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Danish TV Host Mocks Obama for His Rhetoric

 

 

 "Maybe the copy key got stuck on the presidential speechwriter's keyboard."

23 March 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

       

Thomas Buch-Andersen, host of the Danish TV show Detektor, mocked President Obama's political rhetoric in a recent episode. "Obama used a metaphor from boxing to explain Denmark's role in the world," says Buch-Andersen, introducing the segment.

He then roles the tape. "That's fairly typical of the way that Danes have punched above their weight in international affairs," President Obama says at a press availability in the Oval Office with Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt of Denmark.

"It's nice to be praised," Buch-Andersen remarks. "We punch harder than our weight class would suggest. But how much should we read into his words? According to Obama, are we doing any better than, say, the Norwegians?"

The TV host again turns to the tape, this time showing President Obama in the Oval Office with Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg. "I've said this before, but I want to repeat: Norway punches above its weight," Obama says.

Back to Buch-Andersen. "Hmm. So Norway packs a punch too. But what about the Netherlands? Here, their head of government, Mark Rutte, visits Obama."

The tape roles yet again. "We have no stronger ally than the Netherlands," says Obama. "They consistently punch above their weight."

The TV host continues, pointing to the similar rhetoric Obama used when Ireland's head of state came to town, and then the Philippines. 

Buch-Andersen wonders aloud, "Maybe the copy key got stuck on the presidential speechwriter's keyboard."

Watch the whole segment: 

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Lay yourself low
Coincidental murder
With nothing to show
When the judge,
Constipation will go to his head
And his wife's aggravation
You'll soon end up dead

It's the same old story
Same Old Song And Dance, my friend
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Same Old Song And Dance, my friend

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Found with your gun

(Alt. You shady lookn' loser
you played with my gun)

No smooth-faced lawyer
To get ya undone
Say, love ain't the same
On the south side of town
You could look
But you ain't gonna find it around

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Same Old Song And Dance, my friend
It's the same old story
Same old story
Same Old Song And Dance

Fate comes a-knockin'
Doors start lockin'
Your old time connection
Change your direction
Ain't gonna change it
Can't rearrange it
Can't stand the pain
And it's all the same to you, my friend