According to AFP (Agence France-Presse, which is French or something for The Daily Planet, I think), Obama’s approval rating is at 75%.
In Europe.
… he remains highly popular in Europe, with 75 percent in 12 EU nations approving his handling of global affairs, a poll said Wednesday.
He is also much better liked than his predecessor George W. Bush, whose rating in Europe was just 20 percent in 2008, said the Transatlantic Trends poll by the German Marshall Fund.
Here’s what I think: if Europe like Barack Obama so much, they can have him.
But, we really should get something for him. I mean, he did kind of screw things up really bad here, so anything we can get would help offset the damage.
In baseball or pro football, trades happen all the time. In baseball, you hear about one player traded for another, or for a couple of minor leaguers. In pro football, some running back for a couple of draft choices happen from time to time. So why not in the oldest sport and second-oldest profession, politics?
Let’s trade Obama to Europe. But who should we get in return?
I’m thinking Nicolas Sarkozy would be an improvement. With that trade, we’d get a hot First Lady, too!
Heck, the desiccated corpse of Charles de Gaulle would be an improvement over Obama.
How about the Queen of England? Sure, all she does is ride around waving funny at people, but right now, that sounds pretty good.
Or the Pope. He doesn’t hate the Jews nearly as much as Obama does.
Maybe we could get Roman Polanski. Of course, he’d go straight to jail, but then we’d have a child rapist in jail and Obama in Europe. Win-win.
Or, perhaps instead of somebody from Europe, we could get a landmark or something. Like Stonehenge. Or the Rock of Gibraltar. Or Notre Dame de Paris. Or a pair of wooden shoes from the Netherlands. Any of these things would be an improvement over Obama.
So, what do you think? What would you like to get from Europe in exchange for Obama?
How about getting the Beck’s brewery or even better, the Jupiler brewery from Belgium. Everybody knows the Belgians brew the best beer in the world.
Haggis!
We have to be fair, so I say we send them Obama, Biden and a socialist to be named later in return for a bag of hammers.
I mean since Frank J already used Science! to prove the bag of hammers would be a better president than Obama we would need to throw in the bench players to balance out the value.
It would be worth it just to get the Churchill bust back. We could just set it on the desk in the oval office and it would be a better president than Obama.
Good answer Steve! Good answer! W are going to go with that one Basil!
All our troupes home.
A nice soup bone. And a pot. And hurry up, I gotta pee.
Pippa Middleton – delivered to my home.
A bust of Winston Churchill.
Sorry, Steve, I typed faster than I read, there.
“What would you like to get from Europe in exchange for Obama?
A promise that they would keep him.
I’d trade him for Vaclav Havel and I’d throw in Biden, Pelosi and Reid.
As an aside (I didn’t know until I decided to see for myself), his wife isn’t too bad on the eyes for a woman of her age. Dagmar Havlová.
No, no, not Queen Elizabeth…even Obama doesn’t wear hats as stupid and ridiculous looking as hers. Hell…even Gaddafy doesn’t wear hats as ridiculous as hers.
zzyzx – We are not amused. Off with your head. (And please don’t send O here…we have enough problems.)
I’d trade for Yulia Tymoshenko. [purrrrrr]
Or a jar of ventresca tuna.
“According to AFP (Agence France-Presse, which is French or something for The Daily Planet, I think), Obama’s approval rating is at 75% -in Europe”.- then they should invite him to sleep over , permanently. That way Michele wont’ have as far to travel for school clothes or attend Euro Disney which is so much better than Disney here. Of course every thing’s better there.
From the French, a white flag – From the British, bad teeth and from the Germans, Joooooooooooos!
We don’t need anything in return. It is like when somebody assumes the mortgage on a house where the value is underwater; that is a win because you can just walk away and the bank will be happy that they still have a sucker on the line.
Not that I would turn down Carla Bruni you understand.
I say we trade Obama for the radical muslims who riot and burn cars in France. Less destructive.
Frank’s sack of hammers meme is taking off, by the way. I am seeing mentioned as a metaphor for Teh One all over the interwebs.
This is easy.
Geert Wilders.
We need one of those Easter Island statue heads. Then we can just put it on display with it’s nose in the air,
maybe no one will notice we traded Obama.
It’s not Europe but maybe we can do a three way trade.
I say we just give them Obama and expect nothing in return…and we’d get the better half of that deal.
Helloooooooooooooooooooooo!? We want Guiness and Waterford crystal from Ireland, Stella Artois from Belgium, and Ritter Sport chocolate from Germany.
Darn it…. now I want Ritter Sport. Will whichever one of you whom is geographically closest to me please go get me chocolate? Thank you!
