American Global Influence in One Chart

babylonsister

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Mon Apr-19-10 06:02 PM
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American Global Influence in One Chart

http://washingtonindependent.com/82719/american-global-influence-in-one-chart

American Global Influence in One Chart
By Spencer Ackerman 4/19/10 3:24 PM

Via Andrew Sullivan, who insightfully notes that we’re the only country whose prestige is on the rise in the eyes of our international fellows.

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Mon Apr-19-10 06:09 PM
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1. After what bu$h did to us, U.S., it's the only way it could go.

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Mon Apr-19-10 06:11 PM
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3. Hmm. What if McCain were prez? I think you might be wrong there. nt

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Mon Apr-19-10 07:04 PM
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7. Exactly..we could be swimming

around in the toxic abyss water right now.

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Mon Apr-19-10 08:59 PM
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9. Huh? You are saying we were so down that even McCain could improve our prestige?

And if Palin did him in, than what? 2 can play that game.

I'm not seeing what McCain has to do with anything here. :shrug:

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Mon Apr-19-10 09:37 PM
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11. Wow, how did you come up with THAT? You said

"After what bu$h did to us, U.S., it's the only way it could go."

My opinion is McCain coulda/woulda made the graph go even lower, not up.

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Mon Apr-19-10 06:11 PM
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2. of late, I kinda like Mr. Sullivan.....he's round-around corner with understanding...n/t

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Mon Apr-19-10 06:21 PM
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4. The right winger "Andrew Sullivan" and "insightful" are two entities that don't belong together.

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Mon Apr-19-10 06:32 PM
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5. Je m'excuse...i was referring to the "insightful" part...

:hi:

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Mon Apr-19-10 07:00 PM
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6. LOL, we were down there with Russia at one point. Here's a larger version:

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/.a/6a00d83451c45669e201347ffad68d970c-800wi

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Cha

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Mon Apr-19-10 07:08 PM
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8. And, all it took to get us leading again..

was one Democratic President named Barack Obama.

Every once in awhile..I still can't believe our good fortune in that respect.

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Mon Apr-19-10 09:02 PM
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10. We were given the election.

McCain/Palin??? Surly they could have done better than that if they had wanted.

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Mon Apr-19-10 09:58 PM
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12. Good of you to defend McCain and Palin, though confusing to me.

:wtf:

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Tue Apr-20-10 05:49 AM
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13. How am I defending McCain & Palin?

In what way?

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