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Obama: Global Coordination Needed For Global Crisis
In this weekend's YouTube Address, President Obama discussed the work of the G-20 leaders to fix the global economy:

"Ultimately, the only way out of a recession that is global in scope is with a response that is global in coordination," said Obama. "That is why I'm pleased that after two days of careful negotiation, the G20 nations have agreed on a series of unprecedented steps that I believe will be a turning point in our pursuit of a global economic recovery."

RNC Video: Obama Inherited A Fiscal Crisis, Is Making It Worse
In this weekend's RNC YouTube, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) gives the GOP's rebuttal on the budget -- and concedes the White House's point that the problems it is facing are inherited, rather than of its own making:

"There is no doubt that President Obama inherited a fiscal crisis," said Ryan. "But the question is, is he fixing it or is he making it worse? The President's budget, which passed the House and Senate this week, will make the crisis much, much worse."

Obama's Day In Europe
President Obama spent the day in Strasbourg, France, meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European heads of state. The group attended a 3:30 a.m. ET tribute to NATO military personnel. President Obama attended a 4:15 a.m. ET tribute to NATO military personnel. Obama met with leaders of Greece at 7:30 am. ET. He held a news conference at 8:15 a.m. ET. At 9:25 a.m. ET, President Obama and Michelle Obama left Strasbourg for Prague, meeting U.S. Embassy Personnel at 11 a.m. ET.

No Biden Events Today
Vice President Biden is spending the day in Wilmington, Delaware, and does not have any public events scheduled.

Obama: NATO Sending More Troops And Trainers To Afghanistan
During his news conference today in Strasbourg, President Obama announced that NATO has agreed to send 5,000 more troops and trainers to Afghanistan. When a reporter asked what the message to terrorists should be, Obama replied: "We are going to keep on going until we get this job done. And they should be clear that we are unified, we are strong; they will not wear us down. We are going to complete our mission so that our people are safe."

Obama Broker Deal With Turkey For New NATO Head
President Obama arranged for Turkey to drop its objections to the new appointment of the new Secretary-General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark, after making promises that one of Rasmussen's deputies would be a Turk, and that the country's commanders would have a presence in NATO. Turkey had been threatening to veto Rasmussen over his country's handling of the controversial political cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in 2006.

Michelle Obama's Plans Disrupted By Anti-War Protesters
Michelle Obama had to cancel her plans to visit a cancer research center, accompanied by French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and German First Gentleman Joachim Sauer, after a large crowd of anti-war protesters, clashing with police, made it unfeasible to get through to the building and back.

Ryan: I Apologize To Europe For Saying We're Becoming Like Them -- We're Worse
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) told The Hill that he was wrong to repeatedly accuse President Obama of turning America into Europe. "We owe them an apology because our budget is worse than theirs," said Ryan. "To suggest that we're turning our budget into a European kind of a budget is unfair ... it's unfair to Europe."


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Obama Kills in Strasbourg, But Some Frenchmen Still Prefer Bush
http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=6772

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Obama has a tremendous European visit, while the GOP is still using "Europe" as an insult Stateside.

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Are there any countries left on this planet the GOP does not vilify?

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Nope. You can throw the us in that group as well. They obviously hate america as well.

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The only country I can think of would be Antarctica. There's no one there for repuglicans to hate.

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You are obviously forgetting that Antarctica is the home of homosexual penguins.

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OKay ... scratch Antarctica. The only other place would be the North Pole. I have to assume they're on good terms with Santa, his elves and reindeer.

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Well they like reindeer meat. At least when hunted from helicopters. Not so much the elves. They're a little too gay and taste tough and stringy. Santa is OK though.

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I guess they need to learn some coping skills then.

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Major defense budget news. Gates is going to cut 1 aircraft carrier from 11, down to 10. 4 more to go to get some realism back in the navy. Our navy is only larger than the next largest 13 navies COMBINED, 11 of which are allies. Also, the us defense budget is greater than the next 25 highest spending nations COMBINED. Furthermore, he plans on cutting more big spending programs. Look out, pork barrel spending on the military and republican business interests is over. There is a new sheriff in town.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040304080.html?hpid=topnews

Gates is the man.

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Virginia GOOPers meeting today to consider ousting ultra-conservative state chairman Jeff Frederick.  Fifty-eight of the 77 members of the Central Committee (sounds kinda Commie, no?) have said he should go -- enough of a majority to make it happen.

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Lol they said the SAME THING about Clinton's budget. Same exact thing. What a joke these guys are.

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Unfortunately, none of the serious people will notice that unless Jon Stewart points it out with clips on the Daily Show.

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Am I the only one totally distracted by the ubercool fact that the address is aboard Air Force One? Talk about your bright shiny objects and ADD.

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How do these guys say this crap with a straight face? I'm convinced that they know that only their base is listening so they're just saying what they want to hear.

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It's because they got nuthin. What are they supposed to do, go dark? Use sock puppets??

The problem is, every time a GOPer says something now it pisses off another GOPer. It's like an Irish Catholic wedding reception I went to once.

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I've always thought the funniest thing about these weekly responses is that they showcase the bench of Republican talent. And every one of them is a rich white man.

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As I watched BHO's press conferences and public appearances during the past few days I couldn't help being reminded of the RWers' valiant but laughable attempts over the past 8 years to convince everyone that GWB was the reincarnation of Churchill, FDR, +/or Lincoln.

I wonder if they're now even able to recognize what a real leader looks like?

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Ryan is a lying liar with lying eyes . . . Eric Cantor sez thar aint no ecomonic crisis so how cud za Obama be makin' it worse?

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