News and Politics | June 14, 2008 | 66 comments

The rest of the world wants Obama as President

source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080612/us-global-poll/

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WASHINGTON — People around the globe widely expect the next American president to improve the country's policies toward the rest of the world, especially if Barack Obama is elected, yet they retain a persistently poor image of the U.S., according to a poll released Thursday.

The survey of two dozen countries, conducted this spring by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center, also found a growing despondency over the international economy, with majorities in 18 nations calling domestic economic conditions poor. In more bad news for the U.S., people shared a widespread sense the American economy was hurting their countries, including large majorities in U.S. allies Britain, Germany, Australia, Turkey, France and Japan.

Even six in 10 Americans agreed the U.S. economy was having a negative impact abroad.

Views of the U.S. improved or stayed the same as last year in 18 nations, the first positive signs the poll has found for the U.S. image worldwide this decade. Even so, many improvements were modest and the U.S. remains less popular in most countries than it was before it invaded Iraq in 2003.

Substantial numbers in most countries said they are closely following the U.S. presidential election, including 83 percent in Japan _ about the same proportion who said so in the U.S. Of those following the campaign, optimism that the new president will reshape American foreign policy for the better is substantial, with the largest segment of people in 14 countries _ including the U.S. _ saying so.

Andrew Kohut, president of Pew, said many seem to be hoping the U.S. role in the world will improve with the departure of President Bush, who remains profoundly unpopular almost everywhere.

"People think the U.S. wants to run the world," said Kohut. "It's not more complicated than that."

Countries most hopeful the new president will improve U.S. policies include France, Spain and Germany, where public opposition to Bush's policies in Iraq and elsewhere has been strong. Strong optimism also came from countries where pique with U.S. policies has been less pronounced, including India, Nigeria, Tanzania and South Africa.

Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon have the strongest expectations the next president will worsen U.S. policies, consistent with the skepticism expressed on many issues in the survey by Muslim countries. Japan, Turkey, Russia, South Korea and Mexico had large numbers saying the election would change little.

Among those tracking the American election, greater numbers in 20 countries expressed more confidence in Obama, the likely Democratic nominee, than John McCain, the Republican candidate, to handle world affairs properly. The two contenders were tied in the U.S., Jordan and Pakistan. Obama's edge was largest in Western Europe, Australia, Japan, Tanzania and Indonesia, where he lived for a time as a child.

The U.S. was the only country where most expressed confidence in McCain. Besides the countries where he and Obama were tied, McCain's smallest gaps against his rival were in India and China, where neither man engenders much confidence.

The U.S. is seen as the world's leading economic power by 22 countries in the survey. Yet in 11 countries, more think China will replace the U.S. as the world's dominant superpower or has already done so than predict that will never happen.

At the same time, China's favorable ratings have edged downward since last year, with widespread worry over its military power, pollution and human rights record. The survey was taken during China's crackdown on unrest in Tibet, but before last month's earthquake in China.



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66 comments // The rest of the world wants Obama as President

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  • Stradius
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      Stradius  

    • Actually it was predicted over 4000 years ago. But that's another subject.

      I've been an Obama supporter since early on. I've been watching his behavior and position very carefully for at least a year. I even read his voting records.

      What I hear and see is the data of his past actions and his life-choices. He's the right man and a good example to us all.

      Just a little background for my perspective: I am an old-school Republican (pre-Christian Majority Republican) and I have always voted on my understanding of what the candidates are planning and what they have done. Back then (Reagan Era) big government was the enemy but there also was a lot more integrity left in Washington DC.

      I even supported the Gulf War. You know why? Because even though the idea of stabilizing the oil territory may have been one of their many reasons, Bush Sr. (monkey boy's dad) followed proper International Law, was able to gather a true International Task Force of allies in the region. He got proper UN and Congressional support BEFORE attacking. Bush Sr. was responsible leadership.

      Also, after the job was done we pulled OUT we did not try to conquer Iraq because Kuwait was liberated. We had a clear understanding of the task that was to be done and when to pull out. Even Cheney has gone on record back then as saying that invading Iraq would just be a quagmire. Our soldiers knew they were doing something right with the world.

      In attacking Afghanistan and Iraq, Bush Jr. was practically shunned by world leadership for leading a naked agenda of corruption. Then lacking any support from any quarter except our puppet dictatorship in Spain, he did it all illegally.

      The world was watching us closely.

