Translation: He'll give us free American money, and demand nothing in return but a photo-op!
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 09/23/2009 7:55:53 AM PDT by La Lydia
President Obama made his first address to the U.N. General Assembly today. He had them at hello. Even his opening -- "It is my honor to address you as the 44th president of the United States" -- got a round of applause.
The reason? The latest Pew Global Attitudes Survey of 21 countries found global confidence in Obama’s leadership on foreign affairs at 71% -- far higher than approval ratings at home (in the low 50% range) and even more striking matched against world opinion of George W. Bush last year, which Pew tracked at 17%.
To Nile Gardiner of London's Daily Telegraph, Obama’s popularity at the U.N. "boils down essentially to his willingness to downplay American global power." Said the columnist:
The Obama mantra appears to be – ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do to atone for your country. This is a message that goes down very well in a world that is still seething with anti-Americanism.
For his part, Obama did expunge the cowboy diplomacy of his predecessor..."Those who used to chastise America for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for America to solve the world’s problems alone. We have sought — in word and deed — a new era of engagement with the world. Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges...."
(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...
The members of the UN assembly who are the enemies of this nation will always be the enemies of this nation regardless of who occupies the WH. The only difference now is they have a comrade who is an occupier of the WH.
So he’s loved by the “Dictator Protection Agency”? It’s a badge of shame...
Compared to Obama he is...
“Of COURSE Hussein was a big hit at the UN. After all, he hates the United States as much as THEY do!”
Yep, you nailed it down!
Compared to the devil he’s what.............?
Nonsense all around here..........
The reason the UN like Obama and not bush is easy.
When Obama addresses the UN all of the foreign dignitaries are thinking to themselves “This guy is such a pushover, We can get what ever we want from the US, I think We are going to like this next 4 years”
When Bush addressed the UN the foreign dignitaries were thinking, “Man this guy is tough, this sucks he is not going to let us get away with screwing the US at all, It’s going to be a long 4 years.”
“To Nile Gardiner of London’s Daily Telegraph, Obama’s popularity at the U.N. “boils down essentially to his willingness to downplay American global power.”
Ah, the world loves us because we are willing to become as weak as they are. At least they openly admit it.
Translation: He'll give us free American money, and demand nothing in return but a photo-op!
You started the off-topic strawman, fishtank...
...demand nothing in return, and smile as they dump on us.
Questions about Bush’s conservative principles
By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
September 15, 2009
Latimer got the assignment to write Bush’s speech. Draft in hand, he and a few other writers met with the president in the Oval Office. Bush was decidedly unenthusiastic.
“What is this movement you keep talking about in the speech?” the president asked Latimer.
Latimer explained that he meant the conservative movement — the movement that gave rise to groups like CPAC.
Bush seemed perplexed. Latimer elaborated a bit more. Then Bush leaned forward, with a point to make.
“Let me tell you something,” the president said. “I whupped Gary Bauer’s ass in 2000. So take out all this movement stuff. There is no movement.”
I'm not Pres. Bush, either. Suppose I'd get a standing 'O'?
President George W. Bush is not the enemy of the USA.
The UN, and Obama in particular are, and a lot of you BDSers have joined their party. Your comment has nothing to do with the article or any previous posts. Just wanted to get your BDS 2 cents worth out there.
The United Nations is run by corrupt thugs and child rapists.
It is a vast culture of corruption.
Want to know why some nations didn’t support the US going to war against Saddam? He paid them off.
Chavez, Castro, Gaddafi, and the UN cheered the election of Brakbrak Hussein Obama and he has sold out Honduras, Poland, and the Czech Republic to the Communists.
That is no foreign policy to CHEER, LAtte Times. Not good at all.
Who was it that put John Bolton in the UN?
And what group opposed him?
One week before the 9-11 attacks, the UN was trying to condem Israel and also trying to condemn the United States for having slavery in our past.
It is a socialist circle jerk.
Someone HAS to report if this pic was at the UN meeting in PA.
That is so photoshopped. And they reversed the “Angola” sign.
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