McCain is at the Sausage Haus German Restaurant in Ohio while Obama is actually in Germany

[Amerigo Vespucci]

McCain Plays Catch-Up: Attends German Restaurant In German Village, Ohio

July 24, 2008 12:09 PM



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/mccain-plays-catch-up-att_n_114761.html

John McCain is still playing catch up to Barack Obama.

As the Illinois Democrat speaks before the picturesque Victory Column in Berlin today, the Arizona Republican is doing a slightly less exciting form of German outreach. He is having a lunch meeting with small business leaders at a German restaurant in German Village, Columbus, Ohio.

The presidential race, it seems has boiled down to who has the greatest German appeal. McCain's appearance at Schmidts' restaurant, a "Sausage Haus" comes after the RNC launched several advertisements in towns named Berlin.

Among the items he may have ordered include: Sauerkraut-Bratwurst Balls, Hoffbrau Schnitzel, or the Bratwurst, voted the "Best Wurst" by Columbus Monthly.

[AllentownJake]

1. Please tell me this is a joke?

Oil rigs and sausage houses? :rofl:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

21. Sadly, no...

The Chairman of th Wisconsin Republican Party showed up in New Berlin (Milwaukee suburb) today to talk about the "irony" of Barak being off in Germany. I'm still not sure how the Repubican Chair's deliberately showing up in a town with a similar name rises to the level of irony.

[hisownpetard]

2. He graduated from the cheese aisle of King's supermarket to the sausage house?

Things are looking up for him.

Hope he doesn't start acting like a "brat."

[Ganja Ninja]

10. Cheese one day and sausage the next?!!!

Better double up on the Lipitor tonight John.

[hisownpetard]

12. The Grocers' Index has indicated a sharp decline in sales of sharp cheddar

and, what's worse, a decline in fat bratwursts, too, during the past two days.

Coincidence or not?

[DevonRex]

16. And don't forget your Prilosec, McWhiner... nt

[roguevalley]

31. german sausage and german baloney. thick cut. Yum. I'm hungry

for a delicious samwich all of a sudden. :P

[hisownpetard]

41. Yeah, heavy on the baloney.

[polichick]

3. McCain IS a sausage!

[NJmaverick]

4. Yet another goof by the McCain camp

going to a German restaurant looks so stupid when your opponent is in the real Country.

[mwb970]

7. It *is* a great restaurant, though. /nt

[ohtransplant]

28. I've been there too. It's an excellent place.

And to be specific, it's in the German Village section of Columbus.

If it matters, the owners are really nice people.

Too bad McSame chose their place to make a caricature of himself.

Peace.

[KittyWampus]

13. He could have just gone to the German Pavilion at Disney

[Pirate Smile]

39. On the radio, while in my minivan, every news break on the hour sends me into hysterical laughter.

They directly put the two candidate's days together. "Today, in Berlin, Germany, Barack Obama gave an inspirational call for unity in fighting terrorism, climate change, poverty, genocide .... to a cheering crowd of over 200,000 people ... John McCain had an event with a half dozen supporters at a German restaurant, The Sausage House, in Columbus, Ohio."

I laugh so hard I cry.

:rofl:

I had no idea the McCain cheese aisle press conference could be followed the next day by such an event.


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. Is he going to Paris, Texas tomorrow for French toast?

[AllentownJake]

6. Freedom Toast

What do you support the french or something :sarcasm:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

36. He could go on a world tour in Texas!!

Less stress on the old guy's heart, too.

Not just Paris, Texas.

Carthage, Texas
Palestine, Texas
Athens, Texas
Iraan, Texas
New Ulm, Texas
Muenster, Texas
Bogata, Texas
Corinth, Texas
China Grove, Texas (Doobie Brothers song)
Dublin, Texas
Earth, Texas
Edinburg, Texas
Egypt, Texas
Elysian Fields, Texas
Florence, Texas
Italy, Texas
Karnack, Texas
Lancaster, Texas
Merkel, Texas
New Boston, Texas
New Waverly, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Ravenna, Texas
Roma, Texas
Trinidad, Texas
Turkey, Texas
Utopia, Texas
Waterloo, Texas
Tokio, Texas
Nazareth, Texas
London, Texas




Even a little space travel:

Venus, Texas
Rising Star, Texas
Star, Texas
Aurora, Texas


Places McCain might especially like:
White Settlement, Texas
Whitehouse, Texas
Uncertain, Texas
Trophy Club, Texas
Shallowater, Texas
Rancho Viejo, Texas (old ranch)
Nixon, Texas
Hoop and Holler, Texas
Cut 'n' Shoot, Texas
Goodnight, Texas
Gun Barrel City, Texas
Flat, Texas
Ding Dong, Texas
Dish, Texas
Comfort, Texas
Moody, Texas
Oatmeal, Texas
Sour Lake, Texas
Coolidge, Texas