      We need people of common-sense in our leadership positions as well as those whose goal is to UNIFY the United States of America and make it part of the Global Community. And that today is Barack Obama.

      "Friends, countrymen, Romans....", you know what the difference between countrymen and Romans were back in Rome? Romans were a superior race with rights and privileges above and beyond the common cast... everyone else was considered inferior because they were conquered and enslaved. Is that what the USA is about? Are we like early Roman Conquerors or are we the USA.

      Just like early Christianity (in it's fledgling days) we are strong because of our diversity and because we see the unwashed masses as our strength (that would be you and me... the unwashed masses). It took a lot of Christians being fed to lions to change the mindset of the culture of the Roman Empire into the Holy Roman Empire.

      Here's a listening test: Go back and see how many politicians end their speeches with "God Bless America" and how many end their speeches with "God Bless the United States of America". Is it because they're lazy? There's an important difference there and it is telling.

      I think it's because they are "Romans". They will continue to work in subtle ways to divide us. Division helps them maintain power over us.

      We mustn't put another Roman into the White House. The world knows that every time we put a crazy in control of the government the world goes to hell a little faster.

      The world wants someone who understands Domestic and International Policy from a worldly perspective and places his faith and power in the unwashed masses.

      That would be Obama. Some goals he's expressed and still following through on: Campaign Finance Reform. Changing the face of the Democratic Party to make it a true Democratic Party again (in which individual votes mean something). Taking power away from Corporate Fat-cats with Political Agendas.

      Cheers.
      Stradius

    • 3 years ago
  • MoonLoon
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      MoonLoon  

    • You are correct, Stradius!
      The World is unifying as one political entity, as predicted, over a thousand years ago. Once the economic unity is complete, we will have a new ruler. In the mean time, close your eyes while listening to an Obama speech. Do not consider his appearance, but listen to the words. He is revealed as a true politician, wrapped in a slightly darker skin, thus is a curiousity, not a true visionary. His speeches reek with the same platitudes and rhetoric, so loved by the Roman Senate. Rhetoric does not make a man, and empty speeches make a mockery of the beliefs of our people.

    • 3 years ago
  • Stradius
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      Stradius  

    • The rest of the world knows that the entire Human Race is at risk... they are coming together (faster than we are) to become a one-world culture.

      Repeatedly due to selfish corporate interests our government has thumbed it's nose at global issues and stomped on treaties, global community efforts, and now (since Bush) even international laws.

      The rest of the world is sensitive to this but we're kept in our cloud of propaganda. Our news is filtered so we don't know what's going on in places as close as Canada right next door. We can't see ourselves from the outside.

      We've become complacent in our comforts and as a culture the USA has begun to see change as bad instead of growth.

      So we sit lackadaisically on our sofas unwilling to break a sweat to turn off the TV. "Where's that damn remote control!?"

      The rest of the world looks at us for some sign of intelligence (and hope) and they see it in Obama's leadership. They NEED us to rise to the challenge... because if all countries don't join the global culture as equal partners we all will fail.

      Also, Obama is not a pill to fix our land. We must get our lazy asses off the sofa and help him do it.

      My chart interpretation: The world is hoping Obama can inspire us to get off our lazy asses.

      Thanks.

    • 3 years ago
  • MoonLoon
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      MoonLoon  

    • If the rest of the World is in favor of Barack, I suggest that he is not a good choice for the U.S.

      I have lived and worked outside of the U.S. for the last 3 years. The anti-U.S. sentiment is astounding and not because of Bush. Our country is hated due our economic and military clout. Democracy in the rest of the World is still an illusion.

    • 3 years ago
  • chillwillNJ
  • unicorn77
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      unicorn77  

    • BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA ISNT INTERESTING... JUST WANT TO SAY AMERICANS WATCH WHAT YOU ARE CHOOSING OBAMA IS LOOKING OUT FOR HIS OWN ONLY AND THE RADICALS HE IS FRIENDS WITH... I WILL VOTE MCCAIN NOW...

    • 3 years ago
  • Egnatius212
  • Stradius
  • J_Jammer
  • malathion
  • aaronklong
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      aaronklong  

    • Interesting polls from the rest of the world. I am hopeful that the majorities wishes will come true; however, I am in great worry for Obama feature endeavors.

