United States is the most admired country globally thanks largely to Obama and team

[tmarket]

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The United States is the most admired country globally thanks largely to the star power of President Barack Obama and his administration, according to a new poll.

It climbed from seventh place last year, ahead of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan which completed the top five nations in the Nation Brand Index (NBI).

"What's really remarkable is that in all my years studying national reputation, I have never seen any country experience such a dramatic change in its standing as we see for the United States for 2009," said Simon Anholt, the founder of NBI, which measured the global image of 50 countries each year.

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Canada took the biggest hit in the latest survey, falling to seventh from fourth place, while China climbed several spots to 22nd, which Anholt believes in due in part to the successful staging of the Olympics.

China has always scored low on human rights and environmental policies but high on cultural heritage.

"It is the first time China's profile has risen," said Anholt, who has been doing the annual poll since 2005.

"Since the Olympics its score for tourism and its people has risen and that has helped to stem its decline," Anholt explained.

Italy maintained the sixth spot in the survey for the second year, while Switzerland came in eight, followed by Australia in 9th place and Spain and Sweden, which tied for 10th place.

At the opposite end of the survey Colombia and Kenya tied for 47th place. Angola was number 49 and Iran came in last at number 50.

 

[nutmeg]

How timely.

Obama - no olympics.

Newsflash - US most admired.

We wouldn't want to damage Obama's self esteem. Here's your trophy.

 

[aegis]

WTF has Obama done to "gain respect" from other countries? So far, he hasn't accomplished much of anything.

Am I missing something here?

 

[ang_99]

Quote from nutmeg:

How timely.

Obama - no olympics.

Newsflash - US most admired.

We wouldn't want to damage Obama's self esteem. Here's your trophy.

Exactly, just like the articles on how "obama meets with top commander in Afghanistan" after the news on how he has spoken to him 1 time, was broken.

lol!!


This administration is always playing damage control, they obviously don't have much confidence in themselves.

 

[Scataphagos]

Quote from aegis:

WTF has Obama done to "gain respect" from other countries? So far, he hasn't accomplished much of anything.

Am I missing something here?

Rest of the world equally stupid as Americans?

 

[Ricter]

Quote from Scataphagos:

Rest of the world equally stupid as Americans?

No. I mean yes! I mean... dammit!

 

[jficquette]

That is not true about Obama being in the poll as a reason. The media is trying to say its because the US went up in the polls however no personalities were in the poll.

"The global survey, conducted by GFK Roper Public Affairs & Media, involved 20,000 people in 20 rich and developing countries around the globe. They were asked to rate 50 nations in categories such as culture, governance, people, exports, tourism, landscape and education:


Just more leftist dribble.

 

[Ricter]

Quote from jficquette:

That is not true about Obama being in the poll as a reason. The media is trying to say its because the US went up in the polls however no personalities were in the poll.

"The global survey, conducted by GFK Roper Public Affairs & Media, involved 20,000 people in 20 rich and developing countries around the globe. They were asked to rate 50 nations in categories such as culture, governance, people, exports, tourism, landscape and education:


Just more leftist dribble.

You are correct, it could be for other reasons than Obama. What else has changed about the US significantly in the past year?

 

[a_person]

Quote from Ricter:

What else has changed about the US significantly in the past year?

7 years after 9/11 and in the middle of two wars against muslim fundamentalists americans elected a black guy with a muslim middle name to be their president. No predominantly white country has ever done that, no country will in the foreseeable future. The US and the american people obviously deserve the admiration for their open-mindedness and "color-blindness", the president - not necessarily. He has not done nothing yet.

 

[Ricter]

Quote from a_person:

7 years after 9/11 and in the middle of two wars against muslim fundamentalists americans elected a black guy with a muslim middle name to be their president. No predominantly white country has ever done that, no country will in the foreseeable future. The US and the american people obviously deserve the admiration for their open-mindedness and "color-blindness", the president - not necessarily. He has not done nothing yet.

Excellent argument for why Obama IS the reason. I asked for alternative reasons. By the way, he's not black.