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Tour might not have helped him at home, Obama says
iht.com — Wrapping up his global tour, Obama said Saturday that he would not be surprised if there were a dip in his US opinion polls in the week he's been gone because people in the US are more worried about gas prices and foreclosures than activities abroad. Nevertheless, he said that US problems are often best dealt with by working with allies overseas.
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- niccha, on 07/26/2008, -1/+9It's important to rebuild our relationships overseas. None of us can exist in isolation.
- jbenson2, on 07/26/2008, -4/+2Yeah, ignoring the gas price problem will hurt him.
Not as much as his illogical and evasive answer that the surge worked, not due to the military, but due to bribes to the Iraqis. - ethornquist, on 07/27/2008, -1/+3The perception is that Obama's tour was defined by things outside his control (State Dept. telling him
not to visit military hospitals, State Dept. forbidding overseas workers from attending the rally
in Berlin). And the McCain talking heads showed no mercy, hammering Obama for following the law that
prevents politicians for visiting hospitals for military purposes when Obama was following the law.
Add that to the McCain flip-flop regarding Iraq - Obama calls for troop pull out, Iraqi leader agrees,
McCain protests troop pullout, McCain CALLS for troop pullout, McCain gets some credit -
and the perception is that Obama had a tough week.
In truth, the week revealed the faces of some of his stiffest opposition (Bush media connections).
Go ahead and listen to Obama's speech in Berlin: you will hear him connect the past to the present and future.
His message in the Berlin speech remains the same while widening his previous vision, and Obama is working to
expand his understanding of the situations our troops face overseas. Though the spin from the other side
is negative, in truth Obama's actions focused on America's standing overseas.
And McCain's camp and media outlets should bear no ill will for trying to win an election through sneaky means.
The last thing McCain and his people want is a referendum on current policy - its beginnings, its effects, and its future.
At this point the current policy is HIS policy, and it is going nowhere.
If I were McCain, I'd distort the truth too. It's clear the old man from AZ lacks a coherent foreign policy. And it's equally
clear he has no plan to improve the standing of our troops and our country. Obama's visit to Europe and the Middle East
draws attention to the plight of our troops and the blight of our policy.
Score one for the man from Illinois.
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