He'll get them to sign on for their own spending sprees
1% (42 votes)
More restrictive U.S. environmental policies
15% (583 votes)
Both of the above
16% (638 votes)
Nothing much
32% (1288 votes)
Strife and rancor, Obama or someone else will mess up
36% (1440 votes)
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→ Selling us out
April 1, 2009 - 00:06 ET by Cool ArrowObama is in Europe to sell us out for every sin this Country has committed since its inception.
He'll curl up in his Presidential bed and snicker with his wife over the great blow they've struck in the name of the world's poor.
That's the message he gave Joe the Plumber.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
So I'm assuming you took
April 1, 2009 - 06:18 ET by motherbeltSo I'm assuming you took the second choice, as I did.
Whatever occurs, it will NOT be to our advantage. He's there to ask What can we do for you ???
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
... for you? ... to you? ...
April 1, 2009 - 06:52 ET by Agnostic... for you?
... to you?
... take?
... give?
Anything but get the h*ll out of the way!
A person may be won over with logic and reason but the masses must be bought with spectacle and platitudes. - 2008 Elections
Great comment!
April 1, 2009 - 13:29 ET by MaximusBraveheartThat's the message he gave Joe the Plumber.... Love it. The sell out of the productive is not for charity of the unprodutive but to enslave them and to buy votes for life.
M-B
Given the level of
April 1, 2009 - 01:06 ET by lnthompGiven the level of diplomatic knowledge demonstrated by Celebrity-in-Chief Obama and his team when dealing with the British PM visit and the British gift of the bust of Churchill to the American people, and the letter to the former President of France, I'm pretty sure he's going to embarass our country in some way (or several ways) while he's in Europe. Whether any information about it appears in any news inside the US other than blogs remains to be seen.
Lee T / USN(ret) / Oregon City, OR
When responsible people make mistakes, responsible people bear the burden. When irresponsible people make mistakes, responsible people bear the burden. -- UserFriendly.org, 2/12/2009
I would put the ipod gift in the 'embarrass our country'
April 1, 2009 - 17:29 ET by Cape ConservativeONCE AGAIN category!!! Such class!!! NOT!
Don't they have ANYONE in the State Dept. with one ounce of historical knowledge or protocol as to a fitting gift for a monarch????
I swear it appears as if the current administration is so FULL OF THEMSELVES they can't see beyond what is 'cool' - where are our career diplomats???? Are they in hiding??? Are they being ignored???
It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams
Obama is a rock star. When
April 1, 2009 - 06:47 ET by FranksamObama is a rock star. When he performs with Elton John later today at Wembley, the world will love America at record levels. I predict that even the anarchists will go soft when Michelle bares her arms.
Our 'American couple' will win the hearts and minds of the mullahs, and Christine Matthews will have to change his underwear (again).
I voted for 'nothing much', but I'm feeling irrationally optimistic today.
Barrky's biggest takeaway?
April 1, 2009 - 06:57 ET by SickofLibsA lovely parting gift : a boxed set of "Fawlty Towers", in Betamax format.
Hey, don't diss Fawlty
April 1, 2009 - 07:08 ET by motherbeltHey, don't diss Fawlty Towers!! LOL!
He could learn a thing or two from Basil!!
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
Hey, no diss intended! And
April 1, 2009 - 12:11 ET by SickofLibsHey, no diss intended!
And Ma'Belle could learn a few things from 'The Dragon'
Strife and rancor, Obama or someone else will mess up
April 1, 2009 - 07:03 ET by NoJelly...But you won't hear about it from OUR media.
You cannot take 500+ inept political sycophants on a field trip without one or more peeing on the flowers. And if monkey does it first, the other monkeys simply do...
Actually NoJelly, I prefer
April 1, 2009 - 19:01 ET by ConservativeRexActually NoJelly, I prefer an old Texas saying...
"This is like a monkey peeing in a cash register... this is going to run into some money".
Public Relations Coup
April 1, 2009 - 08:21 ET by Robert S LaRuersl775
Obama will get a public relations coup with the MSM regardless of what goes on at the summit. This is all about Obama and his image around the world. He will return to rave reviews and be invited to talk on all the usually shows. He will be loved and historic and that is what matters to his constituency.
I voted for both of the above
April 1, 2009 - 08:26 ET by kdizzydazeListened to Rush (ooohh, I must be a mindles Rushbot) and he has a theory that a deal was struck long before Obambi and Jackie O got on the plane to head over there. Barry O's handlers (Soros, Ahmadinajed, the DNC, Moveon.Org, dailykos, etc.) know they cannot afford having Obambus make an idiot of himself. Personally, I agree with that line of thinking.
On the other hand, if that isn't the case and he screws up, that would be fun to watch.
Seriously, though. No good can come out of a group of nations determining how to better work as a "global community" and spend each other's (mostly our) money. This is screwy and the people of this country that are blinded by the Obamassiah will rue the day they followed him and helped weaken our nation.
Man that felt good!!!!
God made man, but he used a monkey to do it -- DEVO
I don't have a clue
April 1, 2009 - 08:39 ET by Delsawhat this group will do. Although I did select strife and rancor because whatever come out will cause the United States great harm.
If it doesn't blow up all together, then anything agreed to by SOBama will screw the United States.
