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The Trash America Tour 2009

By Michelle Malkin • April 7, 2009 12:25 PM

Now you know: Team Obama’s world tour wasn’t about defending America and advancing our best interests. It was about raising President Obama’s approval numbers among the Euroweenies.

Bow. Scrape. Bush-bash. Suck up. Mission accomplished!

President Obama’s expressions of regret for the Bush years is only one aspect of what has been jam-packed schedule full of announcements and negotiations, but it’s been a striking part of his message.

Some conservative critics have expressed chagrin at this. On Fox News, conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer said “When Kennedy arrived in Paris, he did not attack Eisenhower and the United States. When Obama’s elected president, he is president of all of the United States, including Americans who opposed him, and he owns American history, including a past he may not have wanted to engage in. I think what he did is, in order to gain the adoration of the crowd, he denigrated his country in a way that I think is disgraceful.”

The Obama White House sees it quite differently, pointing to poll numbers showing an erosion of support for the U.S. during President Bush’s two terms, and improved international poll numbers now.

Not only was this trip an opportunity for President Obama “to establish personal relationships with leaders of many countries, with leaders who are going to be important to us in promoting America’s interest in the world,” said White House senior adviser David Axelrod Tuesday morning, “as important, we’ve I think begun a dialogue with the people of these countries, as well… That will make it easier for leaders of these nations to work cooperatively with us moving forward is the fact that we have a more positive image among their constituents.”

Axelrod said “that plainly is true — you can see it in all the polling that’s been released in the last few days — I think in every country in Europe, we’ve made progress in this.”

Good work, Comrade.

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Kim Priestap: Hey, Obama, who you callin’ arrogant, dismissive, and derisive?!

Question from William A. Jacobson at Legal Insurrection: When will the Europeans apologize to us?

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#102

On April 8th, 2009 at 7:51 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

He just dropped a cuff link and was picking it up!

Sounds like good skit material for Gilbert Godfrey.
#103

On April 9th, 2009 at 4:16 am, Micheleeroo said:

I’m shocked that the Whitehouse is actually lying to the american public and claiming it wasn’t a bow. The video proof is right here! They think americans are stupid! Else they wouldn’t try to preted it wasn’t a bow!
#104

On April 9th, 2009 at 12:25 pm, yohannbiimu said:

I swear, this guy (the One) is literally begging for someone to attack us, just so he can sit back and tell us that we had it coming due to the policies of past administrations; however, HE’S going to bring the world together in a spirit of understanding, diversity and yadda-yadda-yadda.

If Obama gets his way, the United States will look more like North Korea than the nation that Obama presumably was born in.
#105

On April 9th, 2009 at 1:03 pm, yohannbiimu said:

The Trash America Tour will be non-stop. If THE One isn’t trashing America (especially past Republican administrations) on foreign shores, he’ll be doing so on ours. The polarization and continued Balkanization of the United States delivers power to the Socialist Democrats. Why else would they do it? Democrats do not care a wit about the future freedom and liberty of our citizens. All they care about is power and ruling over us.