Comments on: Sarkozy on Obama

By: MD

MD — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:11:08 +0000

I’d be tempted to say b, Obloodyhell, but I always wonder exactly what the game is when these sorts of stories and leaks go on. What’s he trying to gain, or the person who told this to the press, trying to gain? Or maybe it’s just a screw-up and he made the mistake of saying what he really thought in a ’safe’ environment?

I think a president Obama will be viewed as a soft and breezy CEO of President USA, the type that brings all the bureaucratisms of academia to the business sector and then wonders why everything is so unproductive and no one listens or pays attention to the weekly e-mails. And then he cashes out when everything in the organization goes to rot. Why do ex-presidents get paid pensions and stuff before 65?

By: Billy Hallowell

Billy Hallowell — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:12:42 +0000

This story has gained a lot of traction. It will be interesting to see if, indeed, he does deny saying it. Either way, foreign policy is big during this electoral cycle seeing as the next president is going to have to cope with a number of international challenges. Here at Public Agenda we have put together a non-partisan guide on foreign policy at http://publicagenda.org/citizen/electionguides/iraq. We also published an article entitled “Eight Things You Need to Know About Foreign Policy.” You can check that out at http://publicagenda.org/blogs/voters-survival-kit-eight-things-you-need-know-about-foreign-policy. Thanks, again, for the great piece!

By: Obloodyhell

Obloodyhell — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:47:35 +0000

>> Or, alternatively, Sarkozy could be talking out his hat, as in, says one thing in one group and a different in another. Politicians never do that, do they?

“Sarkozy has made his criticisms only in closed forums in France.”

So, you figure
a) he’s lying when he’s in the closed forums,
or
b) when speaking to the international public and he’s obligated to go with the pro-Obama Euro party line?

I think I’ve got a pretty good idea which side of that bet to take… You?

By: renminbi

renminbi — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:38:18 +0000

An astute historian friend of mine who deals with the Chinese on exchange programs,thinks they will lose all respect for us if we elect BO. They will ask him, not in front of others “Why did you vote for this monkey? True,we had the Q’ing dynasty, but at least we didn’t choose them”. Better yet,they won’t forget this one either and will regard us as fools long after he has left the scene.

By: MD

MD — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:21:28 +0000

Or, alternatively, Sarkozy could be talking out his hat, as in, says one thing in one group and a different in another. Politicians never do that, do they?

By: MD

MD — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:20:13 +0000

This can’t be correct. An Obama presidency is supposed to ‘re-brand’ the US in the eyes of the world! (That the world is a heterogeneous place doesn’t seem to fit into the re-branding concept, but, nevermind).