Comments on: Obama fights with Brown and Sarkozy over his “image” priority

By: PJ

PJ — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:11:51 +0000

cruz:

I think you missed the point of that newsweek article. It was asserting that Obama is always copying Sarkozy.

By: JB

JB — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:34:45 +0000

All you have to do is listen to Obama’s speeches. Everything is “I”, this and “I” that. except when he is blaming others, of course.

By: cruz

cruz — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:29:24 +0000

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! That’s right PJ, everybody likes to copy Obama…the king of U.S. failures, which is why you have an OBSESSION with defending him. No wonder people around here are starting to ignore you.

By: PJ

PJ — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:27:40 +0000

BTW – it seems unlikely that President Obama’s efforts to make sure his announcement with Sarkozy and Brown did not step on the impact of the session he chaired at the UN were the reason that President Sarkozy took a harder line than President Obama. I suspect those are unrelated events. (that is, Sarkozy’s harder stance was his own doing, and had nothing to do with Obama’s timing of the meeting)

By: PJ

PJ — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:19:05 +0000

Proud Extremist:
What? No argument from me – just more opinion, speculation and “analysis” to go with the opinion, speculation, and “analysis” in the first article, with a few facts thrown into both articles.

Yeah – ironic. In the second article the author implies that Sarkozy is ever the leader, with Obama ever the “copycat”. In 2005 when the IOC was selecting the site for the 2012 Olympics, Paris, France was the heavy favorite to win, but England sent their head of state Tony Blair, who is believed to have tipped the scales in England’s favor just before the vote. In this case I am not sure if President Obama is copying France’s loss, or copying Blair’s visit for the final vote. That first round is brutal. Tokyo edged us out by 3 votes – 18, 22, 26, 28 – then all of our votes went to Rio (who was second to madrid in round 1) for round 2. I guess the bookies and odds makers don’t ALWAYS get it right. The favorite Paris did not win in 2012 and the favorite Chicago did not win in 2016.

By: Proud right wing extremist

Proud right wing extremist — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:42:06 +0000

Funny, an opinion piece is your best argument against Obama trying to protect his image. Hey, I wonder if Sarkozy is envious of Obama’s failed pitch at the Olympics. What was it…Oh…thrown out in the first round with only 18 votes.

Yup, Obama made history alright…First time for the U.S. in the history of the IOC.

Sarkozy must be real bitter today!

By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:30:08 +0000

Very interesting newsweek article on Sarkosy and his “obsession” with Obama. http://www.newsweek.com/id/216240/page/1

I hope these two can work together.