Chip Bok for June 03, 2015

This non-stop Liar may have become the D.C. Death Star…http://www.wsj.com/articles/barack-obama-re-founding-father-1433373010-But has the Death Star spread brain-deadening toxin over the entire USA? (certainly D.C. is infected.)-Is it only a few Americans immune to his toxin, who can see the non-transparent dissolving of our original Founders’ form of government?-If the USA survives Obama, without electing Obama.2 Hillary Clinton, and the likely spread of Iran/Pakistan nuclear weapons to all the Jihadist groups, What will remain of the Freedoms we had secured since 1789?

In a way, he did. He said his administration has restored America to being the most respected country in the world. See quote and link below. While I think Bok twisted the quote, the original quote was a little off mark both in terms of factualness (I would say we are not the most respected country in the world) and humility

‘People don’t remember, but when I came into office, the Untied States in world opinion ranked below China and just barley above Russia, and today once again, the Untied States is the most respected country on earth;’

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/06/01/obama-ive-restored-the-us-as-the-most-respected-country-in-the-world/

I grabbed the first version of the quote I came across. Admittedly it was poorly edited. Here’s a better version:

Obama said, “People don’t remember, but when I came into office, the United States in world opinion ranked below China and just barely above Russia, and today once again, the United States is the most respected country on earth. Part of that I think is because of the work we did to reengage the world and say we want to work with you as partners with mutual interests and mutual respect. It was on that basis we were able to end two wars while still focusing on the very real threat of terrorism and try to work with our partners in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s the reason why we are moving in the direction to normalize relations with Cuba and the nuclear deal that we are trying to negotiate with Iran.”

The causation is implied within the rest of the quote, which I pulled in fully this time. Sources:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/dgreenfield/obama-i-made-america-the-most-respected-country-on-earth-earth-nope/

or

http://dailycaller.com/2015/06/01/obama-under-my-presidency-u-s-the-most-respected-country-in-the-world-video/

besides the Breitbart source.

To some extent I do agree with him. I think Obama is a much more approachable leader than Bush was. And Obama is a better diplomat. But that’s not really saying all that much

In 2011 Obama said he kept his campaign promise to pull out of Iraq and he said he left a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq….duh.-I disagree Obama is “more approachable and a better diplomat” than GW was….and Obama was a wimpy kow-tow to foreign tyrants, bowing as no American should. His foreign policies caused more distrust of the USA, even among those taking advantage of his gullibility. America will pay a high price for his giveaways to enemies.

@disgustedamericanBet you love those photos of President G. W. Bush walking arm-in-arm with the Saud royals on his Crawford Ranch! Do you think President Bush was diplomatically explaining why he had to start destroying the balance of power in the Middle East?

The ‘we’ is his administration. It may be a slightly wider river, but it flows in the same direction.