'm likely to make, given my vast education. I will point this out to Fraulein Merkel. One my aides said it should be "Frau" Merkel. Fraulein, schmaulein...whatever. I have also been practicing my salute: Right arm extended upwards and straight ahead accompanied by a crisply spoken "Heil". This is sure to impress her. But enough about me.Debate Magazine
Dear Diary: Guten Tag! I am heading to Berlin next month to reprise my famed appearance in 1998. Himmel, what a day that was! Some 200,000 people crowding the streets hanging on my every word. I am already brushing up my German so that I can impress Angela Merkel when we meet for talks. It will also be the anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's visit when he famously said: "Ich bin ein Berliner" which does not --as he thought-- mean "I am a Berliner," but "I am a little bear." Not the sort of silly mistake I'm likely to make, given my vast education. I will point this out to Fraulein Merkel. One my aides said it should be "Frau" Merkel. Fraulein, schmaulein...whatever. I have also been practicing my salute: Right arm extended upwards and straight ahead accompanied by a crisply spoken "Heil". This is sure to impress her. But enough about me.
