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Cartoon: Opponent and Ally-Obama Himself (medium) by BenHeine tagged barack,obama,hussein,opponent,ally,duo,smile,sourire,bras,de,fer,arm,wrestling,contest,usa,us,president,thomas,omestad,portraits,caricature,political,art,challenge,global,audience,defi,negotiation,image,show,handshake,america,world,leader,task,african,ken

Opponent and Ally-Obama Himself



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prinzparadox
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Well, you definitely hit a point about Obama's position...
He can't stick to all his promises he made, but he also couldn't know that the crisis would put his country so deep into trouble.
In my opinion, the issue is to complicated to display Obama as his own opponent, but you got a good thought about it. The drawing itself is as excellent as always, dear Ben.

I also want to refer to the following great cartoon "SMOOCH" by barbeefish which is a very expressive visual comment on Obama's first 100 days as president.

obama cartoon
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prinzparadox, on May 20, 2009  [report post]  [quote]  [reply]

 
pincho
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you´ve a good sense to understand the "obama´s problematic"

pincho, on May 20, 2009  [report post]  [quote]  [reply]

 
menekse cam
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His only rival is himself? Very good expresion.

menekse cam, on May 15, 2009  [report post]  [quote]  [reply]

 
firuzkutal
Member
Love it...

firuzkutal, on May 12, 2009  [report post]  [quote]  [reply]

 
Marian Avramescu
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Only he knows !

Marian Avramescu, on May 12, 2009  [report post]  [quote]  [reply]

 
 

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Obama Works to Repair America's Image in the World

Smiles and handshakes are a start, but Obama's real challenge will be to show results

By Thomas Omestad

The few "Yankee Go Home" signs that greet him abroad seem almost an afterthought, and when he enters a room of world leaders, he is the most sought-after man for a photo op and a handshake. Such is the star power that has swirled around Barack Obama on his initial foreign travels as the U.S. president.

This comes as little surprise, yet it will present a challenge of sorts for the president. Obama's relative youth and vigor, his calls for reaching out to adversaries and friends overseas, his breaks from past policy, and his triumphant personal story as the nation's first African-American president all seem to make the 47-year-old leader the best single antidote to anti-Americanism in years, maybe decades. White House officials say Obama's appeal extends beyond just the leaders of the world. "What has happened is that anti-Americanism isn't cool anymore," says top Obama adviser David Axelrod.

But this initial repositioning of the American leadership brand onto more popular terrain internationally will be the easier part of Obama's task. For all the sense of fresh starts and of goodwill, the seeds of perhaps inevitable disappointments are present as well. Visiting the Czech Republic in April, Obama got a friendly warning from Vaclav Havel, the once dissident playwright and former president who led his country's Velvet Revolution. Havel cautioned that the accumulation of exaggerated expectations could turn against the new American leader. "People may end up thinking that he has betrayed them, that he has raised their hopes too far," Havel said. A smiling Obama is said to have replied that he is aware of the danger.

Image repair

Still, Obama has deftly gone about trying to reset the global image of America. The guiding impulse seems to be to start reviving U.S. standing in the world quickly in the hope that policy gains will accrue later. He has ordered the future closure of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, barred torture of terrorist suspects, and made public the Bush administration's internal memos authorizing harsh interrogation methods. He has put Washington back at the center of efforts to curb climate change and eliminate nuclear weapons over the long run. He has moved to repair relations with Moscow, and he has modestly eased the U.S. travel ban and embargo on Cuba. In the Mideast, Obama has set plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, relaunched U.S. mediation for Mideast peace, and approved talking directly with Syria and Iran.

>>> Read the full article: http://www.flickr.com/photos/benheine/3520998607/
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