Mr. Obama seems to have a split personality when it comes to America and its people. Recently in a speech given on his current European trip, Mr. Obama called "America arrogant" in its policies towards Europe. Now, it is interesting to note that he did not say "America's Foreign Policies" or even the "past administration's", which is obviously what he meant, but he actually condemned America. On the other hand when the new Attorney General, Eric Holder, made his comment that "Americans were cowards" when it came to race, the President quickly moved to repudiate Holder saying that he "did not agree" with those ideas or comments. It seems that Mr. Obama is quick to apologize for missteps of his own administration and the Democratic Party, while being as quick or quicker to condemn the previous administrations or Republican Party’s policies. This can be called politics as usual except for the fact that the President did his condemning and repudiating on foreign soil. His comments were much the same type as those of "The Dixie Chicks" when they went overseas and insulted then President Bush and I am sure you can remember the uproar that caused and how it hit the brakes on a rising musical career. Will we see the same uproar for Mr. Obama? No. In both cases the comments were gratuitous attempts to "win the crowd". The difference is that we have come to expect this type of behavior from "entertainers", after all how smart do you really have to be, but from the President of the United States! This will probably be either ignored by the main stream media or dealt with as a simple verbal misunderstanding. But if you look closely you will see a pattern arising, one of blame and condemnation first, thereby separating himself from America before the Obama Administration, and then inserting himself as the "New Messiah of Change" for a new America. Will the world and its leaders fall for this rhetoric and if so for how long? Only time will tell.

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