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Peru's Humala talks about meeting with Obama

President Obama joked with the newly-elected Humala that “the best phase of a presidency is the election campaign, because afterwords is when the problems come.” 

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That was no joke! That is a reality check on Obama's  egocentric psychological make-up. Both Obama and Humala have at times said publicly they want to kill the hard fought and won (by the previous administrations) "free trade agreement" between the USA and Perú. They have something in common there. I just hope Humala (unlike Obama) at least takes responsibility for any failed policy decisions and is not the miserable leader that Obama has been. Ideally Humala will only have to deal with Obama until the US Presidential election in 2012. Obama is a far left ideologue campaigner that was never up to the breadth nor challenge the US Office of the President presents. America has suffered the consequences. I want to see Perú do better.

July 9, 2011, Additional thoughts sparked by this PHOTO LINK posted by "jorcaryvan" at Peru-N-English Discussion Group:

I fear Ollanta for the same reason I feared Obama. They both make unbelievably big promises. That alone demonstrates
their deep lack of understanding of job of president and the structural economic barriers that must be overcome to institute effective change that does not harm the economy. I, along with many others that have common sense and a pragmatic intellect, predicted Obama's failure. Obama was never really prepared to govern. He just wanted to get elected and would promise the Moon on a stick if that’s what would get the votes. Obama is a theorist, a professor, not a pragmatist. Theorists can write books with good intent about how it should be, pragmatists do not over promise and get the job done effectively. It’s a huge difference. How many times has Ollanta changed his platform? That by itself is an enormous red flag that boosts the odds of his failure. It reveals his weakness. My practice is to never trust anyone who keeps offering me a plan until they find one I like. Because they obviously have not thought through any of the plans. And, I expect results not the Moon on a stick!

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