# Dutch destroy Obamas empty platitudes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-destroy-obamas-empty-platitudes/616941 "2012-03-27T12:20:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-destroy-obamas-empty-platitudes/616941/21 "2012-03-28T03:10:19Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Obama critics are really starting to struggle for material, aren’t they? Hey, front page of CNN today was Sarah Palin’s stand on “Bull-Shit”. I’m not lying… she took a stand on “Bull-Shit”. And now its just another part of her American Legacy… ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-destroy-obamas-empty-platitudes/616941/22 "2012-03-28T04:51:14Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Bwahahahaahaa. OP fail. > > That said, he really does need some more creative speechwriters. > > “I am a Berliner” wouldn’t have had so much impact if it had been followed by “I am a Copenhagener”, “I am an Amsterdamer” and “I am an Olsoer”. “I am a [Neapolitan](http://www.articlesweb.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/neapolitan-ice-cream-origin-and-recipe-sources-4.jpg)” might have been cool, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-destroy-obamas-empty-platitudes/616941/23 "2012-03-28T06:19:01Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I thought **Laudenum** was Irish? You are correct, i think. Even less excuse, then, for not knowing the difference between the Dutch and the Danish. > [@njtt](#): > > “I am a [Neapolitan](http://www.articlesweb.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/neapolitan-ice-cream-origin-and-recipe-sources-4.jpg)” might have been cool, though. 🙂 For this thread, “I am a Danish” would be more appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-destroy-obamas-empty-platitudes/616941/24 "2012-03-28T08:02:24Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > But let’s face it- this is the kind of thing Jon Stewart and Colbert would be using for months as proof of George Dubya’s stupidity, if HE had done it. No. This would have been a throwaway line, maybe one of five in a whole segment. They had so much to work with. And it isn’t as if they hadn’t made fun of Obama before - he’s just not that much of a goldmine. ---
**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-destroy-obamas-empty-platitudes/616941/25 "2012-03-28T11:31:43Z")
:smack: Dutch =/= Danish Murphy’s law strikes again - it gets worse when you consider that I have friends from and living in both countries - they’d be very quick to set me straight. ---
**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-destroy-obamas-empty-platitudes/616941/26 "2012-03-28T11:50:22Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Hey, any port in a storm. And anyway, this is precisely the type of stuff true-believers eat up. ? I’m Irish, and the people who made the piece are Danish (not Dutch like I had said :o) - I don’t see why you would act like this is some kind of Tea Party plot; it really says more about how slavish your support for Obama must be, as opposed to anything else. Don’t get me wrong, if I lived in your country and had the choice between Santorum (I don’t know what you guys are thinking) and Obama, Obama would win hands down, but the fact is that Obama is known for his speeches and rhetoric; it shouldn’t have been that hard for him to come up with something new to say about different countries - it’s embarassing for you, especially since this has gone viral in several countries. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-destroy-obamas-empty-platitudes/616941.md?page=1)