U.S. Image Abroad

Mar 23, 2008

C-SPAN | Washington Journal

The guests talked about how various sectors of the world such as the United Kingdom and Latin America view the United States. They focused on the current race for president of the United States. They responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.
The guests talked about how various sectors of the world such as the United Kingdom and Latin America view the United States. They focused on the current race for president of the United States. They responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

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00:00:12 Host WE ARE BACK LIVE WITH TWO CORRESPONDENTS WHO COVER THE U.S. FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE NEWSPAPERS OR NEWS...
00:00:35 Guest YEAH.
00:00:39 Host WHY IS THAT?
00:00:42 Guest WE HAVE A SPANISH LANGUAGE WIRE AND WE HAVE A SERVICE FOR LATIN AMERICAN PAPERS.
00:00:48 Host ALSO JOINING US, TOBY HARNDEN HARNDEN, THE U.S. EDITOR FOR "THE DAILY TELEGRAPH" OUT OF LONDON. ...
00:00:58 Guest IT IS THE LARGEST QUALITY BROAD SHEET NEWSPAPER. WE SELL 900,000 COPIES A DAY IN THE UK.
00:01:04 Host TOBY HARNDEN, ARE PEOPLE IN ENGLAND FOLLOWING OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS? HOW CLOSELY?
00:01:09 Guest I THINK AT THE MOMENT PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE CLOSER THAN THEY ARE BRITISH...
00:01:37 Host MARCELO RAIMON, ARE YOU GETTING THE SAME TYPE OF INTENSE SCRUTINY?
00:01:42 Guest YEAH. PEOPLE IN LATIN AMERICA HAVE NO CHANCE OF THAT. THE INFLUENCE ON LATIN AMERICA IS HUGE. PEOPLE...
00:01:59 Host WE OFTEN MISCHARACTERIZE LATIN AMERICA AS A MONOLITH, AS ONE OPINION. IT IS VERY DIVERSE DOWN THERE....
00:02:08 Guest IT IS VERY DIVERSE. BUT AT THIS MOMENT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A TREND, LIKE A LEFT TREND IN MOST OF THE...
00:02:17 Host ARGENTINA, VENEZUELA, ECUADOR?
00:02:20 Guest YEAH. THEY ALL HAVE A LEFT GOING.
00:02:30 Host AT THE SAME TIME, THE PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL AND PRESIDENT BUSH SEEM TO HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP....
00:02:39 Guest YEAH. THE BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT IS A VERY SMART PRESIDENT.
00:02:42 Host WHY IS THAT?
00:02:46 Guest HE KNOWS HOW TO PLAY. HE IS A WORKER'S PRESIDENT, BUT HE IS ALSO THE PRESIDENT FOR THE INDUSTRIAL...
00:03:11 Host TOBY HARNDEN, WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GORDON BROWN AND PRESIDENT BUSH?
00:03:14 Guest WELL, A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN I THINK THAT OF TONY BLAIR AND GEORGE W. BUSH. I THINK PART OF THAT...
00:03:43 Host SO MANY POLLS DONE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS OR SO SAY THAT RESPECT FOR THE U.S. IS DOWN TO RECORD LEVELS....
00:03:53 Guest YEAH. IN LATIN AMERICA, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT WASHINGTON AT THIS MOMENT IS LOATHING THE...
00:04:13 Host HOW IS IT THAT THE U.S. NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT?
00:04:18 Guest I THINK IT IS A LACK OF POLITICAL AND DIPLOMAT ATTENTION. AT THIS MOMENT PRESIDENT BUSH IS INTEREST...
00:04:38 Host WHAT KIND OF ATTENTION DO YOU THINK LATIN AMERICA, COUNTRIES, WOULD LIKE TO SEE?
00:04:44 Guest SOMETHING ON THE SAME LEVEL, SOMETHING LIKE THE UNITED STATES IS REALLY INTERESTED IN THE NEIGHBOR,...
00:05:09 Host TOBY HARNDEN, WHAT ABOUT THE U.S. RELATIONSHIP WITH EUROPE? WE'LL LET YOU SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE CONTINENT....
00:05:15 Guest WELL, IN BRITAIN THE POPULARITY OF THE U.S. HAS DROPPED DOWN TO 51%. I THINK IT'S 83% AROUND THE TIME...