And that is just a simple fact.
Off topic, I just heard someone on CNN ask a question regarding the "protesters" in London which was incredible.
She said, "Are these protesters just the usual suspects or are they other groups"?
They never refered to them as " just the usual suspects" before.
They always suggested the "protesters" were ANTI BUSH! ANTI AMERICA!
The usual suspects my aunt fanny!
Obviously we know they are not the same crowd who gatherd at the Freedom Tower in Germany for a Rock Concert which was followed by The ONE!
Geeze
This Can't Come Out Well
April 1, 2009 - 08:59 ET by rightwingidiotWe're just screwed. There's nothing that Obeyme can or will do at the G20 that will come out well for US. He has proven that there is no room in his sick, twisted, socialistic mind for normal everyday people.
His mission is clear: turn the US into something that resembles Communist Russia. Whatever he does, you can bet it will further his agenda to lead us down that path.
And, just to put Obeyme into perspective, here's a little quote from his book "Audacity of Hope"
"The majority party can begin every negotiation by asking for 100
percent of what it wants, go on to concede 10 percent, and then accuse
any member of the minority party who fails to support this "compromise"
of being "obstructionist."
Yeah, you go there Barkey. I really like your style. The Obeyme playbook for bipartisanship.
And of course 'the one' will IGNORE the advice
April 1, 2009 - 17:36 ET by Cape Conservativeof Putin - who told him NOT to go the SOCIALISM route!!! I believe he could be considered an 'authority' on that form of government!
It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams
la' pillagererrr en- chief
April 1, 2009 - 10:01 ET by foolnomorehis alignning himself with all the left-overs from the past. impeach now,!!! before every thing is lost!!
This is just an opportunity
April 1, 2009 - 10:17 ET by fitzfongThis is just an opportunity for the infant-in-chief to parade around Europe under the umbrella of "strife". This is a staged event...he will face no challenges. He will accomplish nothing except maybe appeasing the Eurotrash eco-parasites by further weighing down our industries. He will make a few arrogant proclamations, flex muscles he doesn't have and produce a litany of gaffes...but the U.S. media will cover it up as usual and create a story out of wholecloth that his trip and his presence were major successes. And the drooling followers who elected this Marxist scumbag will continue to marinate in their ignorance. When he returns to Washington, he will go about his usual business by naming his horse a Senator.
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill
Strife and Rancor & Screw ups!
April 1, 2009 - 10:29 ET by CarlosSWith visions of Clark W. Griswold (National Lampoon's European Vacation) dancing around in my mind
it will be a roaring success
April 1, 2009 - 10:37 ET by katainkentdidn't the MSM already proclaim it so?
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Obama does not perform as advertised. I'd like a refund.
Taxed Enough Already.
I assume
April 1, 2009 - 11:17 ET by StarAZI assume most of the press blocked in stories of Junior's success before he left.
Obammy's Gift
April 1, 2009 - 13:11 ET by slickwillie2001Rush reporting now that the Obama's gift to the Queen of England is an Ipod.
I asked my kids
April 1, 2009 - 13:33 ET by sherylsimsI wondered what they would answer... know what my son said?
"Shampoo from the hotel"
Hotel shampoo
April 1, 2009 - 14:52 ET by BuzzyOh the wisdom of children.
We always leave w/ the soap and shampoo and at the good hotels bubble bath :)
I think it will be
April 1, 2009 - 15:15 ET by bigtimerI think it will be this!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Thats Great!
April 1, 2009 - 15:22 ET by sherylsimsI showed that to my son and he LOVED it!
BOTH of the above...
April 1, 2009 - 16:06 ET by joe in big dObam-mess will GAIN from this visit because (to 'save face') he would NEVER have agreed to this trip if his staff had not already secured the support of the other world leaders.
His gain... OUR loss, again.
And, as further proof that Obama can keep killing the best aspects of America without ANY opposition: My liberal buddies tell me, "I've been toooo busy to watch the news right now... or.... I don't really follow politics. It's boring."
So we're all talking to ourselves here, because the uninformed liberal American voters aren't paying any attention right now. (This HELPS them to maintain their ignorance.)
Really, it's too bad that Conservatives don't have impressive dancing or singing skills to bring to any #1 top-ranked TV shows... because maybe THEN they could appeal to the millions of voters who don't ever think through the important issues of the day.
And, wouldn't it be nice if Conservatives could win millions of votes from all those under educated sheeple who are happy to vote thoughtlessly for 'change' -- without ever questioning: "what KIND of change?"
Almost agree with ya, Joe
April 1, 2009 - 18:40 ET by retroconbut then i thought 1) he's not smart enough to negotiate buying cheap ice from an eskimo; 2) his staff would instantly alienate any foreign leader with their Chicago thuggery; and 3) It's the G20, he would look as stupid as he is if he didn't go.
I really don't know the answer, but i really do think that most european leaders, even the socialists, don't want to see the USofA become like them. We'd collapse, they'd become subjects to Putin, they wouldn't have anyplace to sell their stuff, and the "man causing disastorists" (or is that "contingintists") would run rampant.
Ok, i was wrong...
April 3, 2009 - 10:21 ET by retroconThey all want us to become socialists :-(