Friday's NBC Nightly News devoted a story to how around the world “people want to turn a page on the Bush years” and, as if it's relevant, “if the world had a vote, Barack Obama would win in a landslide.” A suggestion to viewers on what they must do to restore America's honor? Reporter Dawna Friesen warned that the next President “faces a grim reality: Much of the world deeply distrusts, even dislikes, the United States” and she rued “much of the sympathy and solidarity that existed after 9/11 evaporated during the Bush years.”
Pointing to Iraq as the primary culprit (“so many believed it was invaded on false pretenses”), Friesen also highlighted “other reasons,” such as how “after Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. is perceived by many as a violator rather than an upholder of human rights” and “America is seen contributing, but not doing much to solve, global warming.” From Istanbul, she concluded:
Here in Turkey, as in much of the world, people want to turn a page on the Bush years. In fact, polls show the image of the U.S. has improved slightly this year simply because President Bush is leaving. And, that if the world had a vote, Barack Obama would win in a landslide. Regardless of who wins, the world is clamoring for a new America in 2009.
The story on the Friday, October 17 NBC Nightly News:
BRIAN WILLIAMS: We're back now with our In Depth report tonight. As election day approaches we've been talking here recently about the hot spots around the world that will be crowding the next President's agenda. Fact is, the U.S. is on the world's agenda as well and our 44th President will have a lot of work to do. Our report on this tonight from NBC's Dawna Friesen.
DAWNA FRIESEN: The next President, whoever he is, faces a grim reality: Much of the world deeply distrusts, even dislikes, the United States. In France, these bloggers say the world is hungry for change.MOHAMED HAMIDI, BONDY BLOG EDITOR: The President of the United States is not the President of the world.
FRIESEN: Nicole Bacharan is a respected French political analyst who used to live in the U.S.
NICOLE BACHARAN: There's a lot of hostility, the sense that Americans are, or the government at least is arrogant, aggressive. And a danger, basically, for the rest of the world.
FRIESEN: Much of the sympathy and solidarity that existed after 9/11 evaporated during the Bush years, especially in the Muslim world. A recent Pew poll found only 37 percent of Indonesians, 22 percent of Egyptians and 19 percent of Pakistanis had a positive opinion of the U.S. Even among traditional western European allies, approval is low: 31 percent in Germany, 33 percent in Spain, 42 percent in France.
RICHARD WIKE, PEW GLOBAL ATTITUDES PROJECT: A big part of the story is certainly opposition to American foreign policy. First and foremost, it's Iraq.
FRIESEN: Iraq, not only because so many believed it was invaded on false pretenses, but because the U.S. did it despite so many countries' objections.
WIKE: There is sort of a general perception that the U.S. acts unilaterally in world affairs.
FRIESEN: Other reasons: After Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. is perceived by many as a violator rather than an upholder of human rights. America is seen contributing, but not doing much to solve, global warming. And it's viewed by many as having triggered the current economic meltdown. Nowhere is America's image worse than in Turkey. Polls show 70 percent of people here see the U.S. more as an enemy than a friend, despite Turkey being a NATO ally and a partner in the war on terror.
ERSKIN KALAYCIOGLU, SABANCI UNIVERSITY: Politically speaking, the U.S. is considered to be a bull in a china shop.
FRIESEN: But American culture and its people are still embraced.
YASEMIN CONGAR, COLUMNIST: They still see the good side of America, the mobility, the change, the dynamism, the openness to the world.
FRIESEN: Here in Turkey, as in much of the world, people want to turn a page on the Bush years. In fact, polls show the image of the U.S. has improved slightly this year simply because President Bush is leaving. And, that if the world had a vote, Barack Obama would win in a landslide. Regardless of who wins, the world is clamoring for a new America in 2009. Dawna Friesen, NBC News, Istanbul.
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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What a crock!
October 18, 2008 - 01:50 ET by TakeaRightI can tell you firsthand that she is correct, but there is a very obvious reason for the conclusion that the international populace has reached (as if it makes a difference).
I teach as a professor in a foreign university, and the students overwhelmingly support Obama. However, the reason is that their exposure to him comes from the MSM. She is, in essence, creating the opinion that she is reporting.
My students last week didn't know a thing about who McCain was, but were already sold on Obama due to their exposure to him. Although I want to, I'm not in the business of changing opinions, but all it took was to explain McCain's history as a war hero to significantly alter the class's opinion on who they support. When the class ended, a student came to me and thanked me for giving her an objective assessment of the election that she otherwise would not have heard.
