What kind of values is the president trying to promote with his "virgins, vote for me!" campaign? Is this the new presidential?
And why does the left feel the need to defend it?
Yes, Reagan made a corny joke in the 80s about pulling the lever for the first time for a Repub and feeling good about it, but that's not even a good analogy since he was technically not a voter virgin after pulling it for Democrats years beforehand. And the lever/knob thing itself? Where are they going?
Tying the Gipper to the "virgins, vote for me!" campaign seems a little desperate. Matter of fact the whole thing seems a little desperate and tawdry. Wonder if it was Bill Clinton's idea?
"After a year, it appears the 'Obama effect' is real" said Steven Kull director Program on International Policy Attitudes (Pipa) at the University of Maryland, who helped conduct the poll.
"Its influence on people's views worldwide, though, is to soften the negative aspects of the United States' image, while positive aspects are not yet coming into strong focus."
So our negatives are way up but we're still polling more or less the same as China. What about past performances? Here's the headline from the 2008 survey:
World views US 'more positively'
Before Obama? The period of survey was from November 2007 through January 2008 while Bush was in the middle of a surge in Iraq and before Obama was even nominated. But alas, the poll director has an answer:
"It may be that as the US approaches a new presidential election, views of the US are being mitigated by hope that a new administration will move away from the foreign policies that have been so unpopular in the world," he said.
When the 2009 came in flat the same guy explained it this way:
Steven Kull, Director of PIPA, comments: "Though BBC polls have shown that most people around the world are hopeful that Barack Obama will improve US relations with the world, it is clear that his election alone is not enough to turn the tide. People are still looking to see if there are significant changes in US policies."
So.. go ahead and believe this means something if it makes your day. Obama is on record that he doesn't think too much of polls anyway...
The political world was slightly abuzz Friday at the sight of Hillary's cover shot in Harper's Bazaar magazine. Guess Bill was right. Hey, at least she wasn't pole dancing. Maybe she has a different take on campaign buttons.
Thing is, we've already seen Hillary's boobies, at least the version carved for posterity and on display in the Museum of Sex in Manhattan. From what I can see there's something proportionally amiss between the two versions, unless perhaps Hillary's been to the doctor lately. Or maybe she's just doing the ole squeeze play for the camera.
I think Harry Reid needs to get right on top of that because it could be a coverup. Er, an uncoverup. Seriously, is there anything this woman won't do to get elected?
At any rate, this ridiculous post can only be saved by some musical accompaniment. Ever been to Shamballa?
Me, neither. By the way, the video's not an endorsement of Buddism or Hillary's boobs. Just a good ole song. Happy Saturday!
MORE 7/21/07
Just to be totally "upfront" the picture at Mac's place was obviously a photoshop with the main story being her low cut appearance on C-SPAN Wednesday, so my story was somewhat misleading. Guess that makes me a boob. Sorry for any confusion.
