Sarkozy kinda sorta endorses Obama
posted at 5:14 pm on July 25, 2008 by Allahpundit
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A Chirac endorsement would have been better, of course, but still good news on balance for both sides.
Sarkozy called Obama “my dear” and said he’d work with any American president — but “I am especially happy to be meeting with the senator.”
In an effusive, rambling soliloquy, Sarkozy said twice that that “the French love the Americans,” and declared that “the adventure of Barack Obama, it is a story which speaks to the heart of French people and speaks to the heart of Europeans.”…
A reporter nonetheless asked Sarkozy if he was endorsing Obama — who half-jokingly said “I’m going to warn my dear friend President Sarkozy to be very careful about that … question” _and Sarkozy then said: “It’s the Americans who will choose their president, not me.”
But he added in an implicit comparison of Obama with his rival Republican John McCain: “Obviously, one is interested in a candidate that’s looking toward the future rather than to the past.”
Live on the scene in Paris, Jake Tapper titles his dispatch, “Je t’aime.” See also Le Figaro by way of Politico, quoting Sarkozy as saying his “pal’s” nomination will “validate” the rapprochement between the two countries. Exit question: Is the trip finally starting to pay off for Obama in the polls? Both Rasmussen and Gallup show spikes today, but he has yet to bounce any higher than leads he’s already held earlier this month. Saturation coverage, adoring crowds, no major mistakes: If this isn’t enough to reassure voters jittery about him, what hope left does he have for a big lead? He’d better do a bang-up job at the debates — assuming, of course, he doesn’t end up running away from them. Exit question: If it doesn’t work out for him in November, might Barry have a political future in France? Exit answer: All signs point to no.
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More foreign policy cred for Obama! The man is on fire.
He has achieved five years of experience in just a week!
carbon_footprint on July 25, 2008 at 5:17 PM
Look out. Next stop Britain, where BHO is The Real American Idol
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/the_real_american_idol/article1472660.ece
Brat on July 25, 2008 at 5:17 PM
Sarkozy sees in Obama a limp fud who can be dominated by effusively complimenting him, in short a sucker who will defer to European demands.
Exit question: Did Obama speak French with Sarkozy or did he yet again embarrass the U.S.?
Bishop on July 25, 2008 at 5:20 PM
Everyone should remember that the Patriots WILL win the SuperBowl. Will Smith said so!
Limerick on July 25, 2008 at 5:21 PM
Click on that “real american idol” banner/link. On the homepage, can you deduce who Obama is running against (if anyone?)
lorien1973 on July 25, 2008 at 5:21 PM
If Obama wins, I can’t wait to see the hopes of all of these people dashed when they come to the realization that he’s a moron and isn’t the political Messiah.
amerpundit on July 25, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Oh good gawd I hadn’t even clicked on that. Thanks…for ruining my weekend ; (
Brat on July 25, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Fixed. It’s gonna be epic.
McCain’s campaign is awful. A photo op in the cheese dept? Come on. And McCain whined about how he lost 2000 cuz of Rove or whatever?
lorien1973 on July 25, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Why? Hotair is similar. All obama, all the time. Cuz Obama is gonna win. Just face the reality now. McCain can’t get any media coverage – even if he deserves any.
Republicans act like Obama has already won the thing. And are just reversing roles for the past 8 years already.
lorien1973 on July 25, 2008 at 5:27 PM
Yes, the cheese department where normal Americans find themselves regularly; shopping and trying to feed their families.
Meanwhile Obama appears in a foreign place that most Americans couldn’t name, in front of a foreign populace. Words matter, photos matter and Obama looks like a Euro wanna-be.
Bishop on July 25, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Your Reaganite optimism is overwhelming. Kerry was going to win, too. There was simply no way Americans would reelect Bush.
amerpundit on July 25, 2008 at 5:29 PM
Actually Obama looks like a president. Words don’t matter at all. The pictures will be in a thousand olympic campaign ads.
What’s McCain gonna show people? How he picks his provolone?
lorien1973 on July 25, 2008 at 5:30 PM
If Obama were going to win then the polls wouldn’t be as close as they are, though I’m not one who normally ascribe much to pools; they change too often and it is summer.
