Just got a note from a friend in Canada and his impression. I think its very telling:
"That's my feeling that he actually got elected without being a nut job The thing is he has been conciliatory and open to working with other countries. Bush was not, in fact Bush moved the doomsday clock forward more than anyone since the missile crisis... Also, the thing that it seems that the US under Bush didn't seem to notice is that the rest of the world neither wants nor needs US leadership, resents US interference and attempts at control (moreso in trade than in any other area (hell they still owe us 5 billion in illegally collected fines)), etc, etc Yeah, a president that is not a nutjob is a big thing outside the US. That he got it should be a wake up call to how the US is perceived outside its own border. But like many wake up calls, the US is too sleepy" Remember this is not my attitude, rather that of an engineer in Canada. Still its very telling. larry On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 9:00 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > Uh....McCain has many friends on the world stage. A McCain victory would not > have been a foreign policy disaster. > > Now Palin.........*yikes* > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> I bet the Nobel Committee were just so glad to be rid of Bush and >> relieved that McCain/Palin wasn't elected that they just had to give >> the prize to Obama. >> >> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 6:54 AM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> http://www.indianexpress.com/comments/us-president-barack-obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize/527125/ >> > >> > President Barack Obama on Friday won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for "his >> > extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and >> cooperation >> > between people," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305379 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
