U.N. Preview: Is Obama Losing His ‘Rock Star Status’?

“What a difference a year makes.”

That’s how CBS News starts a preview of this year’s U.N. General Assembly meetings, which begin this week. And while CBS points out that last year the president was treated with “rock star status,” this year presents many more challenges: high unemployment at home, tense relations with the Muslim world, and domestic poverty at an all-time high.

Ironically, then, eradicating poverty is one of the four main goals the president will present during the meetings. Others include improving the U.N.’s peacekeeping and security, promoting human rights, and tackling environmental challenges.

But as National Review points out, those goals and the speeches that will present them may be empty. “Twenty months into the tenure of our most multilateral president, what has [Obama] accomplished at the U.N.?” writer John Bolton asks. “The short answer: Not much.” Bolton is a former U.S. representative to the U.N.

For example, last year the president made nuclear non-proliferation a priority. But a year later, Iran and North Korea are closer to, not further from, nuclear weaponry. And just as the U.S. has secured a spot on the Human Rights Council, so too has Libya, while Cuba has obtained the vice chairmanship and Iran has been rewarded with a seat on the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women.

“Given this dismal record, what can we expect from Obama’s upcoming U.N. speech, and what lies ahead in the remainder of his presidency?” Bolton asks. Much of the same, he says — mostly talk with little accomplished. “Perhaps the most surprising conclusion about Obama’s U.N. record is how anemic it is.”

Obama is set to make two speeches this week: one during the U.N.’s anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) meeting on Wednesday, and another during the General Assembly debate on Thursday.

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  • Wendy in FL
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:20am

    Sorry for the double post. The site crapped out on me when I was trying to comment. :-)

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  • The Bees
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:16am

    So there we go. Almost 2 years in and the best we can say is… Well at least Jimmy Carter has a challenge to the worst Presidency in the last 100 years.

    Obama is like the snake oil salesman from Hell.

    So lets be perfectly clear….. Like Carter, Obama has to go in 4.

    Congress has to go Nov 2nd!

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  • Lynne Neal
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:15am

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    • chilo7
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 6:39pm

      I agree with you about Glenn Beck LOVE HIM !! But disagree about Mitt Romney. Remember he started the state healthcare and it is in serious trouble.However I am going to wait til after all primaries then get a more informed opinion,hopefully. But, for sure,I want a Constitutional Conservative,like, Pense,DeMint.Cantor,Ryan, etc.

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  • Wendy in FL
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:15am

    If you go over to the CBS site by clicking on the link in this story, you’ll be surprised by all the unhappy comments about Obama. This is really something when CBS readers are disappointed. The tides are changing.

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  • Wendy in FL
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:13am

    I must say, I was pretty surprised when I clicked on the link to the CBS site. The comments over there are not happy with Obama… on the CBS site! The tides are turning.

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:11am

    WHY would anyone even WANT a rock star as president? Have you seen how rock stars live? They have no morals, they lie and cheat, do drugs, destroy other’s property, rip people off, think they better then everyone else and that they are above the law….
    see, that’s JUST what you got.

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  • BQI
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:07am

    If there‘s one thing that I’ve learned since President Obama’s election (well I knew it before the election but it has since been confirmed) is that you ALWAYS believe the EXACT opposite of what he says. The same goes for almost all of the Dems especially for Pelosi and Reid.

    http://www.blackquillandink.com

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  • Oldsailor
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:04am

    Obama is the hood ornament on the progressive car. Let’s see who the progressives trot out as their next hood ornament. Hillary?

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  • firethecommunityorganizer
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:03am

    Looks like it’s time for a UN Stimulus Package.

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  • Vixen27
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:01am

    Everyone used to talk about how awkward George Bush was when giving a speech, or doing a press conference. And then they talked about how smooth our new president was as he spoke, head moving from side to side, looking at the ‘audience’ and making eye contact… but wait! He wasn’t looking at the people! He was reading from those slick teleprompters! Watch him speak without them sometime. He is almost as hesitant and awkward as George Bush. At least Bush didn’t pretend. America is waking up… our national debt remains a growing entity, unemployment has not come down as planned, and it’s all about to get much, much worse with new taxes, the possible end of the Bush tax cuts, and oh, man, we’re in for it. And sadly, this president the counsel this president surrounds himself are self-proclaimed socialist and communist sympathizers; some have publicly subscribed to those ideologies and for some reason, and they still hold their czar posts! .