That being said, the Patriots were supposed to hammer the Giants and look who won. Lame comparison maybe, but its why they play the game.
Bishop on July 25, 2008 at 5:31 PM
It’s too bad he didn’t travel with the Dixie Chicks and come on stage after they warmed up the crowd with a song and by saying they were ashamed to be from George W Bush’s America.
wise_man on July 25, 2008 at 5:31 PM
You seem to think the photo ops Obama’s doing mean a whole lot to Americans. In a year when Republicans shouldn’t even be competitive, all of the media’s fawning hasn’t prevented Obama from being only a few points ahead of McCain.
Just the other day a Rasmussen poll showed that just 39% of Democrats think the trip make him any more presidential. 45% of voters think Obama too inexperienced to be president — that’s 4% more than a week ago.
amerpundit on July 25, 2008 at 5:34 PM
Actually Obama looks like a president. Words don’t matter at all. The pictures will be in a thousand olympic campaign ads.
What’s McCain gonna show people? How he picks his provolone?
lorien1973 on July 25, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Nope, people will remember the campaign ads. I’m a political junkie and even I haven’t seen all the stills from the Obama World Tour yet, I will wait to see them in RNC ad form.
If Obama were a lock he wouldn’t be losing his edge in some battleground states, plus we still have the nominee debates yet to go as well as the VP picks to be announced.
Trying to claim that Obama is inevitable so just accept it is naive, political winds can be fickle and there is still much to be done this election year.
Bishop on July 25, 2008 at 5:34 PM
Ultimately this election will be a referendum on Obama. All McCain needs to do is remain a viable alternative and let Obama continue to implode. The more people in AMERICA see him, the less they like (trust) him.
TheBigOldDog on July 25, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Here ya go:
amerpundit on July 25, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Europe is a great place to start his notion of global distribution of wealth. Europeans know that Obama will be sending everybody some of the American riches that we have been hoarding for years. His disdain for the average American is so obvious that other countries pick up on it immediately. The saddest part is the swill he presents for their consumption does not even consider that Europe’s existence is a result of American intervention when totalitarians had them by the throat. When history ceases to matter, it tends to repeat itself.
volsense on July 25, 2008 at 5:36 PM
If you remember 2004, Bush was about a shoe-in until the first debate. Remember how poorly performed? That’s when Kerry got a lot of his momentum and kept it close the rest of the way. Before that Kerry looked like a buffoon.
There is no reason to be optimistic this time. We have a poor candidate, focusing on the wrong issues – or on the wrong side of those issues. Against a media who is totally in the tank for the other guy, and not even hiding it anymore. If you think the outcome is going to be anything but Obama in November, you’re fooling yourself.
Republicans have a slight prayer in the House/Senate if they play the oil thing correctly, they could stem the tide a little. But even there, I’m not sure the Republicans will be able to pull it off.
lorien1973 on July 25, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Lorien1973: you are just suffering from the over-hype caused by the media. All this crap really doesn’t matter in the end; in November, we still hold an election and people actually have to go to their polls and cast their vote. This is what the media and the libs always do; they always project themselves the winner. In 2004 they even went as far as claiming victory because of the exit polling results. Just tune out from the media saturation on this prick and be confident that in 3 1/2 more months, he is sure to make at least one gaffe a day. There are many of the libs/media/elite types, but there are also many of us as well. Remember, the dems always make a lot of noise and often come up short.
carbon_footprint on July 25, 2008 at 5:36 PM
TheBigOldDog on July 25, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Spot on. Obama really thought that he would breeze to November by simply farting out all that Hopey Change™ crap, now that he actually has to say something with substance he sounds like a fool.
Let’s see him explain his opposition to the surge and oil drilling during the debates. If all politics truly is local, people will want to know why a President Obama would be against trying to lower oil prices and thus gas prices for their cars.
Bishop on July 25, 2008 at 5:38 PM
It’s realistic. Yes, there is work to be done. But McCain isn’t campaigning on weekends, I believe. He doesn’t do enough events. This is a lazy ineffectual campaign. He doesn’t even use -great- talking points often enough like he should. He has some great lines to repeat over and over against Obama that work, but he ends up watering them down.