    • 3 years ago
  • kevdawg
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      kevdawg  

    • For the record, for one of the other responses; abortion isn't a "woman's right to choose." Abortion is nothing but a woman's right to be unaccountable for her actions. She chooses when she has unprotected sex and lives an irresponsible promiscuous lifestyle. Just because a woman wants to live the life of a jezebel, that doesn't mean that she shouldn't have to face the consequences of her actions. That's what is wrong with our society, people want freedom with no consequences or cost. Freedom isn't free, and actions shouldn't be without consequence. The women who murder there own children with the help of doctors who have no conscience might not be held accountable here on earth, but God will cut them down one day for the blood of the innocent unborn children they have on their hands. Our nation will be judged for the killing of the innocent unborn, there will be a pay day some day, and it will be fierce. Obama might just be what our nation deserves; he just may be God's judgment on our nation. For all of the socialist/Marxist hippies who worry about the "innocent Iraqi's" who have died in this war against scumbag, terrorist thugs, the numbers of those Iraqi's pale in comparison to the millions of children who have been murdered in the womb by the their own mothers since Roe v. Wade. If you want to shed a tear for anyone, cry for those victims, the victims of the barbarous, sinful act of abortion, not the "innocent Iraqi's."

    • 3 years ago
  • flagman
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      flagman  

    • The first paragraph of this so called report ought to give you cold chills. And make you vote for McCain. You all claim the rest of the world hates us. And you claim that the rest of the world wants us to put Barack Osama in as Pres. Can't say I blame the " rest of the world".

    • 3 years ago
  • decarson
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      decarson  

    • To all of you who think Obama is good let me ask you this simple question:

      What does he mean by "change"?

      If you think it means a precipitous (that means "sudden" to you government educated readers out there) withdrawal from Iraq, please type "killing fields" and "Cambodia" into your Google search and have a good read (just don't read the Wikipedia entry, it's not very reliable).

      If you think he's going to help the economy, please tell me exactly how the president can affect a nation's economy by his mere presence in office?

      If you think it's because he wants the government to manage your health care, just remember this is the same government that runs the postal service.

      If you think it's because he plans to sit down and talk face to face with the leaders of known terrorist nations (like Iran) and terrorist organizations (like Hezbollah) go type "Neville Chamberlain" into your Google search and then look up the word "appeasement" and have another good read.

      If you're actually naive enough to believe that John McCain is going to be a third Bush term, then you're really so far off base that I can't begin to explain how different these two men really are. I'm not saying McCain is better, just different.

      If you don't believe that Obama is a radical, then please explain to me: 1) why he sat in Jeremiah Wright's church for 20 years while anti-America rhetoric was spewed from that pulpit. 2) why he felt the need to obtain the blessing of William Ayres, a known terrorist who regrets not having committed more terrorist acts of American soil -- essentially committing treason against the United States and having enough money to buy lawyers who managed to get his case thrown out on technicalities and now openly brags about his terrorist activities because double jeopardy prohibits him from being tried for the same crime again. 3) why he associated with Michael Pfleger a known racist, America hater and supporter of another known racist and antisemite Louis Farrakhan, who has been reported as calling white people "the skunk of the earth" and labeling Judaism as "a gutter religion". I won't even approach the subject of his wife's hatred of America.

      So go ahead and try to convince me that Obama isn't a radical. The man is dangerous. He has no foreign policy experience. He has no management experience. He has only been in the U.S. Senate a scant two years. His plans for America have been deemed an extreme tax burden by the GAO. He hates corporate America and has proven such by saying that he plans to increase taxes on corporations because he doesn't think they pay enough as it is. He is a socialist for wanting the government to manage health care. Finally, he has ties to known terrorists and racists. These call his judgment abilities into question. If he knowingly associates with domestic terrorists, you can bet he'll associate with international terrorists.

    • 3 years ago
  • clayjj05
  • lifestudentno83
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      lifestudentno83  
    • clayjj05:

      You are within the world, therefore you just said "fuck yourself". You also said "Fuck the USA" because USA is part of the world as well.

      You guys and your isolationist views... Go buy an island if you want to be left alone.

    • 3 years ago
  • clayjj05
  • lifestudentno83
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      lifestudentno83  
    • clayjj05:

      You actually said fuck the world, as you can scroll up and see. What you meant by it may have been fuck the rest of the world, but that's not what you said. And that is why I said you were insulting yourself as well.

      This world has been around longer than you or America even even existed, and it will continue to spin after America falls from power. You hate the world, correct? America is part of the world, the world you apparently hate. Therefore, by transitive reasoning, you must hate America as well.