00:06:07 Host DOES THIS ALL GO -- SO IN YOUR VIEW IT DOESN'T ALL GO TO PRESIDENT BUSH?
00:06:13 Guest ANTI-AMERICANISM OR SKEPTICISM ABOUT AMERICA'S ROLE AND DISCOMFORT WITH AMERICA'S POSITION IN THE...
00:06:22 Host GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME TO THE "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." THIS IS ROUNDTABLE WITH TOBY HARNDEN OF THE...
00:07:05 Caller HELLO. THANKS. TO THE ENGLISHMAN. I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T QUITE CATCH YOUR NAMES.
00:07:14 Host TOBY HARNDEN.
00:07:16 Caller TOBY. DO THE ENGLISH PEOPLE OR PEOPLE OF EUROPE KNOW THAT BRZEZINSKI WARNED THERE WAS NO WEAPONS OF...
00:07:45 Host THE IRAQ WAR. BRZEZINSKI, PEOPLE ARE CERTAINLY AWARE OF HIM. I THINK PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY MORE AWARE...
00:08:48 Host MARCELO RAIMON, IS PRESIDENT BUSH THE FOCUS OF ANTI-AMERICANISM IN LATIN AMERICA?
00:08:53 Guest YEAH. BUT THE REASON IS IRAQ. AND ALL THE DECEIVING ABOUT THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. I MEAN,...
00:09:17 Host I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS YET IN THE "WASHINGTON POST" THIS MORNING, U.S. PUSHED ALLIED ON...
00:10:07 Guest HE IS OF THE RIGHT. HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S WRITING ABOUT. THAT'S NOT THE WAY YOU TREAT YOUR FRIENDS....
00:10:14 Host VIRGIN ISLANDS, GOOD MORNING.
00:10:18 Caller GOOD MORNING, HAPPY EASTER. I AM FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. I'M A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN. I CONSIDER...
00:11:00 Guest I THINK IT IS MORE OR LESS LIKE HERE. PEOPLE IN LATIN AMERICA ARE VERY INTERESTED IN A NEW FIGURE...
00:11:17 Guest YEAH, I'D SAY IT'S LIKE HERE, EXCEPT MORE SO. TREMENDOUS INTEREST IN BARACK OBAMA IN PARTICULAR. ...
00:12:35 Host MARCELO RAIMON, YOU WERE NODDING YOUR HEAD.
00:12:39 Guest THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. I WAS THINKING PEOPLE IN LATIN AMERICA, WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY....
00:13:07 Host WHAT ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON OR JOHN McCAIN? ARE THEY GENERATING ANY EXCITEMENT?
00:13:13 Guest PEOPLE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT JOHN McCAIN BUT WE ARE CATCHING UP. WE ARE WRITING A LOT ABOUT THAT....
00:13:23 Host WAS BILL CLINTON POPULAR WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT IN LATIN AMERICA?
00:13:27 Guest YEAH, HE WAS.
00:13:28 Guest ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES MY JOB EEASY, ALL THREE OF THE CANDIDATES IN THE RACE AT THE MOMENT,...
00:14:15 Host JOHN McCAIN WAS JUST IN LONDON. DIDN'T HE MEET WITH PRIME MINISTER BROWN?
00:14:18 Guest YES, HE DID. AND HE MET WITH DAVID CAMERON, THE OPPOSITION LEADER.
00:14:22 Host HOW DID THOSE MEETINGS GO?
00:14:23 Guest I THINK THEY WENT WELL. IT WAS A GOOD VISIT FOR McCAIN. HE WAS ABLE TO PORTRAY HIMSELF, AS HE IS,...
00:15:24 Host NEW ORLEANS, DEMOCRAT, GOOD MORNING.
00:15:27 Caller GOOD MORNING. HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYBODY AND THE TWO GENTLEMEN, THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS, SINCE YOU...
00:16:21 Host MARCELO RAIMON?
00:16:22 Guest I LOVE TO WRITE ABOUT HILLARY, TOO. IT'S GREAT TO WRITE ABOUT. I MEAN, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE JOB....
00:16:51 Host HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE AS A MEMBER OF THE FOREIGN PRESS TO INTERVIEW OR GO ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL?
00:16:57 Guest YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT McCAIN BEING IN LONDON, I WANTED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING....
00:17:23 Host HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN BASED IN WASHINGTON?
