Where’s ACORN when you need ’em?

Ouch. This is embarrassing. The USA is dinged in the first round of voting for the 2016 Olympics ... despite an unprecedented personal showing from President and Mrs. Obama?

Could it be that instead of improving America's reputation in the world, President Obama by his never-ending schtick of "America-is-bad, but-I-am-great" has reduced America's stature in the eyes of the world?

That may be too much to read into this particular episode, but it won't take too many more kicks in the teeth like this to establish that perhaps, just perhaps, Mr. Obama's soft approach to international relations isn't in our best interest.