"Obama regrets allowing daughters' TV interview
WASHINGTON - Don't expect to see more of Barack Obama's young daughters on television any time soon.
Good.
The Democratic presidential candidate and his wife, Michelle, allowed the syndicated program "Access Hollywood" to interview their daughters, Malia and Sasha, as Malia celebrated her 10th birthday. The four-part interview began airing Tuesday.
Yesterday, Obama said he had second thoughts after seeing how much attention the interview had received. The Obamas had been keeping Malia and 7-year-old Sasha out of the media spotlight.
"It was an exception, it was Malia's birthday, we were in Montana, everybody was having a good time," he told "Good Morning America" on ABC. "I think we got carried away a little bit. Generally, what makes them so charming is the fact that they're not spending a lot of time worrying about TV cameras or politics, and we want to keep it that way (AP July 10, 2008)."
I can understand that.
And I'll bet 'bamer wishes he hadn't decided to make the trip to Germany, 'eh?
"Obama's speech plans generate unease in Berlin
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany has signaled unease over the prospect of a possible speech by Barack Obama at Berlin's historic Brandenburg Gate, a spokesman said yesterday.
Merkel has "only limited understanding for using the Brandenburg Gate as an election campaign backdrop, as it were, and has expressed skepticism about pursuing such plans," Thomas Steg, a spokesman for the chancellor, told reporters. But Steg stressed that the chancellor is "very happy" for Obama to visit Germany.
Berlin city officials said this week that Obama's campaign staff contacted them about permission and security issues (AP)."
I guess he won't be having a "Ich bin ein Berliner" moment.