      Xenophobes never ceases to amaze me in their unjustified fear and anger.

    • 3 years ago
  • clayjj05
  • lifestudentno83
  • lifestudentno83
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      lifestudentno83  

    • Who cares what the world thinks? Americans only make up 5% of the world's population. You should be asking why they should care what you think, but chances are they don't.

    • 3 years ago
  • timunuhe
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      timunuhe  

    • clayjj05 u should use logic instead of calling people socialists when making a point

      the fact remains that we need the rest of the world, and having a president who will be on good terms with the rest of the world won't hurt. unless we want to end up like north korea. plus, im all for war profiteering, but only when the US actually gets money(WWI, WWII), instead of a few US companies(Iraq). and ppl don't hate mccain because he's republican, they hate him because he's gonna keep the war going, and the other countries involved won't be able to leave because of US ties. tony blair's approval went down because he supported the war. he even repeated the WMD claim. he ended up resigning and all America gave him was a medal. there are other countries that don't hate us and want to see us fail.

    • 3 years ago
  • clayjj05
  • celestialceiling
  • clayjj05
  • diode
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      diode  

    • its nothing to do with mccain himself and more so that he is a republican. the world loves democrats in power in the US because they know the US doesn't do squat, we become a secondary UN

    • 3 years ago
  • edmubnd
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      edmubnd  

    • I agree with JanforGore, though I tend to give Obama a ton of policy slack FOR NOW based on his POTENTIAL to inspire a broad base of people to get off their asses and work to better themselves -- and thus the country -- more than any politician that I've seen in my lifetime.

      And while we shouldn't let the opinions of foreign survey respondents affect our voting choices directly, there is no doubt that our President is "the face" of our country to the world, and to the degree that having "a nice face" (perceived and/or real) gives a would-be President Obama the slack he needs to sort out his policies and positions, then I guess it's good to know how the perception shakes out, at least according to one random poll. A would-be President McCain would have no such slack, and that keeps the global pressure at such a high level that any mistake (perceived and/or real) that he makes could incite fairly severe backlash domestically and globally.

    • 3 years ago
  • ctrl_alt_del
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      ctrl_alt_del  

    • okay...and?
      This isn't Prom or American Idol, this isn't a popularity contest. It's a nomination for one of the strongest titles in the world, which can make us or break us. Dont vote for him if you dont even know where he stands on.

    • 3 years ago
  • kevdawg
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      kevdawg  

    • Who cares what the rest of the world wants, it shouldn't be a popularity contest anyway. Of course they want the candidate that will make our nation weaker. Obama would be the absolute worst president this nation has ever had. He will be a bigger disgrace than Bill Clinton was. He will take away our 2nd amendment rights, authorize the killing of more unborn babies, and make our nation even more politically correct and socialistic than it already is. He is nothing, but a weakling who can speak well.

    • 3 years ago
  • Neghie
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      Neghie  
    • kevdawg:

      A bigger disgrace than Clinton? What's he gonna do?
      Pimp out the white house to all his baby mama's? Gun control isn't the worst thing in the world, I really doubt they'd let him take away your rights to tote a gun, but then again, it's no different than a McCain who would try to take a woman's right to chose what to do with her own body would it? I dont know how that double standard works. If he's as weak as you think he is, you should have nothing to fear.

    • 3 years ago
  • natedawson
  • brandkoch
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      brandkoch  

    • It is a world based upon incentives. The people of the world understand how dangerous it is to our survival if another old rich white man takes the oval office. A minority in the white house? Hooray!

    • 3 years ago
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • Oh, I know full well where McCain and Obama stand:

      With AIPAC and the continued status quo. With not impeaching Bush and holding his traitors accountable. With coal and nuclear companies that pollute and poison this planet. Obama wouldn't be the pick if he didn't stand with the Military Industrial Complex as they all have to. Do you all also seriously believe that Bush and his minions are just going to go away after all they have worked to ruin? We still have seven months for them to push the button on Iran, and Obama says NOTHING about that. All we get are fancy polls and esoteric discussion. And I truly believe that anyone who follows Bush will have to be someone who goes along even a little, and I think anyone who thinks differently is not looking at the big picture realistically. And Obama is not the best we could have had in my opinion, and I don't have to conform to the supposed majority... This is still a "democracy", or is it? As I stated previously, I have nothing to base trust in him on. When I see that I'll change my opinion accordingly, but I'm just not going to cheerlead because everyone else does.

