"...postelection global clout"
Posted on 11/09/2014 12:48:58 PM PST by W.
WASHINGTON (AP) — His influence at home fading, President Barack Obama is looking abroad to China, the opening stop of a three-country trip that will test his ability to play a commanding global role during his final two years in office.
Once Obama was treated like a superstar on the world stage. But the president will arrive in Beijing on Monday under far different conditions, with his most powerful days behind him.
At home, Republicans are still rejoicing at having pummeled Obama's party in the midterm elections, relegating Democrats to the minority in both chambers of Congress. His counterparts in Asia surely have noticed.
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Does Michelle get to take her posse for some power shopping?
They may invite Obama to a press conference, and deliberately ‘forget’ to show up for it. There he is, standing ‘alone at the altar’ and surrounded by the asian press on a feeding frenzy. Next day the Chinese Premeire apologizes for the ‘most unfortunate and unexpected’ scheduling complication. Tee Hee.
"...postelection global clout"
At the airport his motorcade will be met by photocopier repairmen and be escorted by golf-carts.
You NEVER hear the objectives of his travels. How can you measure clout or success? Number of State dinners? Golf rounds?
Shopping? Yes! But only at the Chinese Aldi’s!
Obama’s ‘clout’ has all the grunt of an anemic nerf ball launcher. :)
Hope they treat him with the respect he deserves as he deplanes. Then he’ll just turn on his heel, go back up the stairs, reboard AF1 and leave!
Make him pay a quarter for using the toilet....
Way to go AP we probably don't even need the 2016 presidential election...guess its you and Asia who decides who our next president is
My bet is the Chinese will toss him a bone of come
kind, worthless but photogenic, they don’t want to
see him exposed as the feckless leader they know
and use.
I’ve felt like that .gif all week reading the reactions of all the devastated horehounds of the online left.
All the he-ho’s will be ugly, and the cocaine so stepped-on it’s got footprints!
And make him sleep on AF1...
Obama has NEVER had an ability to play a commanding global role.
Never.
Nowadays, negative numbers! Har!
What global clout?
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