US image abroad surges under Obama

[Dr.House]

I think beer is beneath Barry... He seems more like the Zima type...

 

[Oddball]

That was a Joe Walsh reference, dammit.

 

[Dr Grump]

I know you Conservatives hate building bridges...give it up already!

 

[Chris]

if saving the euros in two world wars was not enough then they can all fuck off and die

The Russians won WWII in Europe.

75% of German casualties in WWII were inflicted by the Russians.

 

[Chris]

The US should do whatever it takes to benefit the US, the rest of the world be damned. Personally I don't give a flying fuck what country likes or dislikes us.

The stupidity of the right on display in a nutshell.

Leadership is based on consensus. We can accomplish nothing without the help of the other 6 BILLION PEOPLE on this planet.

That is why George Bush Sr. succeeded and George Bush Jr. failed. One understood that leadership is getting others to help you with your goals, the other did not.

Bull fucking shit. The US can be completely self sufficient, if it had to be, and it would still be the #1 superpower in the world.

You really are living in a fantasy world.

 

[Oddball]

I know you Conservatives hate building bridges...give it up already!

I'll build a bridge for you, and you take me SCUBA diving and skiing.

That's how "engagement" works.

 

[Fatality]

if saving the euros in two world wars was not enough then they can all fuck off and die

The Russians won WWII in Europe.

75% of German casualties in WWII were inflicted by the Russians.

u r dumb as shit

 

[Bootneck]

This doesn't seem a very humorous thread to me. In fact, it hasn't even raised the merest titter. WTF is it doing in this section???!!!!!!

 

[Political Junky]

This doesn't seem a very humorous thread to me. In fact, it hasn't even raised the merest titter. WTF is it doing in this section???!!!!!!

I guess someone didn't agree with the thread.

 

[Harry Dresden]

if saving the euros in two world wars was not enough then they can all fuck off and die

The Russians won WWII in Europe.

75% of German casualties in WWII were inflicted by the Russians.

u r dumb as shit

thats our resident pile of shit....Chrissey....

 

[L.K.Eder]

if saving the euros in two world wars was not enough then they can all fuck off and die

and that is why this thread is in the humor forum, right?

 

[xsited1]

This doesn't seem a very humorous thread to me. In fact, it hasn't even raised the merest titter. WTF is it doing in this section???!!!!!!

It was posted by Chris. He's one of the funniest guys on the board. (Don't tell him, though. He thinks he's being serious.)

 

[Smartmouthwoman]

US image abroad surges under Obama
By MATTHEW LEE (AP) – 1 hour ago

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's popularity has boosted America's image abroad even though deep suspicions about the U.S. persist in the Muslim world, according to a poll released Thursday.

The survey of two dozen nations conducted this spring by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that positive public attitudes toward the United States have surged in many parts of the world since Obama's election.

Positive opinions about the United States have returned to higher levels not seen since before President George W. Bush took office in 2001. The Bush presidency marked a steep decline in U.S. popularity overseas, notably after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, because of a perception that the post-9/11 war on terrorism was targeted at Muslims.

"The image of the United States has improved markedly in most parts of the world, reflecting global confidence in Barack Obama," the center said in its annual Pew Global Attitudes Report.

The only exception was Israel, where attitudes toward the U.S. have dipped since Bush left office.

The improvements "are being driven much more by personal confidence in Obama than by opinions about his specific policies," Pew reported.

At the same time, several specific administration policies drew near universal acclaim, including Obama's pledge to close the Navy-run detention facility for terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the U.S. timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, the survey found.

The Pew report found that in 21 of the countries surveyed, an average of 71 percent of respondents had at least some confidence in the U.S. president's handling of world affairs. In 2008, when Bush was in the White House, the figure in those same countries was only 17 percent.

The Associated Press: Poll: US image abroad surges under Obama

I think it's just like a brutally honest Canadian poster told me shortly after the election, "Obama is bad for America, therefore the people who hate America will love him."

LOL

 

[PixieStix]

I know you Conservatives hate building bridges...give it up already!

Obama is the one who is tearing down any bridges

He is a racist and is dividing the country on race, for the whole world to see. He is showing the whole world just how racist he and his followers are

Obama says police were 'stupid' to arrest black professor Henry Louis Gates


Barack Obama has waded into a race row surrounding America's most prominent black scholar, accusing police of acting "stupidly" for arresting the man after he forced his way into his own home.

But even as he portrayed the case as a sign of his country's continuing racial divide, America's first black president joked that he would face an even worse fate if he ever tried to jemmy his way into the White House. "Here," he told a press conference, "I'd be shot."
Proessor Henry Louis Gates, director of Harvard's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research, was arrested last Thursday night.

The 58-year-old, a friend of Mr Obama, was seen by a passer-by as he and his driver attempted to prise open the front door of his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Obama is stupider than the Police Officers. Matter fact the police officer is smarter than the average bear. There's no stinkin apology needed.

