45 years ago yesterday John F. Kennedy made that famous speech in West Germany in which he declared Ich bin ein Berliner. Needless to say, it’s difficult to imagine the current occupant of the White House - whether you like him or not - being able to pull off a line like that, in pretty much any language. He may be the decider, but he ain’t no master linguist.
Naturally, that led to a joke that pretty much wrote itself. I merely put it to paper (or, rather, email) and sent it off to David Letterman, who told on Thursday’s Late Show (6/26/08):
It was on this day in 1963 President Kennedy was in Germany and said “Ich bin ein Berliner”.
Now it’d be nice if we had a president who could speak English.
You can also watch the video of the entire monologue here.
-Chum [link | comment]Tags: English, George Bush, Germany, John Kennedy
