Rock Bands, Not Obama, Draws Crowd In Germany

As Paul Harvey would say, 'Here's The Rest of the Story.' There is something the American New Media seem to have left out.

How do you attract 200,000 Germans to an American presidential candidate's campaign rally in Berlin?

A. With the charisma and reputation of the presidential candidate?
B. With a compelling political message?
C. With lots of advance advertising?
D. With the top two rock bands in Germany giving a free concert with the American candidate coming out for a short speech between the bands?

With the American media following and fawning over Obama, they failed to mention his Berlin speech was not why the crowds were really there. More than 95% of those attending didn't understand English, and could care less about Obama or American politics. They came to see a free concert with the German equivalents of Willy Nelson and Madonna headlining.

Obama's unwelcome and boring interruption - giving a political speech in a foreign language between the acts - resulted in the crowd giving lame applause a couple of times. Obama didn't care about the crowd either. His speech was really for the American media and the crowd was a backdrop for the photo ops. The American media bit on it hook line and sinker and
just sorta, kinda, forgot to mention it was the rock bands that really drew the crowds.