Political Punch

I still think that there will be better a political liking of the USA when Mr. Bush is out of office... look around you, people. some of my colleagues have once been part of the GOP have turned Democrat, for reasons of World Views on the United States and just being associated with Mr. Bush. Yes, Sen. John Kerry may have not said who, but maybe for there was too many to list?

Hillary still has inordinately high negative poll numbers. Most Americans don't like her or trust her. Yet Bill says most foreign leaders like her and want her to win???!!! So we're supposed to put aside our distrust of Hillary (which she earned, by the way), and line up with, for example, France, Venezuela, Malaysia, Iran, and North Korea. The rest of the world will like us when we give them what we have. Bill tried that for eight years. No wonder France and Iran want Hillary, but most Americans would vote for Brittany Spears before they would vote for Hillary. That may be a stretch, but check the poll numbers---Hillary's negative numbers are higher than Brittany's!

Well why don't they run for leadership in those country's then, since the American People want a Conservative.

Actually she is probably right, this way they can read the papers about how how she is demeaning the office of the President again.

Just a left wing nut job...totally convinced that he is soo superior to the rest of us to be able to make dumb statements and not be held accountable..

Are we witnessing the LIES to echo the Lies from John Kerry... say it ain't so..

phillygirl, I was thinking the same thing. Wouldn't that be rude? Like, I'm really rooting for the other guy! Silly.

As for the "controversy", this is a head scratcher to me. The leaders who made these comments obviously did so off the record. There's a difference between private and public endorsement. So why is it controversial that Kerry (then) and Clinton (now) wish to withhold the names?

Maybe some pundits who are not crazy about Senator Clinton *cough*jake*cough* take issue with the fact that Clinton has an unfair advantage in this regard.

Masked Avenger, the war in Iraq is just one battle in the overall fight for the survival of the civilized world. The only way to defeat the terrorists is for democracy to take hold in the Middle East. A thriving, free and democratic Iraq can be the ultimate model for the rest of the Middle East -- given the chance. Already some Sunnis have grown tired of al Qaeda's brutal killings of innocent men, women and children; and have begun to assist the Iraqi & American troops in eradicating al Qaeda from their neighborhoods. This is not a "sinkhole," nor is it "unwinnable." But it is going to be a very long and difficult road! And yes it will be costly, both in lives and money. Especially with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard arming and training Shiite militias. And now there are reports that Iran has been shelling some Kurdish villages up along the northeastern Iraq-Iran border. President Bush understands this and has shown great courage standing up against his critics, who just don't see how serious a threat that these terrorists pose.

The first step towards gaining the likings of the rest of world is to elect ourselves a new leader that will represent America and Americans as a responsible and positively active memeber. It is time for Americans to demand a new administration and president that will be able to bring back true values and put aside all political gains. As one of the nation that has pledge to fulfill the goals of Millennium Development Project, the purpose of which is to eliminate world hunger and poverty, this administration has not shown any substantial action to bring this fundamental problem to a stop. According to the Borgen Project, dedicated to fighting and ending Poverty around the world, only $19 billion dollars are needed annually to stop world wide poverty, hunger and malnutrition. However, more than $340 billion dollars has been poured into this “war on terror.” And each year, our country has a military budge of $522 billion dollars. It's time for a new leader who will be addressing an issue that affects 1.2 billion people everyday worldwide.

Did it ever occur to him that maybe they are saying that because, after all, she is his wife? Not to disparage Sen. Clinton, but if you were talking to Bill, would you say "I think Sen Biden's going to be a great President." or "I cannot wait until Kucinich takes over!"?

Yes, James Danley, Bush is exactly the kind of president you describe: one who isn't afraid of rocking the boat by involving his nation in a sinkhole of an unwinnable war that didn't need to be fought in the first place and had little support from other countries; one who has spent far too much money in Iraq like it is going out of style and whose administration can't account for millions of dollars while problems abound at home; one who isn't afraid to go off on his own like a drunken cowboy, dragging his country down the moral drain with him; one who doesn't appease others but uses his subordinates to try to provoke a fight with Iran. Yes, James Danley,"It is THAT kind of leadership that has gotten us where we are today!"

One empty suit quoting another empty suit. Yea, the world is waiting for Hillary. LOL!

Actually you are all missing the point. Most of the world's leaders and populace want an American president who will not rock the boat. One who will not demand action that makes THEM feel uncomfortable. One who won't embarrass THEM by exposing THEIR inaction. Instead THEY want an American president who like THEM will appease, appease, appease. When attacks occur THEY want to just bury the dead, clean up, and move on and not really deal with the underlying issues because that ruffles too many feathers.

It is THAT kind of leadership that has gotten us where we are today! President Bush is only doing what should have been done 30 years ago.

Methinks Bill wasn't channeling Sen. Kerry as much as engaging in wishful thinking. It's quite clear to even the most conservative right-winger in denial that anybody else as president would be more welcome on the world stage than the current officeholder. Whether her husband's claims will hurt Sen. Clinton depends on whether he supplies specific details as to which leaders expressed these wishes.

Are we still doubting that world leaders would prefer Bush's dog over Bush?

This was stupid in 2004 and it's stupid now.

OF COURSE world leaders want a new President and new policy, just like they did in 2004.

DOH!!

How dumb do you have to be to repeat stupid political rhetoric when it has led to such disastrous ends.