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.Global Views of U.S. Helped by Obama, Survey Says

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A new global survey has found a vast improvement in views of the United States since the election of President Barack Obama.
Europeans, in particular, seemed to be responding positively to Mr. Obama. The number of Britons saying that they trusted the American president to do the “right thing” in world affairs soared to 86 percent this year, under Mr. Obama, compared with just 16 percent last year, under President George W. Bush. The increase was slightly larger in both Germany and France.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/world/24survey.html?_r=1&hp

Despite the braying of ditto-heads in America, the nation's reputation has improved under the new President. Pooh on you.
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I don't care what the rest of the world thinks. We're not responsible for or to them. I care about performance and how the President is doing in regards to America and our freedom, our liberty, and our Constitution. And as such, we haven't had anything decent in decades. The world can think Obama is the greatest thing since slice bread. He still hasn't done anything good as President, nor improved our lot, lessened government, gotten us out of occupational wars, etc. They can say "Oh Obama is great", or think that he is so much better than Bush; but they are fools for thinking so and it shows how little actual information their opinion is generated from. Obama is on par with Bush, just as bad if you ask me.

Obama is all smoke and mirrors, once you try to take an actual measurement you see that nothing has changed at all.
 
I don't care what the rest of the world thinks. We're not responsible for or to them. I care about performance and how the President is doing in regards to America and our freedom, our liberty, and our Constitution. And as such, we haven't had anything decent in decades. The world can think Obama is the greatest thing since slice bread. He still hasn't done anything good as President, nor improved our lot, lessened government, gotten us out of occupational wars, etc. They can say "Oh Obama is great", or think that he is so much better than Bush; but they are fools for thinking so and it shows how little actual information their opinion is generated from. Obama is on par with Bush, just as bad if you ask me.

Obama is all smoke and mirrors, once you try to take an actual measurement you see that nothing has changed at all.

No, Bush and Cheney also didn't care what the rest of the world thought of their actions. Well guess what, most of us do. Most of us are proud when America is respected around the world, and looked up to. That doesn't make them fools, we were the fools for allowing Republicans to ruin America's reputation.
 
Europeans, in particular, seemed to be responding positively to Mr. Obama. The number of Britons saying that they trusted the American president to do the “right thing” in world affairs soared to 86 percent this year

Not surprising at all considering how much Bush was despised. People say it doesn't matter how people view US but it does matter and it matters alot, the image of a country helps it globally
 
No, Bush and Cheney also didn't care what the rest of the world thought of their actions. Well guess what, most of us do. Most of us are proud when America is respected around the world, and looked up to. That doesn't make them fools, we were the fools for allowing Republicans to ruin America's reputation.

We're fools for letting the Republocrats ruin this Republic. We can be friendly and on good terms with the rest of the world. But in the end, our President is not to pander to the ideals and whims of the world. The world doesn't get a say in our government. If they like us fine, if they hate us, then look at the reasons as to why and if it's something fixable do something. But if that something goes against what's best for America, then live with it. I'm proud of America being the freest Republic in the world, the greatest country born, the idealism of freedom and liberty for all, and I damned well want to keep it that way. The Repbulocrats acting against that is well more a bigger concern to me than what some people across the pond think about our President.
 
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Great. Switzerland has a better opinion of us. Yipee.

They're all dependent on us either way. LOL
 
The president just like all the other scum in office are our elected representatives,so what ever they do they do in our name and on our behalf. So the president tossing the salad of Eurotrash and terrorist sympathizers is really we the people tossing the salad of eurotrash and terrorist sympathizers and other degenerate scum. I do not give a damn if the rest of the world likes us. We should cut off all foreign aid and if we have any military installations we should move them back to the US so our troops can spend their money on American soil and defend American soil.
 
The president just like all the other scum in office are our elected representatives,so what ever they do they do in our name and on our behalf. So the president tossing the salad of Eurotrash and terrorist sympathizers is really we the people tossing the salad of eurotrash and terrorist sympathizers and other degenerate scum. I do not give a damn if the rest of the world likes us. We should cut off all foreign aid and if we have any military installations we should move them back to the US so our troops can spend their money on American soil and defend American soil.