If only the MSM would be so balanced.
Thanks for the perspective
October 18, 2008 - 05:18 ET by Rush FanThanks for the perspective from someone I trust (a NewsBuster member) more than the mainstream media.
But with access to the World Wide Web, I'm surprised your students have such a narrow focus. I was under the impression that the younger generation, especially, throughout the world received most of their news and information online, as I do, rather than from the mainstream media.
It would seem to me that the most important general point you could convey to your students is that the media (at least in the U.S.) is biased and not objective; therefore, they shouldn't believe everything they read or hear without further investigation.
Better yet, ask them to read NewsBusters. That will quickly change their perspective of the news media in this country.
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"There is no longer a media in this country. There is simply an established propaganda arm for the Democrat Party and any and all who relate to it in any way, elected and unelected." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Sadly...
October 18, 2008 - 06:37 ET by TakeaRightRush Fan:
Sadly, the MSM still has more power than we would like to believe. My students still get their views from the local television broadcasts, newspapers, and other professors (all of which pick up the feeds from the U.S. MSM). This builds a consensus that, in the students' minds, is irrefutable.
Since I teach about how to research, I do accentuate how the media is not a reliable news source anymore. Please understand that these are university students who have lived their lives trusting what the MSM says as gospel. Often they initially look at me as if I have three heads and my task is daunting. It is a long process, but there is hope. Eventually, they can be taught to think for themselves. For example, I've been pounding the global warming hoax for three years and many have moved from shock that anyone could challenge the environmentalist's point of view, to the conclusion that they have been sold a bill of goods. (These are the moments when teaching is rewarding.)
I always present facts that that they've never heard before and that often disquiet them, but offer extra credit if anyone can ever prove anything I say as incorrect. So far, no one has done so, and they eventually come to realize that the reason they can't disprove me is because my facts are correct.
The road ahead is long, but it can be traveled. My principle disadvantage is that, unlike their other professors, I need to be honest and not abuse my position. I can't indoctrinate. It is my job to teach them to think; not to teach them what to think. In the long run though, this builds credibility. Those who eventually draw the correct conclusions by themselves, will continue to do so for a lifetime and will never be tricked again. Those who don't... well... at least I tried.
TakeaRight,
October 18, 2008 - 08:38 ET by Indiana JoeKeep up the good work. It's sad that instituions that are supposed to teach, and help students learn to think for themselves, are often merely pitchers pouring their views into the empty glasses that too many students' minds are.
Might I suggest pointing to "Newsbusters" as providing examples of the media bias of which so many seem unaware? They don't have to agree with the opinions expressed here, obviously, but the articles often do a good job of deconstructing many media myths.
Jesus Christ was crucified by "community organizers."
Not in my political backyard
October 18, 2008 - 02:23 ET by Mike2112If Obama was running for president of Germany would he win? Doudt it.
Mike2112,
October 18, 2008 - 08:32 ET by Indiana JoeGood point. I don't think he'd have much of a chance in France, either. Italy? Great Britain? Belgium?
Nope, nope, nope.
Jesus Christ was crucified by "community organizers."
The Euros have only been able to indulge in...
October 18, 2008 - 02:41 ET by wnaegele...their socialist silliness because the U.S. has provided them with a military umbrella, alleviating them from supporting militaries of their own. However, if there is a President Obama. that umbrella gets folded up: snap! Obama will need the money to fund his socialist silliness. Suddenly the Euros will find themselves cheek-by-jowl with Russia, and only glorified police forces standing between them and Russian military might. They will be forced either to wreck their socialist houses of cards [less likely], or become client states of Russia [more likely]. If they think life is unbearable with the uncouth Americans, wait till they have to bear the Bear...
Exactly
October 18, 2008 - 08:03 ET by Copperhead Ridge"ERSKIN KALAYCIOGLU, SABANCI UNIVERSITY: Politically speaking, the U.S. is considered to be a bull in a china shop."
They're going to discover that they need a bull in their little effete china shop. We have always subsidized those countries by allowing them to depend upon our military. This is another way that Obama will be a disaster. He will hollow out our military to finance his flaky socialist programs.
It wouldn't surprise me if
October 18, 2008 - 08:52 ET by SeashellIt wouldn't surprise me if he closed our bases around the world.
Weak military coming
October 18, 2008 - 09:28 ET by AndanteThat's correct and we can expect the same from Zero...(sorry, I mean "O" bama). Clinton claimed he reduced spending. He did it by not funding the military. Zero will do the same.
