Obama's Trip, Policies Evaluated By Foreign Media

All Things Considered (NPR) ^ | July 22, 2008 | Peter Kenyon

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When American conservatives talk derisively of "Barack Hussein Obama," both Muslim and Christian Arabs think not of Obama's political weakness, but that anti-Arab racism is alive and well in some corners of the American political discourse.

'One Of Us'

Said says there is a deep-rooted sentiment here that this son of a black Muslim father and a white Christian mother "gets it" when it comes to racial and religious hatred — and that alone makes many people here eager to see him in the White House.

"This 'one of us' mythology can be the man of the poor worldwide, can be the man of the oppressed, it can be the man of the minorities," Said says. "But I think, broadly speaking, he continues to be 'one of us,' competing for the top job of the United States."

But on one point, there is little dispute: The Arab world cannot wait for the next American president.

In a cartoon, posted on Al-Jazeera's English-language Web site, an old man is shown asking a young boy what he sees in a series of pictures. The first shows Hillary Clinton ending her campaign, which the boy calls "decisive democracy." The second shows Obama delivering pizza to the troops in Iraq, which the boy labels "difficult democracy." The third shows President Bush in combat fatigues carrying McCain in his arms. The boy's verdict: "disastrous democracy."

[smokingfrog]

"So this is what Iraq looks like?"

[Tzimisce]

...ever notice how left wing media outlets never consider the racism against Americans?

[Poincare]

...and a white Christian mother ...

Do we know the religion of BHO's mother, if any.

[Bender2]

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Good point!

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Yeah, atheist, according to his published books.

[ken21]

npr are professional masochists.

they love accusing whites of racism,

even tho’ they are whites.

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Andrea Mitchell at NBC blasts Obamb for “fake” interviews.

Well, that is our major complaint too. The press never gives Obama a real interview. At least not with hard questions....

[Candor7]

The press never gives Obama a real interview. At least not with hard questions....>>>>>>>>>>>>>.

You right there. Obama gets the same kinds of questions from the MSM that they would ask of "Miss World" candidates.

Prima Donna is an understatement.

I hope they keep it up Big Time. America is already tiring of Obamas incessant non answers to even those kind of questions.

Obama must have been a stereotypical "dumb blond" in a former life.

Now he is in all truth a prima donna dumb "Magic Mulatto."

Definitely non presidential material, which is why his campaign managers have him posing before the Brandenburg Gate, and the Pillars of Hercules!

Too little too late.