Posted by
Andy Zarowny on Saturday, October 03, 2009 4:37:20 PM
In a normal Universe, the
President of the United States
of America is considered the
leader of the free world. The
office is one of prestige, honor
and decorum. An office of
dignity and respect.
President Barack Hussien
Obama has ended all of that.
He has completely trashed
this noble position. If his
appearances on late night
comedy shows was not bad
enough, Obama has now
become little more than a
traveling salesman, trying
to sell snake oil to the
world at large. His shilling
for the 2016 Chicago
Olympics was disgraceful.
Never before has an American
President appeared before
the International Olympic Com-
mittee to pitch for the games.
But Obama did, and he failed!
I could almost understand if
he had gone knowing in ad-
vance that Chicago would win
the bid for hosting the games.
It would be exactly the sort of
cheap stunt Obama would do
to claim personal victory.
But alas, NO! The I.O.C. had
the good sense to award the
2016 Summer Games to Rio
de Janeiro. It will be Brazil’s
first time hosting the Olympics
and a sign of their new status
as one of the world’s top 10
economies.
This would have been the sort
of thing a president sends an
underling to. His wife, Oprah,
and underling Valerie Jarrett
did go, along with the usual
US Olympic staff types. But
Barack Obama felt compelled
to go there himself. As if his
mere presence would make
all the difference and tip the
scales in Chicago’s favor.
If anything, his 4-hour stop-
over in Copenhagen had the
exact opposite effect. As it
was, the previous presenta-
tions delivered by his wife and
the rest fell flat, providing few
details. Obama’s appearance
was considered ‘bad form’ as
he only spent four hours. The
other national leaders who did
attend all spent a few days
there in order to schmooze the
Olympic officials.
After Obama’s awful speech
at the United Nations, and a
series of international missteps
the past month, such as selling
out Poland on the anniversary
of Poland being stabbed in the
back by the Soviet Union, his
standing on the world stage
has sunk like a rock. The
waffling on Afghanistan, the
spineless policies towards
Iran, his support for the former
president of Honduras who
tried to become a dictator, all
point to a general naiveté.
And others are speaking out
about it!
French President Sarkozy
was very critical recently on
the mishandling by Obama
of Iran’s secret nuclear fuel
factory. Sarkozy and other
NATO leaders wanted to
raise the issue at the U.N..
But Obama delayed and
instead chose to announce
this latest violation by Iran
at the G-20 Summit held
last week in Pittsburgh.
After caving into to Russia
and scrapping the missile
defense system for Poland
and the Czech Republic,
some pundits claimed that
Obama did so in order to
secure their support on the
subject of Iran. But, alas,
Russia has shown little
support. Oh, some of
Obama’s pals, such as
the CEO of General Electric,
Jeffrey Immelt, did get a
cozy business deal from the
Russians. Hmmm!
Bill Clinton turned the Oval
Office into a bordello. Obama
is turning it into a Blue Light
Special. America is becoming
the bargain basement for the
world.