His time in the Senate has made him too weak to be effectively on attack like he needs to be.
lorien1973 on July 25, 2008 at 5:39 PM
Kerry lead Bush by 7% — a point less than th margin Obama leads McCain by — in July of 2004.
amerpundit on July 25, 2008 at 5:39 PM
Hardly.
Let’s take Hot air for example.
Is there a single post on the front page of this site giving reasons to vote for McCain? Half the posters here refer to him as McAmnesty or some variation of this.
Add michellemalkin.com to the mix. I believe there is a single McCain post on the front page; and it’s a negative article.
The Republican base hates their candidate (I don’t care for McCain, but I’ll vote for him as the lesser of two evils). Accept it.
lorien1973 on July 25, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Sarkozy played it cool I think. Smart guy who buttered both sides of his bread.
jeanie on July 25, 2008 at 5:41 PM
McCain is starting to shift his stances, and doing so like a man, saying he was wrong.
Go ahead, throw in the towel and hide under the bed, President Obama is on the way and we are all doomed. Nice.
Bishop on July 25, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Might Barry have a political future in France,
Lemme see,if the French political system,and I
pray,keeps to the right,ummm,no!
However,it would be very interesting to sit back,
and watch France attempt a grand social program
of monumental scale,even surpassing their present
one,and allow a Obama polition type,to promise the
world,and like any Liberal candidate,have no Hope
in h#LL of making good on their word,much like
Nancy Pelosi’s(It just might take a Woman)House,
which is still not clean!haha:)
canopfor on July 25, 2008 at 5:43 PM
lorien1973 on July 25, 2008 at 5:39 PM
Why should McCain make it a 24/7 campaign at this time? Baracky is busy digging a hole to China and McCain is helpfully handing him the shovel. Who is even listening with both ears right now, its summer and people want to be left alone.
If anything, McCain is being more precise in his campaigning and criticism, while Obambo is trying so hard to be everything to everyone he is using up money and stamina in prodigious amounts. The guy is flameout waiting to happen.
Bishop on July 25, 2008 at 5:46 PM
Obama’s talk of tearing down walls among nations and religions may please Sarkozy who is pushing hard for increased unification in the EU. It would be the kind of thing that Sarkozy would regard as “looking toward the future,” in Sarkozy’s favorable words about Obama.
Ask not only whether Sarkozy endorsed Obama. Ask also whether Obama was endorsing the EU’s Lisbon treaty (which the Irish rejected).
ForNow on July 25, 2008 at 5:46 PM
Scene Un
Bush visited Sarkozy who greeted him with great warmth and expressed unity with the Republican POTUS in office.
Scene Deux
Obama schedules a trip abroad during campaign season. Sarkozy extends warm greetings and reminisces of unity between France and America ever since our Revolution.
Scene Trois
McCain schedules a trip abroad.
Sarkozy also embraces McCain warmly with “my dear Senator”.
Curtain.
It’s called good manners. To snub any POTUS candidate taking the time to visit during campaign season would be an outrage.
maverick muse on July 25, 2008 at 5:46 PM
Yes, the energy post where Ed Morrissey says that McCain has made a clear commitment to OCS drilling, separating him from Obama.
amerpundit on July 25, 2008 at 5:47 PM
This dude breathes condescension.
Spirit of 1776 on July 25, 2008 at 5:47 PM
People have come around extremely to McCain since just four months ago. I can remember seeing the Juan McShamnesty posters so thick that you could not scroll without seeing them. They have lessened and will continue to lessen. Why? Because of the alternative. When people walk into the voting booth, they are going to think long and hard about whether we want lots of new taxes and about which man they want if we have another attack here. Believe me, Obama had no place to go but down. He has peaked way too early and with time, more is learned about him and it is not pretty. He is a fake. Love or hate McCain, you can not say that he is a man with no direction and/or no stance on issues. Sure, he is a hard ass, but at least he has shown signs of being open-minded, i.e., drilling offshore. Just wait and see; Obama has been sprinting in a marathon and McCain has been pacing himself.
Wait for the first debate. McCain is going to whip O’s skinny ass. You will see. No teleprompter will be used, thank goodness for both of them!