    • 3 years ago
  • diabolical44
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      diabolical44  

    • i think the world should be very concerned about this election because it seems like one of the most important in history in terms of the stability of the world. i believe that if McCain is elected it will almost certainly lead to full scale war with Iran which will almost certainly lead into world war III which would also probably lead to nuclear holocaust

    • 3 years ago
  • Neghie
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      Neghie  

    • What good is power, if no one likes or respects you?

      I have no delusions that Obama is the cure all. The world is watching, whether or not you think their opinion matters. Funny, we needed "them" for this war didn't we?
      This them and us mentality is what got us here today. I'm not looking to Obama to change things. He can't. He's just a man. That's not why I'm voting for him. I plan to be able to take care of 'myself' under any administration. I'm voting for him because having to chose between a woman and a black man in my lifetime, whose ideals somewhat mirror mine is change in itself.

    • 3 years ago
  • stone246
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      stone246  

    • John a there was a time when I could agree with you on that but because of globalization , America and Americans cannot afford to ignore the world. case and point. if the world decides to make the euros for example as the international trading currency then we would be in some serious trouble. if the world decides to trade more with Asia than does America we are in serious trouble. because of the global economy American companies did not go bankrupt. banks in particular. Another thing thats affecting us all right now is the rise in oil prices because of the rise of economic power of the world economy. for at least 20 years America could do anything they want now the world community is fast realizing that they can stand on their own in most issues. lastly ,last i checked we had the right to say no to giving foreign aid and no country in at least 10 years has ever asked for Americas help to protect them .except Israel of course. they only need us for strategic reasons only not militarily.

    • 3 years ago
  • JohnA
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      JohnA  
    • stone246:

      I'm just saying I don't think we should base our decision on what the rest of the world wants. Nothing against Obama specifically. I just think it is a bad idea to use that as a criteria.

    • 3 years ago
  • OfficiallyVish
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      OfficiallyVish  

    • Half of America wants Obama. The rest of the world wants Obama. Why not? Seems to be best for the majority... or has majority rules also been eliminated?

    • 3 years ago
  • JohnA
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      JohnA  

    • I've said it before and I know I'll get flamed, but I really couldn't care less what other countrys want. Will they stop taking our foreign aid? No. Will they stop asking us for help and protection? No. As someone said before, what's good for them is not neccesarily best for us.

    • 3 years ago
  • tanyetta
  • stone246
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      stone246  

    • wow such harsh words and a way to negative way to look at life or the American government to say the least. Let me start of by saying that I am not advocating for either candidate. having said that I don't get all those people who say that Obama's policies are somehow a mystery. or Mcain's for that matter. If you listened to both candidate you would have an idea of where they stand in a lot of the issues. IF you took the time to look at their voting records (which last i checked was publicly accessible to anyone with a computer and or a phone ) you would know where they stand in issues.Also go beyond their policies and fact check what they say and voted for. check if their policies will harm or hurt America. But in politics or in anything for that matter past success or failures does not guarantee future successes or failures. that is to say that no amount of experience or lack of it will determine how well you run a country. because the issues you deal with as a senator are minuscule compared to the issues you deal with as a president. As for the world community, sure they didn't poll everyone it kinda impossible to do considering the magnitude. the world community is either afraid or impressed by either candidate based upon thier media perspective of the elections. both candidates actually get called out upon their policies more so than any media in America does. so they do kinda have dare i say more knowledge of where our candidates stand than we do. also hope and faith are powerful words for the world community. Obama has an upper hand on mcain on the global sphere because he offers words of hope and to America they are just words but to the world hope is a powerful concept. the fact that he is not white helps him a lot. he looks more like "them" .

    • 3 years ago
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • So maybe he should run for King of the World. To put so much attention on any one man to me is ridiculous. And again, more polls. Did they poll every person in every country? How does this do anything to further debate on issues? I guess his supporters don't really want that discussion so they continue to post polls to dazzle people with.... Same old same old.
      Oh, and Mako24... we have had more than "failed policies" in the last eight years... we have had Treason and it isn't over yet. However, Obama doesn't think impeachment is warranted. Why not? And these people in other countries don't even know Obama's policies. Heck, the American people don't really know that much about him either... so what was this poll based on? His looks? His speeches? His knuckle bumps with his wife? Like I said, same old same old. And that goes for McCain too.

