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2008-09-09 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-09-09 12:12|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Well, as far as I'm concerned, they can have him. I think he'd make an exceptional President of Kenya.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2008-09-09 12:23|| 2008-09-09 12:23|| Front Page Top

#2 The world wanted Kerry, and Gore before him. The world may continue to want.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-09-09 12:34|| 2008-09-09 12:34|| Front Page Top

#3 So that's roughly 1,000 person samples in each country. Did we decide yesterday that was a good sample?

More to the point: Who cares what the rest of the world wants, or thinks they want? Let them vote in their own country.

Posted by Bobby 2008-09-09 12:38|| 2008-09-09 12:38|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't doubt relations would improve initially as Obama keeps hands off do what you want approach but I suspect they'll take a turn for the worse when those same nations dial 911 and Obama doesn't arrive with the US military to help.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-09-09 12:39|| 2008-09-09 12:39|| Front Page Top

#5 That's nice. While you're at it, tell the Guardian to ressurect it's Vote Democrat letter writing campaign to us rubes in America. That worked out really well for yas.

Posted by tu3031 2008-09-09 12:40|| 2008-09-09 12:40|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm sure the world would like to see a feeble and powerless U.S. on the world stage. Until they needed our help, then we'd be the evil isolationists.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-09-09 12:49|| 2008-09-09 12:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Piss off. Get yer own presidents to vote for. In fact, you can have the Obamessiah.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-09-09 13:10|| 2008-09-09 13:10|| Front Page Top

#8 Well, the established socialist countries of the "world" can kiss my federalist ass.

Posted by DarthVader 2008-09-09 13:21|| 2008-09-09 13:21|| Front Page Top

#9 Of course they want. A prominent editoralist in a French news paper put it cynically: "We must wish an Obama victory, because it would weaken the United States"

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-09-09 13:43|| 2008-09-09 13:43|| Front Page Top

#10 JFM, any chance you can provide a source or link for that quote? I know a number of francophile Obama supporters who I would love to send it to.

Posted by eltoroverde 2008-09-09 14:00|| 2008-09-09 14:00|| Front Page Top

#11 Ok, you want to decide who our president is? It's easy:

1. Get a visa and move here.

2. Wait 5 years.

3. Apply for citizenship.

4. Get sworn in.

5. Register to vote.

It's too late for '08, but you will get a say on whether Sarahcuda and Bobby Jindal get a second term in '16.

Posted by Mike 2008-09-09 14:01|| 2008-09-09 14:01|| Front Page Top

#12 Eight weeks and a day from now, Obama can fly to Kenya, take up citizenship there, be appointed to the U.N. ambassadorship, and start his campaign for U.N. Secretary General. Kofi handled it, so I'm sure Barack can too. The world can have him.

Posted by Darrell 2008-09-09 14:09|| 2008-09-09 14:09|| Front Page Top

#13 I'm curious....what fat headed moron spent money doing a poll of countries outside the US about who should be the US president?

Talk about flushing money down the toilet....if they wanna help pick our president, why don't they apply for statehood? Then we can laugh and point at them while telling them to sod off.

Posted by Silentbrick">Silentbrick 2008-09-09 14:29|| 2008-09-09 14:29|| Front Page Top

#14 "Given how negative America's international image is at present, it is quite striking that only one in five think a McCain presidency would improve on the Bush administration's relations with the world."

Well, with that unbiased opinion, it looks like this one turned out just the way they planned it to.

Posted by tu3031 2008-09-09 14:57|| 2008-09-09 14:57|| Front Page Top

#15 I am beginning to think that Kinky Friedman would make an excellent Prime Minister of Russia.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-09-09 15:33|| 2008-09-09 15:33|| Front Page Top

#16 Oh, and Jack Traficant would be a much better mayor of London than Red Ken.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-09-09 15:33|| 2008-09-09 15:33|| Front Page Top

#17 "Queen Nancy the First of Bulgaria" has a nice ring to it too...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-09-09 16:13|| 2008-09-09 16:13|| Front Page Top

#18 Uh, Red Ken was defeated in the last London municipal elections.

Posted by Skunky Glins 5***">Skunky Glins 5*** 2008-09-09 17:22|| 2008-09-09 17:22|| Front Page Top

#19 I say we enter Obama's name for election in every foreign election coming up.

Posted by ed 2008-09-09 18:01|| 2008-09-09 18:01|| Front Page Top

#20 "22 of 22 polled bank robbers are in favor of blind security guards"

One was quoted as saying, "Banks are public access buildings. They should remained unlocked as well."

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-09-09 18:08|| 2008-09-09 18:08|| Front Page Top

#21 Uh, Red Ken was defeated in the last London municipal elections.

So the first part of the plan is already done.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-09-09 18:13|| 2008-09-09 18:13|| Front Page Top

#22 Well, guess what: This isn't the UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD

Posted by ex-lib 2008-09-09 19:19|| 2008-09-09 19:19|| Front Page Top

#23 Orania votes McCain - Palin.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-09 19:27|| 2008-09-09 19:27|| Front Page Top

#24 I can think of no betterendorsement for McCain/Palin. This will not be lost on Middle America.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2008-09-09 19:47|| 2008-09-09 19:47|| Front Page Top

#25 the word can chew glass - bring on saracuda!

Posted by Legolas 2008-09-09 19:49|| 2008-09-09 19:49|| Front Page Top

#26 It is nice to be liked, but it is far, far better to be feared, especially for a sovereign nation.

Those people probably think that Obamessiah will force Congress to ratify Kyoto, pull out of every nation we have troops in everywhere, spend trillions in foreign aid, and give their countries everything they want everywhere they want anytime they want, and that world peace will be declared as soon as the Obamessiah desecrates the temple in Jerusalem.

They're probably right.

"Peace in our time!"

Yeah, I can buy that.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2008-09-09 20:21|| 2008-09-09 20:21|| Front Page Top

#27 Because of his "Muslim faith" he should appeal to over a billion people.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2008-09-09 20:22|| 2008-09-09 20:22|| Front Page Top

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