So What If People Don’t Like Us…Right?
June 12, 2008
The A.P. has a new article out today that claims that people all over the world are looking toward our election in November as an opportunity for change in the United States. Countries around the world have low opinions of the United States according to the article and they hope that with the election of Obama, things will begin to change.
Andrew Kohut, president of Pew, said many seem to be hoping the U.S. role in the world will improve with the departure of President Bush, who remains profoundly unpopular almost everywhere.
“People think the U.S. wants to run the world,” said Kohut. “It’s not more complicated than that.”
Countries most hopeful the new president will improve U.S. policies include France, Spain and Germany, where public opposition to Bush’s policies in Iraq and elsewhere has been strong. Strong optimism also came from countries where pique with U.S. policies has been less pronounced, including India, Nigeria, Tanzania and South Africa.
Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon have the strongest expectations the next president will worsen U.S. policies, consistent with the skepticism expressed on many issues in the survey by Muslim countries. Japan, Turkey, Russia, South Korea and Mexico had large numbers saying the election would change little. Among those tracking the American election, greater numbers in 20 countries expressed more confidence in Obama, the likely Democratic nominee, than John McCain, the Republican candidate, to handle world affairs properly. The two contenders were tied in the U.S., Jordan and Pakistan. Obama’s edge was largest in Western Europe, Australia, Japan, Tanzania and Indonesia, where he lived for a time as a child.
Well it looks like it is yet again Obama to the rescue. Don’t you love change?
The Audacity of Hope: God?
June 12, 2008
This funny story is from newsbusters.
NewsBusters reader Shane S. shared this experience:
I was searching for a book I read in college, "God: A Biography." I searched Barnes & Noble’s website using the book’s title as my search term. The book I was looking for was the first result given. The second result? "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" by the Messiah Himself, Barack Obama.
I tried the experiment myself, and sure enough. Here’s the link to the search page. After the jump you’ll see the image of the search page result.
Shane was reluctant to accuse Barnes & Noble of bias, but I’m not. First, the book industry is notorious for its liberal leanings. Second, every other book on the first two pages of search results contains the search term "God" somewhere in its title. It’s difficult to imagine that B&N’s search algorithm put Obama’s oeuvre, which does not contain the word "God," in second place without some definitely un-divine intervention.
Note: The quotation marks placed around ‘God’ in the headline are for the purpose of indicating the search term, not as scare quotes.
Comparison Shopping
Here are the results pages for a search for "God: a Biography" at Amazon.com and Borders. Neither turned up the Obama opus. Could Barnes be the most biased bookseller?
Well, it made me laugh anyway!
Tags: Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope
Some Clinton Supporters Turn to McCain
June 10, 2008
Check out this from our friends at NPR:
Clinton To Drop Out Of Race
June 4, 2008
ABC has a breaking news story that Clinton will drop out of the race this Friday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Sen. Hillary Clinton plans to drop out of the presidential race on Friday and cede the Democratic nomination to Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, U.S. media reported on Wednesday.
Obama secured the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday night after a long, hard-fought primary battle with Clinton for the right to face Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona in the November 4 general election.
ABC reported that Clinton would hold an event on Friday flanked by supporters “in which we believe, all indications are she will concede the race, once and for all.”
The New York Times quoted a senior adviser as saying Democratic members of Congress urged Clinton on Wednesday to leave the race and allow the party to coalesce around Obama. It quoted an aide as saying she would likely make the announcement in New York City.
Clinton, the former first lady who entered the race 17 months ago as a heavy favorite, said on Tuesday night she would consult party leaders and supporters about her next move.
Obama, the first black candidate to lead a major U.S. party into a White House race, began the task of unifying a fractured party the day after clinching the nomination.
He faces the question of whether to name Clinton as his running mate. She has indicated interest in the job after her presidential bid fell short.
“We’re going to be having a conversation in coming weeks, and I’m very confident how unified the Democratic Party’s going to be to win in November,” Obama told reporters when asked about Clinton.
V.P. Clinton?
June 4, 2008
I’ve been hearing and reading all of the talk about Clinton campaigning to be the Vice Presidential nominee. They often refer to it as the “dream ticket.” I have my own opinions about this but I really wonder what you think. What would she bring to the ticket or would she be too much of a distraction? What are the chances that Clinton voters will fall in line with Obama if she isn’t on the ticket?
For some other interesting reading, check out Robert Barga’s post on why Clinton should not concede.
Congratulations To Obama
June 3, 2008
Although an ardent Clinton supporter, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate Senator Obama. He may not have been my choice, but he was the choice of enough to win the nomination. Now comes the hard part deciding whether or not to support him.
Clinton Not Conceding
June 3, 2008
From the AP:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is “absolutely not” planning to concede the campaign to Barack Obama on Tuesday night, Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe told CNN on Tuesday.
“No one has the number to be the nominee of the Democratic party right now,” he said.McAuliffe, asked about an AP report that Clinton will acknowledge Tuesday night after the South Dakota and Montana primaries that Obama has the delegates to clinch the nomination for the November presidential election, replied: “They are 100 percent incorrect.”
Senator Clinton - Keep fighting! You are the only true candidate that will work for the middle class.
Senator Clinton Wins a Landslide In Puerto Rico
June 1, 2008
Congratulations to Senator Clinton for her landslide 68% to 32% victory in Puerto Rico!
Would Obama Write Off Ohio?
June 1, 2008
Governor Bill Richardson was recently quoted as saying:
“If we win these three states [New Mexico, Nevada, and Colorado], plus the traditional Democratic base, (Obama) is president,” New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson told Washington-based media group Politico last week. “If John Kerry had won these three states and lost Ohio as he did, he would’ve been president.”
That would total 19 electoral votes while Ohio has only 20.
It seems like that could be a very risky strategy on Obama’s part, don’t you think? It would also be a slap in the fact to Ohio voters who have come accustomed to playing a larger role in the selection of the President of the United States.
Perhaps Richardson is realizing what most Clinton supporters have been saying…Obama lost many of the states that he would need to win to win the general election.
Obama’s Resignation From Trinity Church - It’s All Politics
May 31, 2008
After months of voters calling for Obama to resign from the church that he attended for 20 years after all of the hateful comments that came from his spiritual advisor, today Obama finally bowed to political pressure and resigned from the church.
You might think that I am being cynical about his motivations. You’re right. I am. I think that this was purely a political decision, much like his decision to remain in that church for two decades listening to someone spew anti-American propoganda from the pulpit.
In my opinion, it’s a nice try but it is too little too late.
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