Link to a non-stop coverage of Obama in India. Unbelievable:

[impik]

They are so excited, and so smitten with the president, it's just so good for the soul:


http://www.ndtv.com/video/live/channel/ndtv24x7

[ClarkUSA]

1. Thanks! I am forwarding this link to all of my Indian friends.

[Life Long Dem]

2. Hey Thanks!

And in English no less. Beats Fox.

[FrenchieCat]

3. I'm watching it......since we don't get positive coverage of

him here!

Thanks for the link!

[impik]

8. Exactly. I forgot how it is to hear good things about this man

[babylonsister]

4. Thank you-very interesting! I'm listening!! nt

[Inchworm]

5. Awesome! Thanks!

:yourock:

[Writer]

6. "Namaste Obama"

:thumbsup:

[AC_Mem]

15. Namaste

one of the most beautiful words in the world.

My light bows to your light.

Namaste.

[babylonsister]

7. Rec'd! The kids being interviewed are so excited, and have such

great questions! Very impressive.

[impik]

9. He'll have a town hall with them in just a few hours

[babylonsister]

11. Thanks! There's no way I'll be up, but maybe someone with

some honesty will report on it. Sigh.

[tabatha]

10. Thanks - it is too bad that this country

does not appreciate this man.

[HipChick]

13. Exactly...he is loved in Europe dearly also..pity he is not appreciated here

[oswaldactedalone]

28. Absolutely

just shows how far we moved from civility and how close we are to permanent right wing propoganda.

[RichGirl]

37. It's interesting.....

....when I was in Italy in 2004, people would tell us: "We love the American people, we just hate your president." Now, I'm sure it's the opposite. They love our president, but think the American people are a bunch of complainers, whiners, who are never happy, who never have enough.

[gblady]

12. very cool.....

thanks so much for sharing....

I just watched the segment on the First Lady dancing...
and saw that she passed out little "Bo" stuffed animals
to the children in the orphanage....adorable!

[AC_Mem]

14. Awwww, so nice to see people who actually appreciate our President

They are so excited to have him there! We are very lucky here in America, it's just terrible that we take it for granted.

I'm very proud of President Obama, always have been and always will be.

Annette

[jenmito]

16. Thanks! I can't stop watching! Our country has no idea how lucky we are to have the Obamas as

our First Family. INDIA seems to appreciate them more than many Americans!

[Writer]

17. Cool! Now I get to celebrate Diwali along with India. n/t

[golfguru]

18. American presidents, every one of them were well received

in India. American presidents are very popular in India.
Even Bush-43 is very popular because of his pushing
the nuclear technology pact with India.

[ClarkUSA]

19. Not true. There were massive protests when Bush II visited.

"Mass protests await Bush in India"
New Delhi, Feb 27 -

As the hectic efforts are on by the Indian government to give "red carpet" welcome to the US President George W. Bush on his arrival on March 1.

The left parties, the key allies of the government are gearing up to greet Bush with large scale protests and demonstrations across the country.

"The left parties along with many other parties, including Janata Dal (s) and Samajwadi party, would participate in the countrywide protests for three days during the visit of the American President George W. Bush," CPI general secretary Prakash Karat said after inaugurating an "anti-imperialist film festival" here.

He claimed the national capital would witness the biggest ever demonstration on March 2.

Similar agitation programs were planned across state capitals and the different districts across the country, he said.

http://www.wilayahnetwork.com/news/?id=11831

[golfguru]

20. There are always protests...I am talking about 98% of population

I read somewhere there were protests for Obama also
on this visit. You can't judge the popularity based
on protests by even 2 million people in a country of 1200 Million people.

Please note that there is complete freedom of press,
speech, peaceful protests and assembly in democratic India.

[ClarkUSA]

24. There were/are no massive protests against Pres. Obama anywhere in India as there was for Bush II.

And how do you know what 98% of the Indian population felt about Bush II?

[golfguru]

27. Since less than 50,000 protesters showed up

in a country of 1200 million. I have relatives
and friends in India so I am going by what I heard
from them.

But there is no question Obama is even more popular than Bush.

My main point is every American president visiting India
has received tumultuous reception without exception.
I was actually there during Eisenhower's visit in 1959.

Read about all 6 presidents visits to India here..
http://news.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/nov/03/slide-show-1-obama-visit-us-presidents-who-came-calling.htm

[pnorman]

33. The given figures ranged from 200,000 to 700,000!

And comparing those numbers to the total population of a country is absurd. OTOH, there were only about 200 cops assigned to "crowd control" in Mumbia for Obama's arrival. And apparently, they did little more than be present.

[golfguru]

39. These Obama protests do not overshadow 98% popularity

of US presidents visiting India. Indians do not care
what parties they belong to. They only care that USA
is the worlds oldest democracy, that USA is a superpower
and have a common bond of English language. The largest
circulation English newspaper in the world is Times of India.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/149905.html

[Life Long Dem]

34. And I thought you meant this.

"American presidents, every one of them were well received in India." Ahhh there just words anyway right?

[MindandSoul]

29. Bush??? How about the massive protests that "welcomed" him in India in 2006???

[golfguru]

41. Every visit has protests...here is Obama protest

and it means nothing. You are missing my main point.
Every visiting US president is overwhelmingly popular in India.
I know this personally. I was a young student during the
Eisenhower visit in 1959. And that was when India was part
of the so called non-aligned nations, with closer ties with
the Soviet Union. Indians in general are crazy about celebrities. US presidents amongst them.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/149905.html

[JI7]

30. Bush was popular among the Anti Muslim Crowd in India

[golfguru]

40. Which amounts to 1100+ Million people

3 and a half times the population of United States.
I would call that high popularity.

[CBR]

44. ...

[nofurylike]

21. K&R! thank you for posting this, impik!! nt

[impik]

22. If you didn't see the Obamas (both of them) dancing with kids just now

You have no idea what you missed....

[Clio the Leo]

25. cool! .... can they cover the President ALL the time? nt

[Princess Turandot]

31. LOL They've been trying to diplomatically comment abt Michelle's dance skill..

compared to her husband's, which are not so hot. (I believe he acknowledges that.)

Thanks for the link.

[JI7]

32. Michelle looked like she had done it before, Obama looked kind of nerdy

but was still cute. remember that time Sasha made him stop when he was trying to dance ?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

23. Nice!

I'm going to India in a couple of months, too. :D

[snot]

26. Many thanks for this!!! NOTE:

NDTV's reporting that the U.S. is now willing to lift restrictions against the export to India of sensitive nuclear weapons technologies so as to – surprise! – benefit U.S. companies selling same, and that it's probably only because we're in such bad economic shape that we're now willing to do it. "US, India sign deals worth $20 billion," etc.

[jaxx]

35. Thanks for this link.

Here is it hours later than your post and I'm watching too.

[Hekate]

36. KnR. VERY cool! The newscasters are so excited it's wonderful to listen to.

Thank you, India, for welcoming our President. Happy Diwali, too.

[denimgirly]

38. LOL, they have a RED DOT on Obama's Pic....So Cute

[Clio the Leo]

42. kick! (it's still going BTW)

[Clio the Leo]

43. Spotting our fav. Secret Service guy "BOB" is becoming quite a little past time for me. nt

[Blue_Tires]

45. iirc, NDTV was also the original site of the "$2 billion dollar/36 warships smear..."