Posted on 10/05/2009 8:35:19 PM PDT by myknowledge
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The United States is the most admired country globally thanks largely to the star power of President Barack Obama and his administration, according to a new poll.
It climbed from seventh place last year, ahead of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan which completed the top five nations in the Nation Brand Index (NBI).
"What's really remarkable is that in all my years studying national reputation, I have never seen any country experience such a dramatic change in its standing as we see for the United States for 2009," said Simon Anholt, the founder of NBI, which measured the global image of 50 countries each year.
He believes that during the previous administration of George W. Bush the United States suffered in the world ranking with its unpopular foreign policies but since Obama was elected, and despite the recent economic turmoil, the country's status has risen globally.
"There is no other explanation," Anholt said in an interview, referring to the impact of Obama.
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Enjoy it while you can, Obama is making sure there won’t be an America soon.
Star power?
Oh, yeah, the networks are thrilled when he wants air time.
He’s boring, self centered and incompetent - totally lost without his teleprompter - some ‘star’.
Find it interesting that there is NO data given from the poll, no list of the audit house for the poll and no date/time frame given for this poll...all we know it could have been done in 1986 or 2003....
Nuts!
Incredible timing...what a remarkable coincidence. The poll has come along to save the day...
Gee, guess one of those NEA grants has borne fruit.
I never bought the idea, and still don’t, that most of the world hates us. (Except maybe the “extremist” muslims)
They might envy us but i think that they see how we are letting our politicians ruin the best country in the world and maybe they think we’re a bunch of fools for taking for granted what we’ve got. They see, from the outside looking in, how we’re being sold a bill of goods and we’re falling for it hook, line, sinker.
They may be frustrated with our stupidity but they don’t hate us.
We’re the last refuge for freedom and they all know it. If we blow it, the whole world is screwed.
The world will never enjoy freedom again without the United States.
Everything to gloat about, because to them, the United States will be ‘disposed of’.
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