Ladies and gentleman, Mort Zuckerman, Editor-in-Chief of US News and World Report:
The reviews of Obama's performance have been disappointing. He has seemed uncomfortable in the role of leading other nations, and often seems to suggest there is nothing special about America's role in the world. The global community was puzzled over the pictures of Obama bowing to some of the world's leaders and surprised by his gratuitous criticisms of and apologies for America's foreign policy under the previous administration of George W. Bush. One Middle East authority, Fouad Ajami, pointed out that Obama seems unaware that it is bad form and even a great moral lapse to speak ill of one's own tribe while in the lands of others.
Source: US News & World Report
Yowza! When did the MSM acknowledge that Obama was bowing to world leaders? I thought the general consensus was that Obama was too tall or looking for a lost contact lens when he bowed to a Saudi prince, the emperor of Japan, the Chinese president Wen Jiabao (twice!) and the mayor of Tampa...
Even in Britain, for decades our closest ally, the talk in the press—supported by polls—is about the end of the "special relationship" with America. French President Nicolas Sarkozy openly criticized Obama for months, including a direct attack on his policies at the United Nations. Sarkozy cited the need to recognize the real world, not the virtual world, a clear reference to Obama's speech on nuclear weapons. When the French president is seen as tougher than the American president, you have to know that something is awry. Vladimir Putin of Russia has publicly scorned a number of Obama's visions. Relations with the Chinese leadership got off to a bad start with the president's poorly-organized visit to China, where his hosts treated him disdainfully and prevented him from speaking to a national television audience of the Chinese people. The Chinese behavior was unprecedented when compared to visits by other U.S. presidents.
Source: US News & World Report
Oh my... Mort not only criticizes The One for treating our British allies like used toilet paper, but he is playing the France card. This is level 5 stuff here - Mort just rolled out of the Obama bandwagon at 75 mph. Duck and roll, Mort! DUCK AND ROLL!
There's alot more in the article. Zuckerman actually has some great insight into the many failures of the Obama administration. But it begs the question - why did Zuckerman keep quiet for so long? Did he just wake up and realize all of the shortcomings of President Obama? Or was he simply acting as a cheerleader and hoping for the best all along?
It is interesting to note that Zuckerman was an early critic of ObamaCare, at least on the left...
