We're Now an "Asia Pacific" Nation

And I didn't realize we'd even moved:

Trying to reassure allies and rivals, President Barack Obama billed himself Saturday as "America’s first Pacific president," promising the nations of Asia "a new era of engagement with the world based on mutual interests and mutual respect." In a slap at President George W. Bush, Obama spoke of the importance of "multilateral organizations [that] can advance the security and prosperity of this region. I know that the United States has been disengaged from these organizations in recent years. So let me be clear: those days have passed. As an Asia Pacific nation, the United States expects to be involved in the discussions that shape the future of this region, and to participate fully in appropriate organizations as they are established and evolve," Obama said.

The effort to make America just another country among the clutter of the world's countries continues.

Thursday night my wife visited the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, CA where you'll find the home where President Nixon was born. To paraphrase Sarah Palin, you can almost see the Pacific from there. If we're going to start identifying "Pacific presidents", Obama ain't the first one.

His desperation to make every discussion about him is truly amazing.