Fortunately, you will be out of sight in your 12' X 12' cabin in the wilds of Montana, holed up with your firearms, your bible, and an 8 year cache of supplies. Now, if we can only cut off your internet connection...
 
Fortunately, you will be out of sight in your 12' X 12' cabin in the wilds of Montana, holed up with your firearms, your bible, and an 8 year cache of supplies. Now, if we can only cut off your internet connection...

Are you trying to suggest that those do not think it is the president's job to try to get the rest of the world to like us somehow they must be crazy?
 
Are you trying to suggest that those do not think it is the president's job to try to get the rest of the world to like us somehow they must be crazy?

A President should work in the interests of the US.
How is a President supposed to achieve that if he is viewed as a retard and and is hated?
 
Despite the braying of ditto-heads in America, the nation's reputation has improved under the new President. Pooh on you.
Let me get this straight....

Because The Obama has brought a world full of post-nationalist socialists, despotic tyrants and self-interested autoritarians to like us a little more, we should be happy?

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Keep drinkin' that Kool-aid!
 
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A President should work in the interests of the US.
How is a President supposed to achieve that if he is viewed as a retard and and is hated?

I could care less that a bunch of a eurotrash view my president as a retard. It is not the president's job to kiss your ass,the only ass he should be kissing is the voters who put him in office.
 
I could care less that a bunch of a eurotrash view my president as a retard. It is not the president's job to kiss your ass,the only ass he should be kissing is the voters who put him in office.

No, as i said it is his job to deliver in the interests of US.
Bush did alot of grovelling when he tried getting Europe's help in Afghanistan and Iraq and was refused.
How many times has Bush and Obama asked UK to increase troops?
Face it, US does need Europe and the world especially since US started wars it cannot afford or win and especially Iran, US cannot get anywhere without European sanctions as EU is Irans main market. Welcome to reality :2wave:
 
The rest of the world doesn't get to hear Obama lie to them every day and he's not bust trying to destroy their economies like he is ours but their day will come.
Did he score really high in his home country of Kenya or the home of his fellow Muslims in the Middle East?
Improved attitudes toward the United States were most marked in Western Europe, but also evident in Asia, Africa and Latin America, as well as some predominantly Muslim countries. Oh look his Islamic brothers love him. You can fool some of the people some of the time and the rest of the world with lies all the time.

The poll that means something is this one. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 29% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-six percent (36%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -7

The problem is when the rest of world needs protection they'll find Obama under his bed or in a corner sucking his thumb crying because he will have gutted the military and he wouldn't help any country that isn't Muslim any way.
 
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A President should work in the interests of the US.
How is a President supposed to achieve that if he is viewed as a retard and and is hated?

The President is to work in our interest, he won't be liked by everyone since US interest will sometimes conflict with other interest. However, that wasn't the phrasing of the OP. The OP makes it sound like Obama is so much greater because he's popular world wide. In that the popularity in and of itself is a great thing, it's not. It could be a means to an end, it could be a by product of good policy; but that's not the manner by which it is presented. The OP makes it sound as if its the job of the President to run out there and make the world love us and by doing so, he's doing a good job.

Conversely, others have stated (e.g. myself) that determining how good a President is should be based on policy, action, and performance; not pandering to the opinion of the international community alone. Being well liked by Europe in the end doesn't mean a thing, what matters is what the President is doing, what actions he is taking, and his performance in his job and duties delegated to him by the People. And the "People" is not the international community, but rather the American people who own the President and indeed all of the US government. By those standards, Obama is no better than Bush.
 
Fortunately, you will be out of sight in your 12' X 12' cabin in the wilds of Montana, holed up with your firearms, your bible, and an 8 year cache of supplies. Now, if we can only cut off your internet connection...
Coming from a person with 1,337 posts, you're not 1337 at all.

This is a personal attack, a few days later and we'll see another thread in the basement, "why I was suspended 2". :roll:
 
Coming from a person with 1,337 posts, you're not 1337 at all.

This is a personal attack, a few days later and we'll see another thread in the basement, "why I was suspended 2". :roll:

Ha, and I missed the big moment. Thanks for pointing it out. Fortunately, I'm always 1337
 
This is great news. We need our allies and we need to be more respectful of other countries. No more hee haw cowboy shoot'n from the hip ****. Thank God Bush is gone.
 
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