Update on attendees of Obama's speech

Barely five minutes before the speech was supposed to start, ZDF Berlin studio chief Peter Frey added, "We do estimate that 20,000 people have turned out." Frey's tone, like that of Gelhard, reflected the gap between the relatively modest number cited and the lofty predictions that had preceded the event. Moreover, while the ZDF live images showed that the "Fan Mile" was indeed populated from one end to the other, they also appeared to reveal patches of thinness and pedestrian traffic flowing easily on the half of the boulevard closer to the Brandenburg Gate (i.e. furthest from the "Victory Column"). More here:

Hmmm - I could have sworn the American media told us 200,000. FYI -- ZDF = German public television.

But hey -- on the good side, at least he apologized to the Germans for America. HEE HAW -- HEE HAW.