Places McCain would avoid:
Fairy, Texas
Bacon, Texas
Veribest, Texas
Best, Texas
Castroville, Texas
Cool, Texas
Elevation, Texas
Friendship, TExas
Gay Hill, Texas
Happy, Texas
Hemphill, Texas
Hempstead, Texas
High, Texas
New Harmony, Texas
Forney, Texas


I've just amused myself too much!!! :rofl:

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. McCain's famous speech:"Ich bin ein Bratwurst"

"Mr. Schmidt! Tear down these prices on your menu"

[BlooInBloo]

9. Ich bin ein faker-Obama-wannabe.

[hisownpetard]

14. Bwahhahaaa! Here's some extra weiner for your schnitzel, McKitzel.

[DevonRex]

17. I thought it was Ich bin ein Asshole. :) nt

[Bonobo]

11. "Puppet Show and Spinal Tap"!!!

LOL LOL LOL!!!

[FatDave]

30. An imperfect analogy.

The puppets got the bigger dressing room this time around.

:rofl:

[eleny]

15. How many people showed up?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

20. SIX! It's a McCain MANDATE!

Seriously...he gave a speech to 6 people, which is 199,994 less than the audience Obama had in Berlin. But who's counting?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6536950&mesg_id=6536950

:rofl:

[DevonRex]

18. Oh yeah, K&R. nt

[LeftyMom]

19. The first segment of tonight's Daily Show just wrote itself.

There's got to be a good green screen gag in this too.

[Arugula Latte]

22. OMG!

:rofl: :spray: :rofl: :spray:

[tanyev]

23. John McCain. The Half-Assed Imitation Tour.

How can we get Obama to visit a large array of solar panels? I want to see McCain appear in front of a giant foil ball.

[FloridaJudy]

24. McSame's probably too scared

To deal with the Kaiser...that Wilhelm is a crafty SOB, you know.

[WinkyDink]

25. Obama would LIKE to speak in a Sausage Haus, but he'd rather do it as President.

[Canuckistanian]

26. Is this one of these weird "association" things?

Are they trying to take Obama's triumph in Germany and somehow magically transform it into a McCain triumph?

You know, like before the Iraq war when they mentioned Saddam and 9/11 in the same sentence all the time?

The Saddam-9/11 thing was an impressive piece of subtle propaganda.

This, on the other hand is so lame and cryptic, it's a joke.

[mtnester]

27. Schmidt's is an institution in German Village

Much like the Brown Bag diner and the Old Mohawk Bar & Grill. And Lindey's. I have eaten at Schmidt's many times and their food is really good...for the type food they serve.

and he is speaking from a place that is a HUGE Dem stronghold..GIGANTIC..he will be lucky if this entire precinct gives him 50 votes

[mtnester]

29. Schmidt's is an institution in German Village

Much like the Brown Bag diner and the Old Mohawk Bar & Grill. And Lindey's. I have eaten at Schmidt's many times and their food is really good.

and he is speaking from a place that is a HUGE Dem stronghold..GIGANTIC..he will be lucky if this entire precinct gives him 50 votes

[yourguide]

32. After seeing this today, I am convinced McCain hired Mark Penn.

what a friggin disaster...like why would you even try to compete?

[hedgehog]

33. McCain is going to outdo Obama by visiting Europe AND Africa:

http://www.buschgardens.com/bgw/default.aspx

[yourguide]

35. HAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

34. How do you say "FAIL" in German?

[AZBlue]

37. One pretends to connect with people while the other actually does it.

This story is the best quick summation of the entire race that I've ever seen.

[Renew Deal]

38. And the owners were probably pissed that they couldn't watch the speech

in Berlin.

[brooklynite]

40. and don't forget the radio ads...

RNC Airs Anti-Obama Ads in Berlin–NO Not That One
by Shushannah Walshe

Columbus, OH–

Barack Obama may be speaking to hundreds of thousands in Berlin today, but the Republican National Committee is airing anti-Obama ads in Berlin–Berlin, Pennsylvania; Berlin, Wisconsin; and Berlin, New Hampshire that is—thousands of miles away from the big speech.

get it? They're all towns named Berlin!; just like Germany!

With clever stunts like that, how can the Republicans lose?

nb - the combined population of the three Berlin's is less than 1/10 the size of the Obama crowd today...