"Why can't I just eat my waffle?" -- Obama
http://obamawaffles.com/
Rev. Wright
October 18, 2008 - 09:43 ET by SeashellRemember what the good Rev. Wright said at the Press Club:
We have troops stationed all over the world, just like Rome had troops stationed all over the world, because we run the world. That notion of imperialism is not the message of the gospel of the prince of peace, nor of God, who loves the world.
Obama sat in his church for 20 years. Does Obama believe we are to imperialistic as well? I realy would not be surprised if an Obama adminstration tried to close our bases. Scary.
I guess the pic says it all
October 18, 2008 - 03:04 ET by CoolShadesI guess the pic says it all.
http://i446.photobuc...
Obama
October 18, 2008 - 03:47 ET by ToddonCapeCodThe world can have him, for all I care
Gimmee a frikken break......
October 18, 2008 - 04:59 ET by old croFRIESEN: Much of the sympathy and solidarity that existed after 9/11
evaporated during the Bush years, especially in the Muslim world.
Especially in the Muslim world? WTF? What world does she live in? I am sick and tired of these socialist liberal pundits who take it upon themselves to explain the USA. Regarding Iraq, the only image they need to remember is Saddam Hussein hanging with a rope around his filthy neck. BTW, despite ACORN, the world does not get to vote this time around.
Was the same muslim world
October 18, 2008 - 16:18 ET by IamTinmanWas the same muslim world where people were out in the street firing guns, dancing and celebrating after 9/11.
Of course the world knows
October 18, 2008 - 05:16 ET by ChattychitoOf course the world knows that withObama in office he will cripple our country economically. the Islamic states all call him their Kenyan brother who will take the US down from the inside. Under Obama our nation will erupt in anti-white racisim that will result in massive enslavement and deaths of whites throughout the country. And the new political machine will become a total socialist regime.
The US peoples worst nightmare is about to come true.
Pat Buchanan wrote an
October 18, 2008 - 05:34 ET by MidAmericaPat Buchanan wrote an interesting article (h/t Drudge) on the consequences if obama is elected. Obama got his start, and associated with the exteme left wing radical fringe that believe that this country is evil and must be stopped. The Clintons are the garden variety European style left of center types. Bill Ayers is a domestic terrorist who thought people like the Clintons were not radical enough so he and his crowd tried to throw the country into chaos through 'direct action'. Obama is now running as a kinder gentler left of center type, the type ayers rejected years ago. As Buchanan puts it, an obama Presidency will be at war with his own country or with the people who got him this far. Either way it won't be pretty.
Great column, MA...even if
October 18, 2008 - 05:57 ET by motherbeltGreat column, MA...even if one hates Buchanan, it's plain that he says things that really need to be said, when no one else will.
WSJ has a column on what Obama and a Liberal Supermajority could do right here. It's really scary.
My only hope is that in two years the country will have learned its lesson and rearrange the Congress and Senate. It might take four years, depending on how many up for re-election.
But some things are impossible to undo....SCOTUS and federal judges, for instance.
This election shows how
October 18, 2008 - 06:23 ET by MidAmericaThis election shows how truly fragile the concept of a government 'of the people, by the people, and for the people' really is. The siren song of 'let a compassionate government take care of your worries' by those who wish to rule us must be resisted by every generation.
Fra-jil-lay
October 18, 2008 - 08:19 ET by Copperhead RidgeIt must be imported!
Just look at what the left has tried to do to Joe Wurzlebacher. Remember. The left has no moral bounds. Their beliefs center around government, which is both godless and boundless in their eyes. Government is their deity, and they have no qualms with destroying private citizens who impede the progress of government's claim to power.
I work with these people. I deal with them on a daily basis. They do not understand the deeper meaning of Preamble of the Constitution. They believe that power and wealth come from the government and we are entitled to give it back.
MidAmerica, I, too, believe in resistance. I try to explain to people that there is no such thing as government compassion. Government is full of either bureaucrats who try to earn a living or long for more power (but afraid to stick their necks out) or power thirsty politicians.
motherbelt, You sound
October 18, 2008 - 07:07 ET by msh1973motherbelt,
You sound defeated. The election isn't for two more weeks...anything can happen. I don't know if you are a praying person, but I believe that "with God all things are possible". Let's see this thing through clear to the bitter end.
Yeah, I do feel like there's
October 18, 2008 - 07:39 ET by motherbeltYeah, I do feel like there's not much we can do, not with the full propaganda arm of the MSM operating on behalf of the Democrats and SCOTUS turning its back on voter fraud.