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  • L4frdm
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:48am

    Has anyone else seen the adds playing (ad nauseam) to advertise O’s upcoming speech?
    “The Nation’s CEO, President Obama will be talking to his shareholders” ……………..
    Scary!

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  • Duckhunter
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:46am

    Add your comments

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  • psst
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:45am

    Ironically, then, eradicating poverty is one of the four main goals the president will present during the meetings
    Wow! Some goal. Must be to eradicate Poverty in other countries.Say like Kenya.
    Because his main goal for US is creating More Poverty here.
    For sure, he’s been a smashing success on this front.

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  • Duckhunter
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:45am

    This president should not have a status, heis not even a U.S. citizen. His real name is Barry Soetoro, he needs to be kicked out of this country,that is his status. He is a liar and a cheat. His mission is to destroy this country,by overloading our fianancial system. He needs impeached.

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    • QweeQwa
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:02am

      You need psychiatric help. Seriously dude.

       
    • Wendy in FL
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:34am

      QweeQwa,
      You need a spelling/grammar lesson. Your posts are full of mis-spellings: When you type “your” that is possessive. You should have typed you’re. And then when you typed “there” you should have typed they’re. Please educate yourself and then come back and comment because thus far, your (possessive, see?) comments lack credibility.

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    • QweeQwa
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:47am

      When someone starts being the grammar police it usually means they have nothing to say or have already lost the argument.

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    • QweeQwa
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:52am

      @Wendy

      Funny, you took the time to post about my grammar but you are completely silent when somebody compares the President to Scott Peterson. What is wrong with you?

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    • Wendy in FL
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:56am

      Let me assure you, YOU are not winning any arguments here. Just offering you a helpful tip so you can stop looking like an uneducated fool. You are welcome.

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    • QweeQwa
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 10:07am

      You people do not need any help from me looking like a bunch of childish fools. I can only assume that you also agree that the President “is just like Scott Peterson.”

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    • Wendy in FL
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 10:21am

      You are very obsessed with that comment, so I’ll bite. Scott Peterson murdered someone he vowed to honor and protect. So in that symbolic sense, yes, I agree. This president is killing our Republic, something he vowed to honor and protect.

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    • 4theRepublic
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 3:21pm

      @Wendy….. Bravo!

      @Qweeqwa…. After your grammar lesson, next is American History. I suggest you start with the Constitution.

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  • Toader Gloat
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:41am

    Is he LOSING it? Hasn’t he LOST it?

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  • Rob
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:34am

    The enemies of America still love the SOB.

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    • QweeQwa
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:01am

      Your not saying that if you support the President that you are an enemy of America are you bright eyes?

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    • burnside
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 11:18pm

      QWEEQA, in your laundry room you’ll find a bottle of liquid bleach: Swallow all of it.

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  • Rickfromillinois
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:27am

    The U.N. is a waste of mostly our money and we should pull out of it, but the same could be said of Mr. Obama. They both do much more harm then good and we would do well to tell them both good-bye.

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    • sportyk
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:05pm

      I pray that we will actively get OUT of the UN if conservatives do take over this regime. I prayed for it with Bush…………now I pray even harder!!! We pull out, kick them out, and go back to being the greatest country in the world…..with conservatives and Constitutional leaders…

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  • Red Neckerson
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:25am

    Actually I think Barry and Lohan have much in common.

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    • QweeQwa
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:59am

      Which goes to show you have the thinking ability of a 4 year old.

       
    • CRoyce
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:32am

      @ QweeQwa

      QweeQwa, all I have read from you are snide remarks and personal attacks. The only thing you have accomplished on this site is the reinforcement of our perception that those on the left are small minded, intollerant, and hatefull. You’ve done nothing to change the views of the people here. If that was your goal, I congratulate you. If not, I would suggest you take some of your own advice.

      “By their fruits shall ye know them”

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    • QweeQwa
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:44am

      Croyce,

      I tried at first to carry on intelligent conversations here but it was a waste of time. All I got was put downs, childish insults, was called un-American (because I support the President), a paid plant from the Democrat party and on and on. So what is the use?

      The President has a lot in common with Lohan? You really believe in such a childish remark? And yes, anybody who would suggest has the mentality of a very small child.