00:17:25 Guest EIGHT YEARS.
00:17:26 Host HOW IS PRESIDENT BUSH -- THE NEW PRESIDENT DOING IN ARGENTINA?
00:17:38 Guest THE NEW LADY? YEAH. OKAY. THE FEELING IS THAT THEY'RE KIND OF EXCITED, OKAY. BUT THERE ARE LIKE SOME...
00:18:03 Host DOES SHE TEND TO FOLLOW HUGO CHAVEZ IN THE ANTI-AMERICANISM?
00:18:11 Guest IT'S LIKE EVERY PERSON IN SOUTH AMERICA, THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE CHAVEZ IDEAS. ARGENTINA WAS ALWAYS...
00:18:36 Host NEXT CALLER.
00:18:37 Caller I WANTED TO MENTION TWO THINGS ON THE RACE AND THE PERCEPTION HERE IN FALLS. THERE IS A BIG -- LOT...
00:19:26 Guest EXACTLY.
00:19:27 Host NOW ARE YOU AN AMERICAN LIVING IN FRANCE?
00:19:29 Caller OF COURSE.
00:19:30 Host HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OVER THERE?
00:19:33 Caller SINCE 2000.
00:19:34 Host HOW LONG WILL YOU BE
00:19:35 Caller I BOUGHT MY HOUSE HERE. I'M THROUGH. OF COURSE I'M AFRICAN-AMERICAN BUT WHAT I'M SEEING HERE IN THIS...
00:20:11 Host WHAT DO YOU DO IN PARIS?
00:20:13 Caller I'M A MUSICIAN, ARTIST. I'VE BEEN HERE -- BUT I TRAVEL ALL OVER. FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, JUST RETURNED...
00:20:40 Host FINALLY, CALLER, HOW ARE YOU WATCHING C-SPAN?
00:20:45 Caller ON C-SPAN.ORG. ALMOST EVERY DAY FOR 20 YEARS. ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
00:20:49 Host THANKS. TOBY HARNDEN.
00:20:52 Guest YEAH. VERY INTERESTING, JOHN McCAIN. I THINK WHEN SARKOZY WAS ELECTED REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY TOOK SOME...
00:21:27 Host DOES IT HELP HILLARY CLINTON THAT BILL CLINTON WAS PRESIDENT?
00:21:32 Guest I'VE WRITTEN A LOT ABOUT THIS. I THINK I WAS ONE OF THE EARLIER PEOPLE TO EXPRESS A GREAT DEAL OF...
00:23:04 Host SAME QUESTION.
00:23:07 Guest FOR ME, THAT'S -- THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG AMERICAN POLITICS ISSUES FOR ME. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE HATE...
00:23:53 Host BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, REPUBLICAN, YOU'RE ON THE AIR.
00:23:57 Caller YES, GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. YOU BOTH SEEM TO BE OBVIOUSLY ENGAGED...
00:24:44 Host THANK YOU, CALLER. MARCELO, RAIMON.
00:24:47 Guest WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER MYSTERY. BECAUSE OBAMA IS I THINK THE WHOLE GOOD THING WITH OBAMA IS THAT HE'S...
00:25:49 Guest WELL, I THINK THE FIRST CONCRETE THING THAT HE'LL DO IS ANNOUNCE A WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ. AND THAT...
00:27:38 Guest THE PRESIDENT SAID EVERYTHING LOOKS MUCH, MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. SO I THINK WE HAVE...
00:28:06 Guest SOME INTERESTING COMMENTS FROM THE FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR WHO RESIGNED SHORTLY AFTER FOR DIFFERENT...
00:28:35 Host MOUNT POCONO, PENNSYLVANIA, GOOD MORNING.
00:28:37 Caller GOOD MORNING. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT FIRST. I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW THE AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA LIED...
00:29:38 Host YOUR PERCEPTIONS OF THE AMERICAN PRESS. TOBY HARNDEN.
00:29:43 Guest THERE IS A KIND OF CONCEIT IN EUROPE AND IN BRITAIN THAT THE AMERICAN PRESS IS SORT OF LAPDOGS TO...
00:31:09 Guest IN LATIN AMERICA WE FEEL LIKE IT IS A BIG NAME, BIG PAPERS. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING -- IF YOU WRITE...
00:31:33 Guest ONE THING ABOUT AMERICAN REPORTING, OR AMERICAN JOURNALISM, IS THAT IT'S SEEN AS KIND OF A PROFESSION,...
