John Kerry is in Ireland to receive the Tipperary International Peace prize

[karynnj]

3. Part of the blame for that should be reporters/pundits are our side

Obviously, a week and two days before the general election, the BIG stories are those that impact the election. However, if they did not feel they have to obsess on every scandal repeating the same facts ad nauseum, they could cover what is happening in the world and in the US.

This should be given more play by the media because it really tells the truth about the status of the US relating to Obama's foreign policy. Between today and tomorrow, Kerry is being given three important awards by organizations in the UK and Ireland. Isn't this a bit of a counter to Trump claiming we are no longer respected in the world? Even if the SoS is JK not HRC, this tells the truth of what our normal allies think of us. I do not think that Dr Rice or Colin Powell received this kind of respect.

The media covering what these 3 awards represent might not move many to decide how to vote, but if there is anyone - on the fence - actually concerned that with all the chaos in the world that lack of US leadership is seen as a cause of this, this story would provide support to that being absolutely not true.