Obama Desperate to Give Your Money Away to World's Dictators

The One made his appearance in Copenhagen this morning in a desperate attempt to salvage something from the UN's Global Climate Summit. Once again it appears the "pass SOMETHING!" mentality is winning the day - just get some kind of agreement so we can all declare victory and go home.

President Obama made a last-ditch effort Friday to salvage some success from a climate conference in disarray, telling representatives of the 193 nations in attendance that the world's will to address climate change "hangs in the balance" and insisting any deal must include transparency among nations.

Obama, seemingly acknowledging failure by referring to an emerging political deal as a "framework" rather than an "agreement," admitted the wide divide that exists between the world's haves and have-nots meant that "no country would get everything that it wants."

Seeking to quell dissatisfaction with the deal — which calls for the world's wealthier nations to transfer about $30 billion over the next three years to developing countries to help them cope with the effects of climate change, increasing to about $100 billion a year by 2020 — Obama said: "There are those developing countries that want aid with no strings attached, and who think that the most advanced nations should pay a higher price. And, there are those advanced nations who think that developing countries cannot absorb this assistance, or that the world's fastest-growing emitters should bear a greater share of the burden.

"But here is the bottom line: we can embrace this accord, take a substantial step forward, and continue to refine it and build upon its foundation," he said, clearly showing frustration over his administration's apparent inability to provide a stage from which it could declare a significant victory — and world leadership — in the battle against the effects of climate change.

Hugo Chavez, after getting a rapturous welcome from the assembled socialists and one-world government types, gave Obama the old El Diablo routine like he did Bush in 2006. From Major Garrett's Twitter feed:

Venezuela's Chavez calls Obama "Nobel Prize of War" and says after Obama left stage "it smells of sulfur."

Chavez made global headlines in '06 when he said podium at UN Gen Assembly "smelled like sulfur" after Bush speech

Full Chavez: "The Kyoto Protocol cannot be declared dead or extinguished. That is what the United States said. If Obama,..."

"..Nobel Prize of War, has that here, it always smells of sulfur here. It smells of sulfur. It still smells like sulfur in the world..."

Chavez needs to get a new act.

Fortunately, Obama doesn't have the power to make treaties with the rest of the world without the ratification of the Senate, and it's going to be almost impossible to get 67 votes for some radical global warming giveaway.

I don't know about you, but I miss the good old days when the President of the United States was on our side.