And I will not “accept it”. No way. I will not accept a loss until it is called on election night. And if that happens, I have some guns and ammo to purchase right away because we will lose so much, so fast that we will consider Carter to be a near great president.
carbon_footprint on July 25, 2008 at 5:49 PM
Sarkozy is a guy that loves the media attention, even if he says he doesn’t. I found an article I recall from the NY Slimes:
He is asked about Americans he met and admired. He mentions McCain, Giuliani, Al Gore (barf), Obama, and Arnold (barf).
He wants to be loved by America and he thinks that the media attention would him garner more of that. He probably thinks the US is going nuts for Obama. Not so.
jencab on July 25, 2008 at 5:50 PM
“Obviously, one is interested in a candidate that’s looking toward the future rather than to the past.”
Yeah, right. At least McCain is only looking back upon the last forty years. Obama is pied piping everyone back to the Garden of Eden …. “God?!?! Tear down this wall!”
Dusty on July 25, 2008 at 5:51 PM
I agree with you in part. For me there is no reason to vote for McCain beyond the fact that he is not a democrat. But HotAir is looking more and more like a campaign commercial for Obama in that half the photos are of Obama most of the time.
Blake on July 25, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Ok, I have a short memory but has there ever been a presidential candidate that has gone around the world , meeting with leaders and already discussing policy??? Perhaps when McCain has made trips to Colombia and other places he did the same thing but just didn’t the media there. I don’t This just seems odd.
terryannonline on July 25, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Barack has that special artificial wave and smile, Obama just needs a beautiful gold banner over the shoulder…Miss Honolulu.
Speakup on July 25, 2008 at 5:56 PM
No, there has never been a presidential candidate that has gone around the world. Then again, there has never been a presidential candidate with so little experience and such an ego that he feels that he needs to have a crash course in foreign policy either.
carbon_footprint on July 25, 2008 at 5:57 PM
Does anyone have a linky for this news conference? I’m tempted to go fish the French web to find it…
ParisParamus on July 25, 2008 at 6:01 PM
It’s the turtle and the hare, writ large.
lorien1973, I see where you’re coming from. But remember 2000. If it’s going to be a squeaker, and I think it will be, every vote will count. Thousands of people read HotAir. In terms of outcome, there’s not much difference between constantly hammering on McCain’s inevitable epic defeat, as you have been doing, and deliberate attempts by the MSM to depress GOP turnout by declaring Obama the presumptive winner. Think about it.
Missy on July 25, 2008 at 6:04 PM
And Big Brown is guaranteed to win the Triple Crown — everybody said so . . . . oh, wait . . . .
AZCoyote on July 25, 2008 at 6:07 PM
These sites are wonderful places to read the news, opinions and interact with other conservatives but they are hardly ‘the republican base.’ The ‘republican base’ voted for McCain in the republican primaries. People love to bitch and complain about more things than they praise. Some people on this site are one issue voters. The deal killer for McCain is immigration. And some of us see this as more than just one issue for this election. A lot of us (I would hope) have been paying attention to the multiple stories about Obama and know what he will do as president. While it would be much better to be enthusiastic about a politician like Ronald Reagan, with John McCain (like I said, hopefully, at least a few people) feel good enough from what they know about him to vote for him.
Again, your claim that the republican base hates McCain is without merit. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be the nominee.
wise_man on July 25, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Indeed you are wise, man.
Well put.
carbon_footprint on July 25, 2008 at 6:11 PM
Obama has a $5 million dollar media buy during the Olympics. His face will be everywhere, in front of millions of people.
McCain, what’s he gonna do? Visit a 3 ring circus or something? That’s the type of thing he’s been doing lately. Obama goes to France. McCain goes to a french restaurant. I mean, really.
McCain could keep hitting Obama on the Iraq Surge deal, which is pretty effective (given how the left has their panty in a bunch over it), instead he waters it down.
He could hit Obama more on the oil drilling. Get with Bush on pulling a Truman – call the congress back, make them vote up or down on it. McCain could sponsor the legislation to do it.
I want to be optimistic. But I don’t feel the fight from McCain. And, if you ask me, McCain is resting on his laurels from winning the nomination. He feels vindication from his 2000 loss. And that’s enough for him.
lorien1973 on July 25, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Asking whether Europeans endorse Obama is like asking whether Seattle endorses Obama.