00:31:54 Host NEXT CALL FOR OUR GUESTS, CLEVELAND, OHIO, REPUBLICAN. CLEVELAND. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, DEMOCRATS....
00:32:08 Caller YEAH, HI, PETER. I'M FROM GERMANY. AND GERMANY AND IN FRANCE, MY FRIENDS ALL WANT OBAMA. I WANT ALL...
00:32:23 Host STRONG OPINION THERE. PORTLAND, OREGON, GOOD MORNING. PORTLAND, YOU WITH US?
00:32:29 Caller IT'S ACTUALLY PORTLAND, MAINE.
00:32:32 Host GO AHEAD, PORTLAND, MAINE.
00:32:34 Caller I HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. FIRST I WANTED TO COMMENT ABOUT AMERICA'S REPUTATION ABROAD. THAT WAS...
00:34:14 Host MARCELO, RAIMON, HAVE YOU WRITTEN ABOUT THE REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT?
00:34:18 Guest YEAH, OF COURSE.
00:34:23 Host WHAT DID YOU WRITE?
00:34:24 Guest I WROTE ABOUT ALL THE COMMENTS HE MADE ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE SPEECH SENATOR OBAMA MADE. IT IS A VERY,...
00:35:10 Host YOU PERCEIVE IS AS
00:35:11 Guest YEAH. IT IS MORE CONCRETE. IT IS EVERYWHERE AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME. I THINK...
00:36:04 Host WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT?
00:36:06 Guest YOU TALK IN AN ACADEMIC WAY, JOURNALISTIC WAY, BUT YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT RACE LIKE A VEHICLE. YOU'RE...
00:36:35 Unidentified Speaker
00:36:36 Host SILVER BULLET?
00:36:37 Guest YEAH. NOW EVERYTHING GOING TO BE OKAY BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE A BLACK PERSON AS A PRESIDENT. I THINK...
00:37:03 Guest YEAH. I THINK TO SOME EXTENT SHE WAS RIGHT. SORRY FOR SAYING THAT, BUT BARACK OBAMA SAID -- IS A...
00:37:26 Host TOBY HARNDEN, HOW DOES IN YOUR PERCEPTION RACE RELATIONS HERE IN THE STATES COMPARE TO THOSE IN EUROPE?...
00:37:34 Guest IT'S DIFFERENT. THIS LEGACY OF SEGREGATION WHICH IS VERY, VERY RECENT. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT...
00:38:43 Host HOW WOULD YOU SAY RACE RELATIONS ARE IN ENGLAND COMPARED TO HERE?
00:38:50 Guest WELL, HERE IN THE UNITED STATES THE BLACK VOTE, AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE, OR BLACK POLITICIANS ARE MUCH...
00:39:19 Host LINCOLN, MISSOURI, INPENT LINE, THANKS FOR HOLDING. YOU'RE ON THE AIR.
00:39:23 Caller YEAH. I GOT TWO QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO ASK. THE WORLD WATCHED US IMPEACH NIXON. THEY SEEN CLINTON...
00:40:02 Guest WELL, ONYXEN AND CLINTON AND BUSH-CHENEY, I THINK THE OVERWHELMING FEELING IN THE UK CERTAINLY AND...
00:40:57 Host MARCELO, RAIMON, WHAT ABOUT THE TERRORISM STORY?
00:41:01 Guest WELL, IT'S PART OF THE SAME PACKAGE, THE LACK OF CREDIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES IN LATIN AMERICA....
00:42:13 Host WHEN YOU READ PAPERS HERE DO YOU THINK HUGO CHAVEZ IS COVERED FAIRLY?
00:42:23 Guest I AM NOT SURE IF THE AMERICAN PAPERS HAVE A REAL WHOLE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENS IN LATIN AMERICA....
00:42:51 Host CHERRY BOTTOM, TENNESSEE, GOOD MORNING, REPUBLICAN.
00:42:56 Caller THESE TWO SOUND LIKE THEY'VE BEEN GOING TO REVEREND WRIGHT'S CHURCH FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. LISTENING...
00:44:13 Host MARCELO RAIMON.
00:44:14 Guest WELL, THAT'S THE WAY THINGS ARE. YOU KNOW? I DON'T KNOW. IT'S LIKE A SCHIZOPHRENIC THING HERE. THE...
