The last time President Obama went to Europe, he was greeted with raucous applause and 200,000 Europeans choking a Berlin square, chanting "Obama" and "Yes We Can."
This time, as the president heads to London this week to press the Group of 20 nations for a global economic stimulus plan, he's likely to get a warm reception but cold comfort from many European leaders.
European Union chief Mirek Topolanek, the recently ousted leader of the Czech Republic, calls the plan the Obama administration has been pushing "a way to hell."
Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel is also a skeptic.
"We must look at the causes of this crisis," she said. "It happened because we were living beyond our means. ... We cannot repeat this mistake."
That sounds a lot like Obama's Republican critics at home.
In the weekly Republican address, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., repeated what has become an old Republican saw: "This plan spends too much, taxes too much and borrows too much." - ABC News Story
So it might not be Partisan Politics after all. Maybe the Republicans have a more credibility than the Democrats, Obama or the Media are willing to give. Even many World Leaders agree that Obama's Stimulus plans and Beyond Our Means Spending is what got us into this mess in the first place.
Makes you stop and think, Don't it!
No comments:
Post a Comment