JiangxiDad on July 25, 2008 at 6:14 PM
http://france2.fr/
click on the video for some less-than-American footage
ParisParamus on July 25, 2008 at 6:14 PM
And don’t you expect people are just going to get sicker and sicker of this dick? I reached my limit with him three months ago. McCain is waiting for the debates. Just wait and see.
And remember, overexposure killed the Donner Party.
carbon_footprint on July 25, 2008 at 6:15 PM
“This is the moment” were B.O. takes a large stinky BM on America, that reeks of Socialism.
Chakra Hammer on July 25, 2008 at 6:15 PM
There are, however a great many people who despise McCain (and justifiably in my opinion) for what he has done in the past. I would really like to see a poll of all the likely conservative and republican voters only about McCain. What percentage of them are enthusiastic about McCain, what percentage would rather see him defeat Obama, what percentage wants to see him loose and let Obama win than lower themselves to give him their vote. In an accurate poll of this type could actually be accomplished, that is. Because I would really like to know.
On this site, it really does seem that more than half of the people here absolutely despise him, and most of the over the top commentators in my opinion are acting in a similar way to the same exact anti-McCain rhetoric as the democrats. And just because you see photos of Obama on the front page does not mean people here like to read about Obama as much as there are many stories that dispute what he says, and presents evidence and opinion to counter his many false claims. And there is a photo of Obama for that story.
wise_man on July 25, 2008 at 6:18 PM
The other thing to realize is this: every time the media does covers McCain it will only be to show him in a negative light. Better to be ignored and, as AP pointed out, let the people get so sick from their ice cream diet they will vomit. Keep the faith!
TheBigOldDog on July 25, 2008 at 6:21 PM
HAHA. Now that’s funny.
If they are, it hasn’t happened yet. Even time someone says “the media bloom is coming off” the coverage gets thicker and thicker.
I think the only thing keeping McCain even remotely close is Obama’s arrogance. That might be interesting to see in a month or so, how that plays out. Beyond that, having McCain as the alternative to Obama is not a winning formula for success.
lorien1973 on July 25, 2008 at 6:22 PM
Really? How/why do you think Bush won in 04 because people loved him?
TheBigOldDog on July 25, 2008 at 6:24 PM
Fair enough. Just try to keep positive for your own sake. I know it’s hard. Just imagine what things will be like if Obama wins. Imagine having a CiC that tries to make us all feel guilt over driving, eating and owning guns. Imagine the SCOTUS appointees that he would select, and might get put through by an unbalanced Congress. Imagine the State of the Union address and Obama comes down the aisle dribbling a basketball and sinking a 3-pointer at the goal that is now mounted above Nancy Pelosi; he struts up and “fist bumps” a VP Will Smith. Imagine how he dismantles our military and makes Bill Clinton appear to be a Hawk in comparison. Worst of all, imagine the news each night with sycophantic cheerleading “journalists” talking about how sexy he was jogging without his shirt on.
This is what keeps me optimistic. There is no way in hell that the better part of this country would ever elect a tool for the highest office of the land.
carbon_footprint on July 25, 2008 at 6:28 PM
Ads don’t buy you votes. Obama was outspending Hillary by a ridiculous amount also and yet at the end it was basically a tie in the popular vote (of course, he won by delegates and superdelegates).
If by fight you mean not aggressively going after Obama, I think it might turn out to be a good thing. People seem really sensitive this election year. Perhaps, it’s all the web and cable news sometimes blowing what the presidential candidates say out of proportion. Everything becomes an outrage! I think at the end, McCain staying low key and talking with voters in town halls might actually work. I actually prefer not seeing my candidate everyday giving television interviews. They just repeat the same things.
terryannonline on July 25, 2008 at 6:30 PM
Interesting to mention 2004. Very similar situation here. McCain is Bush, and the media’s pick is Obama, just like they backed Kerry. Dan Rather tried to get Kerry elected by his hit piece on Bush, The New York Times endorsed Kerry, and will do so again for Obama, people were talking about the lesser of two evils …
And if people didn’t support Bush in 2004 because he was the lesser of two evils, then Kerry would have been president. Kerry would have removed all troops from Iraq. No Surge, No success, the US felling from Iraqi rooftops in helicopters. What the would would look like with a president Kerry, I wonder. Many people have mentioned that Obama, with his charisma and media backing, should be pummeling McCain, and they are about even in the polls ….