I’d trade him for some espresso and a biscotti but I like Italy and there’s no reason to do that to them, so how about a gyro and some baclava?
Greece is already boned and good, giving them Obama will just make it quicker and funnier.
I think a brick suspended from a string is a more than fair trade.
Well, if you’re already near the White House, CarolynthePregnant, then President Obama would be the closest. After he gives you Ritter Sport chocolate from Germany, please trade him away. Take anything in return.
DamnCat wins in my book-Yulia is one of the best things to come out of Eurasia. Mmm, Mmmm, Mmm.
There’s a few rows of white stones overlooking a couple beaches in France I would kind of like back. Granted, we sent them over there against a threat that was as bad as Obama and they did their job but what happens when the muslims finally gain control of France (next week)? Who is going to take care of that hallowed ground?
You guys are going about this all wrong. You’ve got to lure Obama away. You can’t just trade him. You’ll get the poopy end of all those slave analogies if you do that. Trust me.
I’d trade Obama for anything equal or greater in value than a fat load of nothing.
Quasimoto?
Fun Fact: France is secretly ashamed that we got a black president before they did, because they pride themselves on being more open-minded and accepting than “les cowboys” (that’s us).
They want him, they can have him.
A drunken Irishman? Should have a few of those to spare.
Why trade him. We can make up for the iPod incident by giving the british queen what she always wanted.
1 Guano Island.
http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/48C8.txt
In trade for Obama, we should negotiate for something less destructive than he’s been. Suggestions: France’s nuclear reactor waste; British soccer hooligans; Greek labor unions; the IRA.
English food
Why don’t you ALL leave the country? It’s doesn’t fake Americans like you.
So yes, we are anti-misplaced arrogance among the more conservative / right-wing / evangelicl / red-neck elements within american society.
What’s the difference between Europeans and Americans?
European actually KNOWS what socialism means and it is. Americans you think the know don’t cause they listen the right-wing propaganda lias like Rushie the racist pig! Before you call Europeans stupid for liking this guy, take a look in the mirror!
As a direct descendant of several Patriots who fought for this country in the Revolutionary War, my family has a long history of defending this country, up to and including my service in the United States Army. So when something bad happens to this country, like the likes of Obama or his brain-dead followers who put him into office, I’m going to speak up.
If you need help heading to Europe or some other place where the likes of you would feel comfortable, say the word. There are plenty here who’d love to help you out.
So you want me to look in the mirror, then call europeans stupid? Pointless, but okay.
I say we trade him for Geert Wilders, some curry wurst from Germany, and a bag of hammers.
Basil, did the Great Landlord just deliver some spam (#38) on your post ?
Jimmy:
No, that looks like a product of pass-them-all public education.
Let me add that I went to public schools. But the passing grades I got were real.
Basil, me too. My ancestor was William Cherry, fought with Gen Francis Marion as militia. Ever seen The Patriot? Yup, those guys.
Supertink, there’s one other way to interpret #38’s statement.
“Before you call Europeans stupid for liking this guy, take a look in the mirror!”
So, before liking Obama, look into a mirror because if you like him, you’ll have to call yourself stupid.
Done.
I still don’t like Obama. Therefore, I am not stupid.
Jimmy, either way means he’s stupid. Or european. Or both. He was hard to understand; I’m not fluent in idiot.
Back to the trade.
(or A Return from Idiocy…) #38
How about his weight in warm ripe Limburger cheese.
At least the stink factor would be about the same.
All of France’s nuclear reactors.
A quantity of Nutella, whether a jar, a case, a pallet, or a supertanker, just give us some Nutella.
#38, learn English, then come back to taunt us a second time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmOTpIVxji8
So 75% of Europeans like him? What does it say about Europe and about Obama that 75% approve how he handles things but that 38% suffer from mental illness? http://m.cbsnews.com/storysynopsis.rbml?feed_id=0&catid=20102020&videofeed=36
(Frank, you owe me a h/t if you use this in a follow-up post. )
Angela Dorothea Merkel. All she has to do for us is what she’s doing for Germany — austerity measures…
I see some people asking for some pretty big things in return. We don’t want France to back out of this deal because we’re asking for too much. Let’s approach this like a sports trade. We have something they want, and they might have something that would be a better fit in our situation. Didn’t I read on this site that we would be better suited with a sack of hammers playing Obama’s position? Let’s just try to get an even trade that works out for everybody
Obama for President of the EU!!
#53 dlr says:
September 16th, 2011 at 7:07 am
Obama for President of the EU!!
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I think that would be bad. He would be in a position to do even more damage to our economy than he already has. How about making him an intern someplace in Greece
Me!
In exchange for Obama, I would like a weekly delivery of baguettes from France. Yum!