Via the Tribune…
A poll of six Arab nations that McClatchy Newspapers has sponsored in conjunction with Ipsos polling has found that Obama is well-regarded in some.
Ironically, Obama’s standing appears lowest, among these nations, in Egypt, which the White House named last week as the location of the president’s June 4 address.
“Obama scored highest in Jordan, where 58 percent … have a favorable opinion of him, 29 percent have an unfavorable view, 6 percent had no opinion and 7 percent didn’t know,” McClatchy’s Bill Douglas reports.
“Saudi Arabians have a 53 percent favorable opinion of Obama, followed by 52 percent in the United Arab Emirates,” Douglas reports. “From there, Obama’s popularity dips, with a 47 percent favorability rating in Kuwait, 43 percent in Lebanon and 35 percent in Egypt.”
Interesting – but not very meaningful. With the poll taking place between March 9 and March 25th – roughly 50 to 60 days after the beginning of his mandate, during which he was mainly trying to pick up the pieces of his nation’s economy, respondents had little to base their responses on.
No guarantee, of course, that this has changed by now – but it casts a serious doubt over the usefulness of this poll.
Just wait until he’s in Cairo, and says a couple of nice things about Egypt, or even takes his daughters to the pyramids.. then take the poll again!
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, we are an ancient people Hossam, and poor people also.. of course we will never like Obama, usually cons do not like their colleagues heheheheheeeeeeeeeeee