President Barack Obama is still the world's most respected leader  

I thought it was a nice change of pace for this board.

They respect our President and our Secretary of State because the U.S. itself is respected around the world? Well, that's good.

I think Obama has helped to make the U.S. look less arrogant to the rest of the world without making us look weak, as has been the accusation made by those who use terms like "apology tour". Since this poll consisted of regular, everyday people it's pretty clear that he has retained the respect of our international friends...and so has Hillary Clinton, who came in third.

Other leaders as well as the general population since that's who was polled. I was also glad to see that Hillary Clinton was rated as third in her role as Secretary of State. Good to see you again, Mike.

I have to admit that I was wondering how the rest of the world saw our president so the results of this poll were pretty enlightening. I wasn't aware of the other one done in November so it's good to know that he did well then, too.

This wasn't a government poll, starchaser, so it's different in that way. This was an opinion poll taken from the general population in the countries the article listed and, no, I don't believe there was any outside influence. The people in those countries are free to express their opinions honestly.

I was making examples, about how the polls done. Here it can't be trusted, and until I know exactly how the Obama poll was done, I won't trust it, too, as the poll could target specific people on specific regions. The outside influence can be many things, including directing the poll to target specific people.

Ya think?

Turned what around?

It's a poll...just like allll of the other polls that are posted here week after week.

"two shadowy figures gaffaw" That IS a funny visual though.

The question wasn't about his job performance in the U.S., the question was about who they respected the most worldwide. I didn't realize that the foreign media was in on the kornspiracy.

Gosh I hate to say it but americans can be so arrogant, selfish, and single minded sometimes....
Yes there are a LOT of problems here that need to be solved and Obama is working on them....everyone wants instant gratification in america but he said durring the election that things wouldnt get better over night and any thinking person should be able to figure that out on their own anyway! Rome wasn't built in a day and all...
BUT...even though we are in a crisis right now and suffering we are still better off than a LOT of the rest of the world!! And our president being admired and respected by most of the world outside of our borders is a HUGE thing....being able to have an amicable relationship with the other world leaders is imperative to the wellbeing of our own country!!!
I admire Obama very much.....wether he makes some mistakes or not I feel like he has our best interest at heart and is truely trying to make a better world for all of us....i sure like that attitude a lot better than the previous administrations kick a$$ now and take names later attitude!!

The Indonesian president said the same, that things in Indonesia wouldn't get better overnight, and he was right. It's been years! lol.

Pixel,
You talk like a foreigner....are you? You say you're from the Carolinas but your words smack of a person who has not lived here long....and if you are an American I suggest you take a hard look at your comments. They smack of sedition.

hornswaggled, your comment both confuses and concerns me greatly. What exactly do you find in pixel's response that "smack of sedition"? Technically, if you want to get right down to it, the folks who call the president a socialist, hitler and illegally holding office are the ones who are guilty of sedition. I have never suggested that a member here was guilty of doing that and I don't believe it's appropriate for anyone else to make that accusation in a forum where people are sharing their opinions.

You know Spal, You can be "confused or concerned" all you want. I have a right to say whatever I damn well please; You are not the Mylot authority and never were.
For the recorn this is the definition of the word sedition...
Sedition, pronounced si-'di-sh?n, a noun from the Latin sedition-, seditio, meaning literally separation is defined as, "incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority."
This is a term used traditionally to describe a person or entity that is against the government.
The derogatory comments of someone towards our country that talk of us being arrogent or selfish is not a patriotic attitude.
If Pix or you or anyone else in this forum do not like our country I envite you to visit our esteemed bordering country of Mexico. Go see how the other half lives...hell...go to Arizona. It's pretty much Mexico now....and see how they live there.
Then come back and lecture me and my friends who ARE patriots about how our country is being mean to the poor ittle bitty president....

hornswaggled, I've tried to be nice to you but since you're leaving mylot and choose to act like an a$$ before you go, I don't feel the need to be nice anymore. If you want to talk about sedition, perhaps you should take a look at some of your little buddies who routinely post their idiotic claims that the president of the United States is not the legal president, that they don't recognize him as the president or the leader of this country, that they believe he's a socialist, muslim, hitler, evil and any other seditious remark that pops into their little mostly empty heads. You can "invite" me to do whatever stoopid thing you like...makes no diff to me at all...unless you would like to come down here to Florida and stand face to face with me. You and your friends are not patriots by any stretch of the imagination. You're sore losers...nothing more. Have fun on facebook.

Pixel, if speaking the truth about some Americans "smacks of sedition" then have at it! SOME of those on the right with all their talk of "taking back the country from the usurper", ya-da-ya-da, now THAT smacks of sedition and yet they call themselves patriots.

Spall hit it on the head, they're sore losers!

