AP:
McCain visits German restaurant _ in Ohio
(Really? Maybe the person who wrote this article might want to look up the history of the American “Kraut Belt,” Ohio being in the heart thereof. — Ed.)
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As Barack Obama delivered a high-profile speech in Berlin, McCain said he was focusing his attention this week on economic issues, including soaring food and fuel costs. He has been busy campaigning and raising funds in key battleground states like Ohio.
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At the same time, the Republican National Committee was running anti-Obama ads in Berlin, Pa., and other namesake villages in Wisconsin and New Hampshire.
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German Village is in the 15th congressional district, held by Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce. It encompasses most of the city of Columbus and its southern and western suburbs. Pryce won in the last congressional election by a narrow margin.
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He was overheard remarking on the “great sausages here.” The restaurant’s specialties are “Bahama Mama” bratwurst and cream puffs.
“Can we have a couple of cream puffs to go, too?” he asked.
While they’re all at it, they should realize that half the whites in America, and most of the whites in the swing states like Ohio, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, are of significant Germanic ancestry. A good way to get their votes is to stem the tide of hatred and bigotry of, and ignorance toward, the German-Americans, and pointing out the innumerable contributions, both tangible and intangible, they made to the founding of America and its rise to a world superpower.
