I don't think even the announcements mattered - he got the peace prize for not being Bush. The world breathed a collective sigh of relief that the US didn't vote in another half-insane Republican.
Obama's policies were relatively unimportant - he was the lesser of two evils, where the greater evil was pretty much the anointed successor of Satan from the point of view of large parts of the world (his policies didn't matter either; he could've been replaced by Mother Theresa and the taint of association with Bush would still have been there). That's how badly Bush alienated even huge numbers of people internationally who have traditionally been very right wing and very pro-US.
Consider that e.g. Clinton was very well liked internationally, yet he got nothing like the reception Obama got.
Obama's election was the first and only time where I heard of tons of non-Americans going to parties celebrating the US election. There was a very real sense of elation, especially given the kick in the face and disappointment and total and utter disbelief the Bush re-election created last time around.
I can't figure out what point you're trying to make. GP pretty much stated in his first paragraph what your comment explained.
Does any of that matter? The only reason they thought he was better than Bush was because he made promises that sounded good, but he didn't actually keep them. That's the issue here.
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I don't think even the announcements mattered - he got the peace prize for not being Bush. The world breathed a collective sigh of relief that the US didn't vote in another half-insane Republican.
Obama's policies were relatively unimportant - he was the lesser of two evils, where the greater evil was pretty much the anointed successor of Satan from the point of view of large parts of the world (his policies didn't matter either; he could've been replaced by Mother Theresa and the taint of association with Bush would still have been there). That's how badly Bush alienated even huge numbers of people internationally who have traditionally been very right wing and very pro-US.
Consider that e.g. Clinton was very well liked internationally, yet he got nothing like the reception Obama got.
Obama's election was the first and only time where I heard of tons of non-Americans going to parties celebrating the US election. There was a very real sense of elation, especially given the kick in the face and disappointment and total and utter disbelief the Bush re-election created last time around.
I can't figure out what point you're trying to make. GP pretty much stated in his first paragraph what your comment explained.
Does any of that matter? The only reason they thought he was better than Bush was because he made promises that sounded good, but he didn't actually keep them. That's the issue here.