Curious times, indeed. We can learn a lot from not forgetting the history of politics.
wise_man on July 25, 2008 at 6:32 PM
Not just that, but the economy too. Based on the economy, no Republican should be able to even be competitive right now. McCain is probably in part because he’s acceptable to so many moderate and conservative Democrats.
TheBigOldDog on July 25, 2008 at 6:36 PM
That is the irony; the one thing about Mac that makes so many conservatives angry, may be the only thing to get him actually elected over the ultra-liberal nobama.
carbon_footprint on July 25, 2008 at 6:41 PM
Precisely.
TheBigOldDog on July 25, 2008 at 6:43 PM
And Obama said, “Uhh… mursey boe koo.”
Mary in LA on July 25, 2008 at 6:46 PM
I think McCain’s not fighting Obama very hard because he doesn’t believe that Obama will actually emerge from the DNC as the nominee. I think he’s saving his and his staff’s energy and time (not to mention his campaign funds) in anticipation of a battle royal with Hillary.
Isn’t it a sure bet that Hillary and her staff have been keeping meticulous track of every single one of Obama’s mistakes?
Mary in LA on July 25, 2008 at 6:53 PM
Hillary is long gone. The DNC will not put aside Obama for Hillary unless he makes some colossal mistake, which he won’t because he is being closely handled.
terryannonline on July 25, 2008 at 7:00 PM
I agree. Her minions are pushing for a floor vote. I also believe that Obama is going to mess up big time. The press is turning on him already. You can tell that just from reading the articles published just today. No one likes how arrogant he is, no one liked him snubbing the troops and no one likes his flip flopping. Media Benjamin is upset that her golden boy flipped on Iraq and Im sure those Codepink wackos dont appreciate his pushing for more troops in Afghanistan, let alone his wanting to invade Pakistan.
He also looked inexperienced when he yet again said he would push for more sanctions against Iran. How much more can we sanction?
The comics are making fun of him more, David Lettermen even made fun of his ummms and ers and duhs. The universe is out of alignment if hes making fun of a democratic candidate. We have plenty of time for Obama to stick his foot in his mouth yet again.
becki51758 on July 25, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Hillary is long gone.
I hope you’re right, but… this is a Clinton we’re talking about here.
Tell you what — I’ll bet you a cafe latte or the equivalent beverage of your choice that Hillary pulls out an upset victory at the DNC. (I’ll go visit your blog later this evening and leave you my e-mail address.) If I’m wrong, and there’s no attempted Clinton coup, or if one fails, then I will settle my bet with great pleasure. If I am right, we can drown our sorrows in lattes. Deal?
Mary in LA on July 25, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Speaking of bets, where’s LegendHasIt? I think I have a bet with him, too. (I’ll be cleaning his house, he’ll be pruning my fruit trees.)
Mary in LA on July 25, 2008 at 7:18 PM
lorien if you go over and post at kos they don’t mind when you make things up.
ArmyAunt on July 25, 2008 at 7:21 PM
That’s so embarassing!
silverfox on July 25, 2008 at 7:26 PM
The only think I could find is numbers from 2003:
Can’t be true. There must be more liberals in the nation than that. But anyway, it’s not too much of a surprise to me to see some mention that it’s the moderates or undecided/unaffiliated who elect presidents. The liberals vote for the liberal. The conservatives (usually) vote for the conservative. And the rest of the people in the nation cast their votes and – there you go.
Oh, and something that has been on my mind. A lot of people here say that they don’t want to reward another RINO with the presidency, and feel that if McCain looses, then th eGOP will get it and won’t nominate a less than stellar conservative. That conservatism will be destroyed with McCain’s RINO presidency. That a McCain win will be bad for conservatives (and therefore we should not reward McCain and let him loose to Obama.)
Let me ask this question: If Barack Obama, the most liberal senator in 2007, is rewarded with the presidency, then what do you think this president will do for liberals? After all, he would have won. And a win for a liberal is tremendous. After Jimmy Carter, and Dukakas’ defeat to Ronald Reagan, where Bill Clinton had to go to the center to win in 1992 … what do you think will happen if Obama wins? Quite the ‘mandate’ for liberal democrats, yes? Is that food of bad for conservatives.