If states are close and the Democrats do their shenanigans again, there is no way that they will involve themselves again.
Yes, I am praying.
motherbelt, I hope I
October 18, 2008 - 07:52 ET by msh1973motherbelt,
I hope I didn't make you feel uncomfortable...I am hoping that we can all lift one another up in these final days. I am trying to be positive, it is difficult. I am like you; I have never seen such hatred and evil, yes I will say evil, from the those who are backing Obama. I am hoping that their confidence will come crashing down very soon.
No, you didn't. Don't
October 18, 2008 - 08:11 ET by motherbeltNo, you didn't. Don't worry about it.
MB
October 18, 2008 - 09:05 ET by SeashellBut some things are impossible to undo....SCOTUS and federal judges, for instance.
and you and I will live with the ramifications of the SC appointments for the rest of our lives. Our kids will live w/them for a very long time. I am sure his appointments will be abjectly left. What just happened with the SC will be mild compared to what happens with an Obama picked court.
There is a way Mother
October 18, 2008 - 16:22 ET by IamTinmanIt's the same way our forefathers undid their opprossive bonds.
Not that I would condone it of course.
When in the course of human events.....
If we cared what the world thought . . .
October 18, 2008 - 05:42 ET by Gat New York. . . Israel would have ceased to exist decades ago.
. . . communism and radical muslims would be dividing up the USA
This country started NOT because what the world thought.
Paid-off and Bought
October 18, 2008 - 05:51 ET by TexndocIf George Soros hasn't paid for and bought NBC News division then the sky is green and the moon made of cheese. He's writing their script. For "evidence", we are fed "bloggers from France" and German college kids in the streets.
I pray there is a silent majority of voting Americans absorbing all this and understanding what is going on here. There are certain media outlets that could use some old fashioned American justice when this is over and McCain elected.
Texndoc,
October 18, 2008 - 08:29 ET by Indiana Joe"I pray there is a silent majority of voting Americans absorbing all this and understanding what is going on here."
Don't worry, there is. I've talked to many people who intentionally skew polls, by claiming to be Obama voters when they're really not. So don't worry about the polls.
Middle America, those that pollsters don't bother with, will be heard from on November 4th, and they know the score. They're not stupid, like Obama thinks. They won't vote for a Marxist unknown, no matter what the polls say.
Jesus Christ was crucified by "community organizers."
the world voting for our president
October 18, 2008 - 07:11 ET by fande3rlsok this is why we left europe to get away from their stupidity . they don't let us vote for their leaders , and we should never let them vote for ours . God help us if we ever do. SOCIALISM KILLS THE HUMAN SPIRIT!!!!!!
Yes, Go Back to the Clinton Years?
October 18, 2008 - 08:15 ET by ChasvsSo do we want another 8 years of Liberal rule?
We got 9-11 from Bill Clinton.
We got home owner collapse from Jimmy Carter.
We got Vietnam from Kennedy!
Yeah, let's turn the page, but let's do it right and elect McCain so we can avoid another global disaster!
I don't give a flying F*CK what the rest of th eworld thinks. They just want someone who will pay them to shut up. And Obama is the one they can count on to F*CK his own Country like Clinton did Monica!
Here we go again....
October 18, 2008 - 08:23 ET by Indiana Joe“[S]o many believed it was invaded on false pretenses."
"So many" once believed the Earth was flat, too. They were wrong.
Too bad Europe (what's really meant by "the world") couldn't provide candidates for us, too. Then we'd have a choice between two versions of people who would make us an impotent, Marxist nanny-state.
Why should we care what Europe thinks of our elections? To repeat (again), America wouldn't exist if Europe was so great, because no one would have wanted to colonize it. Even if they did, they'd have been happy to stay connected to Europe, and not rebelled and created a government system completely unlike any in Europe. A system that's the most successful to date. A system that's made this young upstart country the world's most powerful in less than three centuries. Hey, Europe, jealous much?
When will this simple logic sink in with these people?
Jesus Christ was crucified by "community organizers."
And It Just Might
October 18, 2008 - 08:48 ET by third eyeNBC: 'If World Had a Vote, Barack Obama Would Win in a Landslide'
What NBC didnt tell you was with ACORN's help, many Europeans are registered and are planning on voting in Ohio. And this fact isnt lost on Obama. He's hoping shuning deordorant, drinking all liquids at room temperature, and wearing his wife's jeans will put him over the top in that crucial state.