It was just a matter of time when this race baiting president started a racial war. He really stepped in it this time.
Listening to Uncle Jeremiah for 20 years just came out....this crap about racial profiling.

This affirmative action dude is having a bad day....his lil puppet congress wants to wait when he's demanding to push the his universal health plan.

Even Bill Cosby has the balls (fortitude) to talk back to the black. Bill Cosby is a great American!

> http://www.usmessageboard.com/politics/82913-obama-acted-stupidly-towards-the-police-officer.html#post1365477

 

[PixieStix]

if saving the euros in two world wars was not enough then they can all fuck off and die

The Russians won WWII in Europe.

75% of German casualties in WWII were inflicted by the Russians.

u r dumb as shit

You are so right

 

[PixieStix]

The Russians won WWII in Europe.

75% of German casualties in WWII were inflicted by the Russians.

u r dumb as shit

thats our resident pile of shit....Chrissey....

Picture of Chris

 

[tigerbob]

US image abroad surges under Obama
By MATTHEW LEE (AP) – 1 hour ago

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's popularity has boosted America's image abroad even though deep suspicions about the U.S. persist in the Muslim world, according to a poll released Thursday.

The survey of two dozen nations conducted this spring by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that positive public attitudes toward the United States have surged in many parts of the world since Obama's election.

Positive opinions about the United States have returned to higher levels not seen since before President George W. Bush took office in 2001. The Bush presidency marked a steep decline in U.S. popularity overseas, notably after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, because of a perception that the post-9/11 war on terrorism was targeted at Muslims.

"The image of the United States has improved markedly in most parts of the world, reflecting global confidence in Barack Obama," the center said in its annual Pew Global Attitudes Report.

The only exception was Israel, where attitudes toward the U.S. have dipped since Bush left office.

The improvements "are being driven much more by personal confidence in Obama than by opinions about his specific policies," Pew reported.

At the same time, several specific administration policies drew near universal acclaim, including Obama's pledge to close the Navy-run detention facility for terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the U.S. timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, the survey found.

The Pew report found that in 21 of the countries surveyed, an average of 71 percent of respondents had at least some confidence in the U.S. president's handling of world affairs. In 2008, when Bush was in the White House, the figure in those same countries was only 17 percent.

The Associated Press: Poll: US image abroad surges under Obama

Very interesting, and encouraging up to a point. I beliebe the U.S. should play a more active role in international affairs, and that there is a huge amount of bridge building to be done post GWB.

On the other hand, it's a pity that the raw responses are not made available. I'd like to see how all the questions were phrased and the list of countries / age ranges etc.

I remember in 2005, support for Tony Blair was very high in the U.S., while in the UK he was hemorrhaging support due to a number of domestic policy positions.

Blair was clever though. Got the hell out of Dodge just before the house of cards came down and left Gordon Brown holding the baby.

 

[L.K.Eder]

US image abroad surges under Obama
By MATTHEW LEE (AP) – 1 hour ago

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's popularity has boosted America's image abroad even though deep suspicions about the U.S. persist in the Muslim world, according to a poll released Thursday.

The survey of two dozen nations conducted this spring by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that positive public attitudes toward the United States have surged in many parts of the world since Obama's election.

Positive opinions about the United States have returned to higher levels not seen since before President George W. Bush took office in 2001. The Bush presidency marked a steep decline in U.S. popularity overseas, notably after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, because of a perception that the post-9/11 war on terrorism was targeted at Muslims.

"The image of the United States has improved markedly in most parts of the world, reflecting global confidence in Barack Obama," the center said in its annual Pew Global Attitudes Report.

The only exception was Israel, where attitudes toward the U.S. have dipped since Bush left office.

The improvements "are being driven much more by personal confidence in Obama than by opinions about his specific policies," Pew reported.

At the same time, several specific administration policies drew near universal acclaim, including Obama's pledge to close the Navy-run detention facility for terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the U.S. timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, the survey found.

The Pew report found that in 21 of the countries surveyed, an average of 71 percent of respondents had at least some confidence in the U.S. president's handling of world affairs. In 2008, when Bush was in the White House, the figure in those same countries was only 17 percent.

The Associated Press: Poll: US image abroad surges under Obama

Very interesting, and encouraging up to a point. I beliebe the U.S. should play a more active role in international affairs, and that there is a huge amount of bridge building to be done post GWB.

On the other hand, it's a pity that the raw responses are not made available. I'd like to see how all the questions were phrased and the list of countries / age ranges etc.

I remember in 2005, support for Tony Blair was very high in the U.S., while in the UK he was hemorrhaging support due to a number of domestic policy positions.

Blair was clever though. Got the hell out of Dodge just before the house of cards came down and left Gordon Brown holding the baby.

Confidence in Obama Lifts U.S. Image Around the World
Most Muslim Publics Not So Easily Moved

contains link to pdf of complete report.


also contains this

In contrast, in Germany favorable opinion of the U.S. jumped from 31% in 2008 to 64%
in the current survey.