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    • Silversmith
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 10:42am

      @Queeqwa It’s a foregone conclusion that not many people here are going to agree with you. But if you truly believe in what you espouse, then quibbling and sniping only undermine your points. Tit for tat in the discussion degenerates into wasteful typing quickly. Lot’s of people from all sides make bad jokes and derogatory comments. If you have something to say, be courageous and calm, and maybe a mind will be changed – maybe yours?
      Good luck
      Silversmith

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  • hempstead1944
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:24am

    The Democrat Political rave is finally coming to an end…….wait until the participants wake up and get the bill for the party……

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    • Gigantopithecus
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 10:42am

      20 years in the dog house, and a bunch of felony convictions.

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    • IX-XI
      Posted on September 21, 2010 at 8:58am

      WE’RE getting the bill, unfortunately.

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  • DrammyCoke
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:22am

    All hype, no hope.

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  • wingedwolf
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:18am

    Just like Scott Peterson….as soon as everyone really saw him for who he is. The similarities between Scott Peterson and Barack Hussein Obama are chilling and sickening.

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    • QweeQwa
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:58am

      No there not. Take your meds and calm down.

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    • wingedwolf
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:50pm

      I don’t take meds, queek. And they are exactly alike. A sociopath is a sociopath. And this is calm. you wouldn’t like it if I got angry…I leave that to little demolibersocialcommies like you.

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  • Bronco II
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:18am

    He is one that I pray for everyday and his administration because GOD is in control and only he can change his heart.But we have to do our part to stop the madness and what we can‘t GOD will be there he is now it won’t be easy street but with alot of prayer and hard work and one step at a time it will come together for good.

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    • Rob
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:35am

      .. I pray for freedom and for Obama being gone.

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  • usualsuspect
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:14am

    It’s Just another way of saying the lunatics are running the insane asylum. May God Help Us

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    • Joseph
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:35am

      I think he should have Lady Gaga or Paris Hilton give the speech, or better yet Inez Sains

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on September 21, 2010 at 2:21am

      Id watch it then, Joseph!! lol

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  • Independent Tess
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:14am

    The uselessness of the UN only becomes more evident. Any group that would put Iran on their Commission on the Status of Women has lost what little credibility it ever had!
    Obama’s uselessness is another nail in the coffin.

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    • DanB
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:24am

      Remember, the UN is about equality of results. Not quality. So everything makes sense. Why expect exceptionalism when everything can be equally bad. Why just have women mistreated in one country when they can mistreated around the world? You cannot have a poor class when everyone is poor. Why have freedom in one country when everyone could be ruled by dictatorships?

      The UN makes me sick sometimes.

       
  • Debrabate
    Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:11am

    yup… but dont forget… he had an IDEA to fix all that stuff and won the Nobel Peace Prize.

    Which I am sure the Nobel committee is kicking themselves for now.

    His problem was that the teleprompter didnt tell him HOW to do everything… just told him what to say. SUPRISE… Obama is a scam artist and the “Campaigner in Chief”

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    • psst
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:39am

      The Nobel committee knew exactly what they were doing.
      When it comes to politics, the Nobel committee are nothing but leftists.
      They knew who Bbama was.(a communist). hence the reward.

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    • tobywil2
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 8:44am

      For the last 18 months, there has been absolutely no correlation between what Obama says and what he does! That fact makes Obama’s rhetoric irrelevant.

      People keep talking about boycotts; let’s start a boycott that doesn’t punish the innocent.

      Let’s boycott Obama.

      How do we do boycott Obama? Just hold the Remote while watching TV and whenever Obama is flashed on the screen (news or commercial), change stations!

      One click provides a great feeling of accomplishment and power!

      TRY IT YOU WILL LIKE IT!!!!!!!

      http://commonsense21c.com/

      tobywil2  
    • v.o.t.e.
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 9:38am

      psst –you made a great point — the nobel prize committee knew o‘bama’s agenda before he revealed it to us –the people— they knew what he really was– very interesting— and people have the nerve to say this is not a co-ordinated assault on our freedoms— vote vote out the encumbents

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    • Gigantopithecus
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 10:20am

      Obama = Milli-Vanilli

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    • Carborendum
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 1:21pm

      The Nobel Academy kicking themselves? Why? Carter, Gore, Arafat…

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    • antimaher
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 2:11pm

      Very astute observations. Elitists who keep decrying the stupidity of the American people are in for a rude awakening. That of course requires the realization that the American people aren’t listening to them. So far they haven‘t a clue and their smugness doesn’t say much for their intelligence.

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    • BehindBlueEyes
      Posted on September 20, 2010 at 3:29pm

      I don’t believe Obama is calling the shots
      Soros is the man and the money behind the agenda.

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