Annie

No Annie,
As usual you can't see the forest for the trees. We are ALL losers when a president doesn't do his job...don't you get it? It's about having what we earn; it's about keeping it instead of giving it away to the illegal aliens that swarm into our country with nothing....and then get jobs, and drivers licenses and insurance when the people like you and me don't.
I could give a crap whether the president is white or black or polka dotted but the rest of the world is enamored with this idea of a black president...even though he's as white as he is black.
I want him to QUIT SPENDING.....and fix problems instead of whining about Fox news being mean to him....he needs to grow up...and so do most of you.

now i am curious - where has obama been whinging about the media being mean to him? recently we had a real wail from a former prime minister (blair) going on and on (and on) about how the media had it in for him and how people really DID like him (not sure who these 'people' were, his family probably).

http://www.huffingtonpost...

Geez, I thought you made a dramatic exit out of here.

That "grow up" comment was hysterical though considering who the folks are who fall for all of the kornspiracy theories and see the boogey man under their beds day in and day out.

Just waitin on payout....did you look at my link?

Well Hornswaggled I am NOT sure about this and frankly I am not inclined to be bother to try and find the answer but it seems to me that I remember somewhere in other conversations with you that you have mentioned you do not live in the united states....maybe i am thinking of someone else but at any rate...yes I am a citizen of the United States...I was born and raised here and like you I have a right to say what i think on here!
Your attitude doesn't surprise me one bit though as I have NEVER seen you say anything positive in any discussion I have seen you in! To hear you are leaving my lot was a surprise though...a pleasant one...the world has enough negative nellys already....however i would be willing to bet that you are just stirring your tail feathers and won't actually be leaving the lot at all!
So....back to the discussion.....you say you want Obama to fix our problems but spend NO money doing it....so why dont you enlighten us to exactly HOW that would play out? Obama said before he was elected that it was going to take some spending now...but it will be done in such a way that it will earn us more in the long run.....
And are you implying that had McCain been elected instead of Obama he wouldn't have spent any money? Just how would he have kept the war going for another 100 years without spending money? And since you mentioned the illegals...exactly what do you think McCain would have done about that problem? I agree it is a huge problem and it needs to be solved but we are after all America...we don't just gather whole groups of people up and ship them out...(unless its to go to war of course!) Those that are already here illegally need to be given an opportunity to stay here legally...if they dont want to go through the process for some reason (like they were a criminal in their country or they have a disease etc) then they will have to go back to their country because we can not have people here illegally....THAT has to be fixed and once those that are here have been given the opportunity then we need to secure our borders and make sure no one else comes here illegally....this is NOT prejudice on my part....Im fine with people being here LEGALLY!!

It's not a matter of believing it or not...it's there. But, I take it that you disagree and that's fine.

BTW, I forgot to mention earlier...GM has paid back it's loan, with interest, five years ahead of schedule and folks are back to work so I don't agree that Obama has taken over the car industry. If GM hadn't received help all those folks would be among the millions without jobs.

Absolutly right Spalladino...Those against Obama continue to claim he has taken over the car industry etc etc....he has NOT... and funny how they always neglect to mention that GM has paid their loans back!!! And early too!! Obama never wanted to take them over...he took a leap of faith on them and in this instance it paid off for him....in a few other instances it didnt work out so well becaause of the greedy peole who dont care about the rest of the country....but what would you (hornswaggled) have suggested he do instead?? Just let the entire financial infrastructure crash and have even MORE people out of work and homeless???

What the people who are so dead set against the president fail to realize is that McCain would have most likely done the same thing if he had won the election. You are absolutely right, pixel, letting the economic infrastructure of the U.S. simply crash would have been devastating for everyone and we would be nowhere close to recovering by now.

"GM has paid back it's loan, with interest, five years ahead of schedule..."

Oh good lord Spall don't tell me you fell for that bull$hit! Please tell me you're smarter than that.

They paid back the bailout money WITH MORE BAILOUT MONEY. It's a complete and utter scam and their claims are nothing short of lies and fraud to mislead people into thinking that things are going well for them. They are now under investigation by the FTC for the lies they are using in their advertising.

http://www.foxnews.com/po...

"GM has paid back it's loan, with interest, five years ahead of schedule"

"They paid back the bailout money WITH MORE BAILOUT MONEY"


I only wish the world worked by booyah debate and political gotcha standards.

That means I could take out a loan to pay off my other loans and suddenly be debt free. Sht, sign me up!

But I'm just small enough to fail. That means GM gets to constantly take more and more of my tax money and lie about acheivment to boost sales. Meanwhile, I still can't afford to buy one of the cars I supposedly own a piece of.

Bush, Obama, good, bad -- what's it freakin' matter? We're all being duped and paying dearly. And if anyone's thinking our current president or the government in general is doing a bang-up job, I'd only ask politely to pass the dutchie on the left-hand side, because I obviously need to expand my vision to see it.

I'm with you Maters...I don't really trust too many politicians. I would rather trust my own instinct.
At least that way I would know what I'm dealing with!