"Venezuela is a country whose defense budget is probably 1/600th of the United States'.

[Occam Bandage]

"They own Citgo. It's unlikely that as a consequence of me shaking hands or having a polite conversation with Mr. Chavez that we are endangering the strategic interests of the United States. I don't think anybody can find any evidence that that would do so. Even within this imaginative crowd, I think you would be hard-pressed to paint a scenario in which U.S. interests would be damaged as a consequence of us having a more constructive relationship with Venezuela.

"So if the question, Dan, is, how does this play politically, I don't know. One of the benefits of my campaign and how I've been trying to operate as President is I don't worry about the politics -- I try to figure out what's right in terms of American interests, and on this one I think I'm right."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Press-Conference-By-The-President-In-Trinidad-And-Tobago-4/19/2009/

[SemiCharmedQuark]

1. Ha ha!

Thank you for posting.

[joshcryer]

2. It's so great to have a President that can fucking think for a change.

Man it's so refreshing.

[Occam Bandage]

3. Though there have been compromises on the domestic issues,

Obama's been absolutely pitch-perfect on international issues. Kind of funny that the most frequent complaint about Obama during the campaign was that he wasn't prepared for foreign relations.

[Jennicut]

4. Oh, he has totally proved he is more then capable.

Bush had no experience either except he let Dick Cheney dictate fp.