And if Obama loses? Well then, more likely that the democrats won’t field a liberal any time soon, huh? And is that good or bad for conservatives?
wise_man on July 25, 2008 at 7:28 PM
Well, that’s pretty much the position Carter was in. He thought of himself as too smart and too virtuous for Washington, which didn’t go over well, so his Dem Congress more or less told him to shove it. What policies he did get through were largely disastrous. And so we got Reagan.
If you want a model for an Obama administration, look at Massachusetts. Deval Patrick is an Axelrod creation and his campaign was the blueprint for Obama’s. And Patrick is not getting anything done, even in true blue MA.
So, it’s possible Obama will have a tough time, especially if he misreads his mandate and overreaches, the way Clinton did in his first couple of years. I think he just isn’t that competent and has been able to smooth talk his way thus far, not having held any executive positions. Well, the POTUS is only the hardest executive position on the planet. Lots of luck Barry.
Missy on July 25, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Obama is an empty suit, but he’s intelligent. He has advisers. They will say things like ‘you know, in Bill Clinton’s first term…’ and the like.
I kind of doubt that he would have a harder time with a democrat controlled senate and congress than if it were republican controlled. Especially since the democrats have been frustrated with Bush since they took office. Hell, they can’t even impeach their sworn mortal enemy and most evil man on the planet, Bushhitler. But I haven’t studied this as much as you have, so I’m not claiming to be right on this. Just my opinion.
wise_man on July 25, 2008 at 8:29 PM
Actually, I should have put a smiley on that. I was riffing on this item (which I could swear I saw here on Hot Air but can’t find). For someone who upbraids all of us hick Americans for not being bilingual, Mr. Obama sure doesn’t speak much French… or German either. ;-)
Mary in LA on July 25, 2008 at 8:33 PM
BTW, I speak (in descending order of fluency) French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
So bite me, please, Mr. Obama!
Also beißen Sie mich bitte, Herr Obama!
Alors, mordez-moi, s’il vous plaît, M. Obama!
Allora, mi morde, per favore, Signor Obama!
Pués, muérdame, por favor, Señor Obama!
Mary in LA on July 25, 2008 at 8:58 PM
Well done. You are a Renaissance woman.
whitetop on July 25, 2008 at 9:27 PM
I agree with you. Not a harder time, necessarily. But perhaps, a different set of difficulties than he thinks he’s going to have. He’s consistently taken certain areas of support for granted; once he’s in power, they are going to have real demands (especially since they got him there) and will be holding his feet to the fire.
Missy on July 25, 2008 at 9:56 PM
He’ll try hard to avoid all of them, especially the open forum ones. Actually I think he’d like to skip them all.
What’s the major difference between Sarkozy and Obama?
Sarkozy’s wife writes/sings songs about him.
Obama’s wife has to be hidden from him.
However, both wives are pretty cheap, in a vulgar way.
Entelechy on July 25, 2008 at 9:57 PM
You just know Sarkozy had to chain his mattress back, @um dumpster, groupie wife in the basement to keep her from jumping on the magic negro.
Alden Pyle on July 25, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Ed or AP should do a post of that 1st question by CNN’s Amanpour(sp) where she drew the comparisoi of Obama being black to the Muslims thugs who burned France last year. That was the highlight of the press conference. Sarkozy was brilliant! Obama was very nervous.
Texas Gal on July 25, 2008 at 11:59 PM
I have the whole, ugly lovefest on my computer. I don’t think I want to bother editing it. Recycle bin material. Sarkozy actually made a reference or two that, in my opinion, disrespected the current administration and endorsed Obama. It was sickening.
Amy Proctor on July 26, 2008 at 6:34 AM
I believe that this trip will backfire on Obama and he will loose the election. As an American I am highly insulted and angered that Obama is campaigning for President of the United States of America in Europe when he ought to be campaigning, in his own country (Hm).
Obama has proven that he has little to no respect for the American people and wounded troops and that Socialists and Marxists want him to become the next President of the United States and he’s delighted.
Obama is flipping the bird to the American people and the troops.
sinsing on July 26, 2008 at 10:14 AM
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