Is He Running for President of the UN or Something?

So seriously, does Obama even know what office he is running for now?

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The President leads America, and more often than not, America leads the world.


Are you suggesting the President shouldn't concern himself with international isues?

Can we say spin?

"....spin."


Looks like we can.







What exactly is your problem with Obamas speech, Kirk?

At least he didn't claim to be a jelly doughnut.

That's what we call an "October Surprise."

OMG! People in other countries like him!

One or two...

Now, now, my conservative and libertarian brethren... we must not interrupt the Black Jesus's Sermon on the Mount to bother him with petty things like the country he is running for the presidency of.

I realize Obama is trying to shore up his foreign relations cred, but somehow this seems wrong. The guy is not president. Hell, he's not even the official Democratic nominee yet. He needs to be elected by the American people first. Shouldn't he be campaigning in the United States?

It's amazing that so many people across the world can get so excited about Senator Obama, and so few people in his own party can get excited about Senator McCain.

actormike - It's because there are so many people who are content with "hope and change" and so few willing to face reality. Or, maybe that's not quite right. The opinion polls, even now, are pretty darned close.

This is part of his campaign. He's showing Americans how much the rest of the world loves him, in contrast to Bush. That's part of the "change" he's promising.


At the same time, the image of so many people cheering him on makes him look cool, and everyone wants to vote for the cool guy.

One simple thing Obama is talking about fixing things in countries he is not going to be the President of.

Was Bush the President of Iraq or Afghanistan?

Was Clinton the President of Kosovo?

Was Bush 41 the President of Kuwait?

Was Roosevelt the President of Europe or Asia?


American Presidents have to solve problems outside America all the time. Deal with it.

His comment about being a "citizen of the world" was a nice tribute to Ronald Reagan

McCain: "Senator, I knew Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Ronald Reagan."

I look forward to ever increasing urging of foreigners on who Americans should vote for. We all know how that turns out.

He sure as hell wouldn't be going overseas to 'preach' to the rest of the world about his 'hope and change' if he knew massive crowds wouldn't be showing up.

For all these people to turn out for a political rally for someone who's running for office in another country -- well, I guess there's not a whole lot to do in Germany, is there?

In fact, if he's looking for a country filled with people who have a lot of time on their hands...

Hmmm, sounds like you are trying to make a mince pie... those are pretty good, especially ala mode.

Considering Germany's unemployment rate, you are correct, there isn't a whole lot for them to do out there.

I went there today. Thought it would have been stupid to pass on the chance to watch such a pop star phenomenon fifteen minutes from my home. "Watch" is saying too much, though, I could see his tie and most of his neck on a screen.

The speech was nothing extraordinary. Lots of pathos, like I expected from an American (maybe-to-be) president, dramatically much more skillfull and content-wise less complex than political speeches I'm used to here. Also as expected, Berlin Airlift references ad nauseam. The only thing he didn't get too much cheering for was saying that we need to send more troops to Afghanistan, but there he quickly added something unrelated about ridding the world of nuclear weapons to gain back the crowd. All in all, he brought up quite a number of things Europeans like to hear, but enough "I love America", "that's why my father chose that country to try to make his dream come true" etc. kind of stuff in order not to put off Americans (apart from Kirk1Adm, but that was to be expected).

Even most of the not-unemployed here don't work at 7 pm. Thank god.

Soros must be pleased.

Why didn't he speak German? Or at last Spanish...

It's only his kids who are bilingu-....oh, nevermind.

Wow, those Germans sure do like their charismatic leaders!

I hate 'em both.