00:45:29 Guest FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T DESPISE THE U STATE AND I THINK MOST BRITISH PEOPLE DON'T. BUT THERE IS AN IMPORTANT...
00:46:09 Guest I THINK THAT THE AMERICANS DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE REALLY WITH THE REST...
00:47:04 Guest I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF ENVY OF THE UNITED STATES AROUND THE WORLD AS WELL. I MEAN A LOT OF COUNTRIES...
00:47:16 Host BAHAMAS, YOU ARE ON. GO AHEAD, BAHAMAS. YOU'RE ON THE AIR.
00:47:21 Caller HELLO, GOOD MORNING. HAPPY EASTER TO YOU.
00:47:25 Host YOU, TOO.
00:47:26 Caller IT'S VERY EXCITING THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. I MEAN I'M 65, AND I'VE NEVER KNOWN SUCH ACTIVITY,...
00:48:01 Host THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO HOLLY, MICHIGAN, DEMOCRAT.
00:48:05 Caller HI. YOU KNOW, I'M SO TIRED OF PEOPLE KNOCKING DOWN HILLARY CLINTON BECAUSE OF BILL. NOW WHEN GEORGE...
00:49:06 Host TOBY HARNDEN, IS THERE ANY SHOW IN ENGLAND THAT COULD BE COMPARED TO THIS WHERE YOU HAVE A NATIONAL...
00:49:13 Guest WELL, I'VE SPENT MOST OF MY RECENT YEARS OVER HERE OR BRIEFLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SO I'M NOT SURE,...
00:49:41 Host IN LATIN AMERICA, IS THE POLITICS AS LIVELY AND PERSONAL?
00:49:44 Guest NO.
00:49:45 Guest NO. THE PROCESS IS VERY DIFFERENT, BECAUSE IT IS NOT AS DEMOCRATIC AS OF HERE. EVERYTHING'S MORE...
00:50:22 Host TIME FOR A COUPLE MORE CALLS. DALLAS, TEXAS.
00:50:25 Caller YES, GOOD MORNING, EACH AND ALL. I SUPPOSE THAT MY OPINION IS SOMEWHAT CONTRARIAN AS WELL. I THINK...
00:51:05 Host RESPONSE, GENTLEMEN?
00:51:08 Guest I DON'T THINK IT IS -- FOR RESPONSE, IF YOU WANT TO LIVE HERE IN THE STATES ALONE, NOT DOING TRADE...
00:51:21 Host LET ME REPHRASE THIS. DO PEEP IN THE COUNTRIES YOU REPORT TO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE MAJORITY OPINION...
00:51:29 Guest IMMIGRATION REALLY, THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE REALLY IS SHOWING SOMETHING NOT VERY GOOD FROM AMERICA AT...
00:51:41 Guest I THINK, AGAIN, THERE IS A STEREOTYPE AMERICA IS SORT OF "MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY," AND "HIGH NOON,"...
00:52:53 Host RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA.
00:52:55 Caller I'M DARRYL ROBINSON. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I THINK AMERICA IS BEING REAL SHALLOW AND PETTY...
00:53:29 Host THANK YOU, CALLER. ONE FINAL CALL FROM HAMILTON, BERMUDA.
00:53:33 Caller MORNING, HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE. THAT PREVIOUS CALLER JUST REALLY STRANGE HOW -- I HEAR SO MUCH THAT...
00:54:17 Guest I'M FROM ARGENTINA.
00:54:18 Caller FROM WHERE?
00:54:19 Guest ARGENTINA.
00:54:21 Caller ARGENTINA. NOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO YOUR THOUGHT ON AMERICA IF WE WERE GOING TO SEND, YOU KNOW, 6...
00:54:54 Host THANK YOU, CALLER.
00:54:59 Guest WELL, ARGENTINA HAS JUST A FEW -- A VERY, VERY SMALL POPULATION. AND IT IS A COUNTRY OF IMMIGRATION,...
00:55:45 Guest KY JUST SAY I THINK THE POINT ABOUT AMERICA BEING RACIST IS -- IF OBAMA IS NOT ELECTED IS A GOOD ONE....
00:56:24 Host WE ARE OUT OF TIME. TOBY HARN DERN, MARCELO RAIMON, THANK YOU. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK, GO THROUGH THE...

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