Obama: Bush Falls Short As World Leader

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Apr 23, 11:30 PM EDT

Obama: Bush Falls Short As World Leader

By DEANNA BELLANDI
Associated Press Writer

CHICAGO (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama said Monday that President Bush has fallen short in his role as leader of the free world, and the 2008 election is a chance to change that.

"This president may occupy the White House, but for the last six years the position of leader of the free world has remained open. And it is time to fill that role once more," Obama said in a speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

The Illinois senator was in his hometown to deliver a foreign policy address that was rescheduled last week after the shootings at Virginia Tech.

Obama said the world is disappointed in the United States, but it would be a mistake to "cede our claim of leadership in world affairs" because Americans might be tempted to turn inward in the face of negative world opinion.

"America cannot meet the threats of this century alone, but the world cannot meet them without America. We must neither retreat from the world nor try to bully it into submission - we must lead the world by deed and by example," he said.

[TwilightGardener]

1. His foreign policy is spot-on.

[illinoisprogressive]

2. His foreign policy speech was really great. answers those who think he is short on substance

I've been sitting and waiting for when Senator Obama would begin to answer the naysayers who thought he was nothing more than a pretty face. No brains or substance. As my senator I knew Barack Obama had alot more substance than people thought. It's nice to see this and know some are going to be having crow in the next few weeks.

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3. bush falls short as

a silver spoon fed, oily trust fund, cheerleader partyanimal, awoler booze swillin' hog farmer.