OBAMA DOES IT AGAIN – AT 9:32 A.M. ET:  You have to admire the man's consistency.  When it comes to insulting allies, Barack Obama is the champ.  The man never fails.   He is The One, and very possibly godlike...in this little area.

You'll recall that Mr. Outreach was scheduled to attend the funerals of Poland's president and first lady, killed in an air crash last week.  But the ash cloud over Europe, we were told, forced the leader of the free world to cancel his trip.  And what did he do as a substitute?  Memorial service in Washington?  Solemn trip to the Polish embassy?  Speech on TV to the Polish people?  Nah.  That's so old-time.  When Barack Obama has some free hours, he plays golf.  Publicly.  Photo ops for the press.

That certainly went down well in Poland:  From the Warsaw Business Journal:

Other world leaders found ways to attend the funeral, including Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, who made an 18-hour drive, while Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus travelled by car and train. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych also attended.

The late president's close friend, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, also managed to attend, flying in from Georgia through Rome.

Look, someone explain to these people:  Our president doesn't do trains.  Not cool, not cool.  And there's no golf on the train. 

COMMENT:  Again, Obama shows his disregard for America's friends. 

We're told that America's image in the world has improved since the president took office.  I'd like to see the internals of those polls and find out exactly who's saying what.  I'll be willing to bet that the Brits, the French, the Israelis, the Japanese, the Indians, the Canadians, the Poles and the Czechs aren't jumping up and down with glee.

But he's very large in Yemen.

April 20, 2010