    • 3 years ago
  • lulu81
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      lulu81  
    • JanforGore:

      How do u know what the rest of the world knows about anything....just like you doubt the poll asked every person in that study.....how can U say that EVERY person doesn't know the policies????..im willing to bet that the rest of the world is more informed than most americans themselves....b/c most americans are consumed with nonsense like fist-jabs!

    • 3 years ago
  • tanyetta
  • MoonLoon
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      MoonLoon  
    • JanforGore:

      I agree with you Jan,
      The rest of the World knows almost nothing about America. But, ask them where they would like to live and almost all will say America. We are still the country of opportunity.

    • 3 years ago
  • JaySeaGee
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      JaySeaGee  

    • These issues are so very, very, important as the changing world seems to get smaller. Even if elected, grampa McCain and his 'Antiques Roadshow' will not succeed because it is so old school and passe. It is so very unfortunate that Bush has really ruined our images and relations abroad and hopefully they can be repaired over time. In my opinon, I feel that Obama offers this positive hope and perhaps the words will turn into action soon...

    • 3 years ago
  • mako2424
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      mako2424  

    • I think it's troubling that most of the world can see something so completely obvious and yet many of us are still struggling to figure it out.

      We've had seven and a half years of tough talk and failed policies from the GOP and we're actually considering 4 more years of being led by the same party. From the outside looking in, it must look like we are truly driven by flushing this country down the drain.

    • 3 years ago
  • powerup
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      powerup  

    • I am very happy that the world takes an active part in lending there voices to this important election,because if you don't watch closely the same thing that happened in 2000 and 2004 might just happen again.

    • 3 years ago
  • yonie
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      yonie  

    • Well i can confirm this for the Netherlands as well. We are also fighting your wars (Afghanistan) and it's costing its toll. People are wondering why you got us into this war in the first place, and we don't easily forget Bush's "You're either with us or against us" remark.

      McCain sounds quite the same as Bush, while Obama seems to be something totally different. He seems to be more out for world peace instead of world war 3.

      Of course there are people here that support McCain, but i haven't met many of them.

    • 3 years ago
  • MoonLoon
  • Stradius
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      Stradius  
    • yonie:

      Probably a big part of the betrayal of trust that the World feels is the fact that the USA doctored the facts and then rammed it down their throats. WMD! WMD! WMD! Basically we lied to them, we didn't have real data, and when the light of inspection was shown upon us we were found manipulators.

      It's hard to trust someone (let alone a government) that follows a policy of naked manipulation so blatantly.

    • 3 years ago
  • JaetheFirst
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      JaetheFirst  

    • With good reason! :)

      I'm happy about this little tidbit...

      I know we're all preparing for this "change" that Barack Obama speaks of...but really, I'm most excited at the prospect of Barack Obama in general; he IS the change; like Ghandi once put it, "be the change you want to see in this world". Barack Obama exemplifies this mantra with finesse and swagger. It's exciting. I hope "good" comes of his presidency - IF he's elected as such. Here's hoping!

    • 3 years ago
  • msk2
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      msk2  
    • JaetheFirst:

      "You're either with us or against us"-- imagine how it feels to be an American right now. Imagine how it feels to look and see that the world gets it and the numbers here still favor McCain-- another 100 years! As an 'average American' I still cannot fathom why Bush is still in office, but it seems as a society we won't 'disrespect' our president by impeaching him before he can finish his agenda-- for over 4 years now I've been signing petitions to have our president impeached- the last petition, signed last week, listed 22 infractions including crimes against humanity. We've got old, white, Texas oil men in charge of our country and if the 'smart people' in this country would have actually paid attention they could have predicted the atrocities that this administration was about to bring upon the world and it's own people. Greed and power plus rich old white men is and has never been a good combination for anyone but rich, old white men.

    • 3 years ago
  • crimson_thoughts
  • uroborus8
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      uroborus8  

    • I'm in panama and the citizen have been told Obama is radical and they should be concerned about him. I promptly correct them.

    • 3 years ago
  • Owwmykneecap
  • piperpicked
  • uselessmarial
  • mikeywally
  • MRsmithers
  • pigmonkey
  • Owwmykneecap
  • cerealforeal
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      cerealforeal  

    • Public image is very important in today's global economy and safety. I'm not saying we should choose a president based on another country's wants, but based on who is going to make the most positive change domestically, by improving our status internationally. We can only benefit from having good foreign affairs, as it will strengthen our economy and give us real assurance of safety, unlike the illusion that the Homeland Security gives us.

    • 3 years ago
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