European Media to Obama: Where’s the Local Love?

Europe has a fever and the only cure for it is… MORE OBAMA!!!

Obama is showing some of his naivete’ again. Just like his snubs of Gordon Brown, he has shown the same sort of disregard to France and Germany. These are key European allies, and you do not just brush off Presidential dinner invites. The European Press is going to have a field day with this. And just like the majority of the American Public is quite dim, the majority of Europeans are also going to latch onto these stories. How about a protocol tzar?

They seem not to understand. It’s the press who is supposed to worship Obama, as they do here.
Present company excluded, of course.

I think we’ve learned enough about Obama to know that he doesn’t take criticism well to say the least. Sarkozy criticized him the last time so now it is payback time for Obama. I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t find another way to pay him back publicly during his speech either. Why bother with our friends when there are no political points to be scored, always the bottom line for Obama.

young_voter – and the majority DIDN’T vote for Bush the first time but we got stuck with him! Complain all you want, he is OUR President and has done more for the American people in his first months as Pres. than Bush did in his first year!

These comments are ridiculous. What a pack of concern trolls. They’re concerned if Obama is perceived to snub somebody. They’re concerned if Obama is too deferential. So much concern now…where was their concern when…oh let’s say Bush rubbed down Merkel and she cringed? Or where was their concern when Bush strolled hand-in-hand with the Saudi leader? Where was their concern when we were torturing people? Where was their concern when the Bush Administration was illegally wiretapping US citizens? Where was their concern when Jeff Gannon (AKA: the male hooker) was given daily passes to the White House to lob softball questions at Scott McClellon? Where was their concern when the name of Valerie Plame was leaked? So, so much concern from a pack of babies.

The thing that is really killing Mr. Obama’s critics is that they know he does have tremendous influence with leaders in Europe, the Middle East, and Central America. All the disparaging comments and childish attempts to belittle PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSAIN OBAMA by calling him Barry and whining about teleprompters will not change the facts. President Omama and First Lady Michelle are loved and respected worldwide and at home. He won remember. Haaaaaaaa!

I say Hillary 2012

But what you say does not matter. Obama 2012.

What it means is …Michelle doesn’t want top be upstaged by the beautiful and talented French first lady

Concerned in OH | Jun 6, 2009 8:44:20 AM, Why no questions when Bush bowed to the Saudi King and BEGGED for lower oil prices!

Posted by: whathappened08
I can answer the wiretapping question, Obama’s present policy on wiretapping goes above and beyond what Bush did. Obama claims state security privilege on wiretapping with no oversight whatsoever either before or after the fact. Which means that Obama can listen in on your phone calls, read your emails etc. and he claims he is only breaking the law if he publicly discloses the info which is just a nice little loophole because releasing the info is what could set innocent people free. This was a jaw dropping stretch of legal maneuvering which made even his left wing supporters cringe. You’ll not hear one peep of protest out of his supporters on this though because while the rights of terrorists are all important and should be upheld, (we are a nation of laws) apparently the rights of US citizens are not.

King Barak Obama does not have time for the French. In fact, he cares not for any of the old colonial powers of Europe because they are evil. Obama spends more time cultivating true friendships such as William Ayers, who composed Obama’s memiors “Dreams of My Father” and guided young Obama through the ways of the American Left, in New York City in the 1970s. If you view the movie Shaft you will better understand Obama.

Why would our lord and master Obama want to visit with leaders of countries that are actually friendly with the U.S. He is all about tearing down our great country and elevating Barack Obama.

TryTheTruth… I found a typo in your last sentence. “…and has done more TO the American people in his first months as Pres….”

Isn’t it funny how the right-wingers are suddenly so sensitive to the feelings of the French President. What happened to “The French are Socialist” and no friends of the U.S.? What whinny hypocrites you people are.

Isn’t it funny how much spin left wingers have to put on Obama’s every action to make it acceptable? It’s almost – ALMOST – like they realize what a horrible mistake they made, but can’t bear to admit it, so they’ll come up with any crazy excuse to defend him.

YAWN. Don’t care.
I have another window open, and am reading about the huge turnout that Sarah Palin received, when she went to Auburn, New York today. Yep, liberal New York State turned out for Governor Palin. That buyer’s remorse is increasing, exponentially, by the day. Who cares what the European media thinks or wants? They are not relevant to us in this nation, unless our own sycophantic media try to make them so.
It is MUCH more relevant that thousands of American citizens STILL cannot get enough of a real American patriot, Sarah Palin.

What a lot of sour grapes amongst the comments here.
Of course the President isn’t spending a lot of time in countries we get along with. He evidently doesn’t believe in spending a lot of time on vacation while on the job.
I know some of you miss the good old days of George W. (who managed to set the record for days on vacation of any sitting U.S. president)
The same people writing the comments criticizing Obama for not spending more time in Germany or France, would complain if he did. Then, they would say it wasn’t necessary, and accuse Obama of wasting time where there isn’t any problems, that he just wanted photo-ops with world leaders.
As for me, I am happy to have a President who has his priorities straight.

Wingnut:”Isn’t it funny how much spin left wingers have to put on Obama’s every action to make it acceptable? ”
No spin required on this trip. He turned down a dinner invitation for the night his plane touched down at 9:15pm (a 10pm dinner while on a working trip overseas?). What is equally funny is how hard the right wing is working to attack Obama over the most minuscule, inconsequential things.

The ‘right wing’ doesn’t have to ‘work hard’ to point out how badly the kooks you’ve elected are screwing up.

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Thank Gawd we’ll NEVER have another Republican in the White House to embarrass us on these trips. Now if only we could ship the rest of them to Antarctica or someplace. They’d be worshiping the penguins in a few years.
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Whatever O said on his speech of D Day the truth and the matter is that, quote ” he began his trip by appeasing fascism in the middle East and ended “honoring” thousands of american who died as result of appeasseament of fascism in Europe.” Go read The Patriots Post ” Obama “Peace for our Time” piece.
Snap out of it., widen your view and get really informed.

If we weren’t afraid that he would indeed think himself more of a king, we would treat him more like a king…

Its so sad for America.This so called President is such a FAKE,lier,all for himself.one wants to puke when seeing him on news.He should be president of France ,or China better yet AFRICA o well time will tell.

When Pres. Bush traveled according to you he was on vacation, when Pres. Obama travels he is working.
Spin it as you will, I spin it my way.

“I would love nothing more than to have a leisurely week in Paris, stroll down the Seine, take my wife out to a nice meal, have a picnic in Luxembourg gardens. Those days are over, for the moment.”
You know that’s what Joe Six Pack is thinking. Berry sure is one of us. No sign of elitism there.
Actually I don’t care, just find it funny that he makes every attempt to portray himself as an average American then makes comments like this.
On the point of the story, maybe the President doesn’t realize that European countries are in competition with each other. Each wants to be the “place to be” and wants their leaders seen as the “leaders of Europe”. He is inside a game they are playing. By visiting one, and not the other, he is putting chips on the table of their game for them to play with. I would assume his staff knew that before going over and would be more prepared for it than “I’m busy”.

“At least some of us try to make a positive difference in our society by our actions and also by helping others in need. What are you doing with your lifes and how are you making a difference in our society?”
Um, how about paying my taxes (which will be going up further) to support those who have/do less than I….
Sorry, but Obama’s economic policies are just plain wrong. It is difficult to judge if he is intentionally wrecking the economy (“a crisis is a terrible thing to waste”) to maximize control over the masses or if he truly believes his policies are the right ones (which is plausible given his lack of life/professional experiences). It’s a tough call, but I’m inclined to think the former.