Barack Obama in Berlin
Below is Barack Obama in Tiergarten, Berlin, in front of a crowd of 200,000, during his Middle Eastern/European tour. The tour was aimed at boosting his foreign policy credentials in the US, where he faces stiff competition on that particular front from the veteren McCain. Confronted by the press regarding Obama’s triumph in Europe, McCain replied, wryly, that he is keen on visiting Europe - not as a candidate, but as president-elect.
Obama’s rhetoric skills at their best here, performing an amazing speech [kudos to his speech-writers]. I find it hard for Obama to actually live up to the huge expectations he created, if elected in the fall. But I say that his performance in office is only half as impressive [in both rhetoric and general policy lines, and substance] as what we’ve seen so far, he would be on a course to changing US image abroad, and possibly even of restoring soft power to the declining hegemon. Can you say Kennedy?
25 Jul 2008 admin
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mdea..ti-am zis ieri de ce sunt incantata de discursul lui obama:)
Can U say Kennedy/Martin Luther King/Clinton? Totusi cam light pe partea de lucruri concrete…
morometes last blog post..Sa-l citim pe Mircea Geoana
ai dreptate - si sincer, daca obama e ales, exista sanse sa fie o dezamagire, mai ales ca asteptarile sunt asa mari. obama nu e perfect, si probabil vor aparea probleme, chiar si in relatia cu europenii, de exemplu cand le va cere sa suplimenteze nr. trupelor din afganistan. mai e faza ca nafta si free trade, unde obama suna destul de protectionist. INSA, eu raman la parerea ca schimbarea de imagine, de retorica, de viziune (chiar daca uneori cam lipsita de substanta) e mai mult decat binevenita, si il prefer clar lui mccain care nu e rau, dar e un semi-dinozaur iesit din filmele cu stevean seagal