Obama: 'We've restored America's standing' , page 1

It will be interesting to hear from our non-American ATS members if this is how they feel or true. There is no doubt that under the Bush Administration our image around the world had taken a beating. The question becomes do you feel he has made a difference? and if so how?

What do you expect from Obama from the rest of his term? Do you think we will see another 4 years after his 1rst term is over?

Obama: 'We've restored America's standing'

Beijing, China (CNN) -- A little more than a year after his election, President Obama said his administration has laid the groundwork for success on global and domestic matters.

"I think that we've restored America's standing in the world, and that's confirmed by polls,"

"I think a recent one indicated that around the world, before my election, less than half the people -- maybe less than 40 percent of the people -- thought that you could count on America to do to the right thing. Now it's up to 75 percent."

reply to post by SLAYER69

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I don't know how to say any of this without seeming racially insensitive.

In Japan, people are more taken by the fact that he is of African-American descent than anything he hopes to accomplish or that he has already done. My Japanese wife doesn't care too much at all, but my sister in law is Obama crazy. She has a wide assortment of collectable Obama memorabilia. I don't think they like Americans any more or any less. They are caught up on the first African-American president. At the end of the day, they want us to leave Okinawa, and they are looking to improve their relations with China.

In China, I hate to say this, but I believe he will hurt our standing. My last wife is from communist China. I can say with certainty that Chinese people do not like anyone with dark skin. When I first brought my ex Chinese wife home, she looked at the neighbors, and said "we got black people". Like someone would say that we have roaches. No Joke. That was when I first realized I had made a mistake.

Edit for 1 a.m. typos



[edit on 18-11-2009 by tamusan]

reply to post by tamusan

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Thanks Tam

It is always to get a different perspective on situations.
I had a similar experience with my ex wife she was from Guatemala.

reply to post by WishForWings

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I've said it before and I'll say it again....

He stopped the torture of prisoners and he is treating the world as peers instead of inferiors. That's one BIG difference.

Funny! The man is a miracle worker. Glad he is so proud of himself. No surprise seeing as how his ego landed in Asia two days ahead of himself.

With that job done, maybe he will stay home and work on the endless problems we have in our own country. He can start by working on his own poll numbers.

President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dipped below 50 percent nationally for the first time, as Americans worry about the war in Afghanistan, a new poll released Wednesday found.

The Quinnipiac University poll showed 48 percent of Americans approve of the way Obama is handling his job as president, compared to 42 percent who disapprove.

www.newsmax.com...

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Americans want decisions on a number of issues, especially Afghanistan and Obama spends his time on world apologetic tours and campaign like speeches while in the US. In view of his accomplishments he looks like a weak, ineffective president. More and more Jimmy Carter comes to mind to compare him too.

Americans don't agree because Obama's poll numbers are falling andObama: Twelve months on, the star falls back to earth or Obama, Geithner Receive Failing Grades From Economists in Survey

So if THE WORLD sees Obama in a positive light, as and effective president, a more trustworthy leader, then the world perceives Obama differently than the American people!

Where is that poll the Obama was talking about? I'd like to see it!

Obama’s Asia Trip: Lots of Problems, Not Much Adulation

SEOUL, South Korea — For all of President Obama’s laying claim to the title of “America’s first Pacific president,” Asia was always going to be a tough nut for him to crack.

Without the first lady at his side, he would not have the kind of round-the-clock coverage the first couple got during their inaugural tour of Europe. Without a popular gesture like elevating the plight of the Palestinian people to equal status of the Israelis’, he would not be showered with the kind of praise he got for his speech to the Muslim world in Cairo.

And without a stop in his boyhood home of Indonesia, he would not bask in the kind of adulation he received in Accra, Ghana.

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