"Well respected"
October 18, 2008 - 09:10 ET by TEDawna Friesen asserts (with no evidence): "Nicole Bacharan is a respected French political analyst who used to live in the U.S." "Nicole Bacharan is a respected French political analyst"? "[R]espected" by whom? Answer: Militant, America-hating leftists like NBC's Dawna Friesen. Check out the fanatical America-hating and boilerplate leftism of Bacharan in this column of hers:
"In choosing Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, as a candidate for the vice-presidency, John McCain has suddenly returned the well-known dispute over moral values to the heart of the election battle, after eight years of the Bush Administration had given way to real priorities (recession, terrorism, two wars and increasing tensions in the world). Up to now, John McCain, not much liked by his party, was trying to attract independents and moderates. The arrival of Sarah Palin radically alters this pattern: it greatly polarizes the electorate and has triggered an outbreak of moral intolerance in the campaign. "Why has 72-year-old John McCain designated as his successor - if elected and in the event something should befall him - this newcomer who has little domestic policy experience and no international policy? Of course, Sarah Palin is a woman (a thumb to Hillary Clinton’s nose), young (a thumb to Obama’s nose), who can bring modernity and glamour to the Republican ticket. Most important for McCain is that Sarah Palin is an ultra-conservative Christian, a supporter of teaching "creationism" (which refutes the theory of evolution), a fierce anti-abortion activist; and supporter of programs that exclusively promote abstinence among adolescents and ignores contraception (a hypocrisy that her daughter is now a primary victim of). The role of this Lady of Ice is clear: to win the ultra Christian right for John McCain, which up to now has tended to shun him.
"This strategy was concocted by advisors who, drawing lessons from the defeat of George Bush senior (against Bill Clinton in 1992), based the political rise of his son W. on this principle: to win, the Republican candidate must obtain the votes of Christian conservatives. To convince them to go to the polls, they must be given assurances on "moral" issues they feel most passionate about: abortion, gay marriage, stem-cell research. This radicalization is also that of John McCain.
"The point here is not to criticize the choice of a woman like Sarah Palin, who in fact wanted to give birth to a child with Down syndrome. But there is cause for alarm to see in the United States of 2008, an active and very well financed minority trying to impose the law on private choice. And there is cause to protest this equation in which a particular group - the Christian right - has a monopoly on morality, while all others are presumed to be living in debauchery. What a paradox for the Republican Party, always hostile to the encroachment of the state, to have become the champion of religious values imposed by public force! How, at the same time, can it claim the right to bear arms (a position defended by Sarah Palin) in the name of individual freedom, and oppose the right to abortion, ie: another freedom of the individual?"Having spent the last several years examining American society, I have gained the impression that George W. Bush has pursued a policy far to the right of what most U.S. citizens would have liked. In 2004, I felt that if a majority of Americans, traumatized by September 11, entrusted their safety to George W. Bush rather than the unconvincing John Kerry, they nonetheless didn't want to put religion in charge. I have met Christians who protested the political use of their faith; young people (Republicans and Democrats) who lived together without getting married; citizens who refuse to discriminate against homosexuals … I have seen a people whose ways of life - east, west, north, south, urban and rural - increasingly mingle on the Internet, through the arrival of immigrants from around the world, and the great mobility within the country. In short, I have seen a more reasonable America, less and less bigoted and warmongering than its caricature … "Is it still the case? If Sarah Palin is elected despite her political shortcomings, then this image might perhaps no longer be correct. By choosing this running mate, John McCain runs the risk of splitting the country again along the moral and religious lines that have previously hurt him so badly. Since this announcement, the fundamentalists (according to Ralph Reed, former leader of the Christian Coalition) have been "beyond ecstasy." They are now fully engaged in the battle. The Democratic electorate is just as motivated. And already historical event (with the first Black candidate), the election of 2008 has also become an in-vivo test of the actual state of American society. But with a new challenge: the freedom of women." http://worldmeets.us...
Re: "If world had a vote..."
October 18, 2008 - 09:21 ET by Andante....Amahdenijad, Chavez, Sadam Husein, Stalin, Marx, Osama, the 9/11 hijackers, Islamic wackos and all who would do us harm would vote for the empty suit if they could.
On Oct 5th, the sound you will hear will be the orgasmic cheering of the World of Islam and the socialists chanting "We Won!!"
"Why can't I just eat my waffle?" -- Obama
http://obamawaffles.com/
Oh Dawna ...
October 18, 2008 - 09:31 ET by CrashMussalini and Hitler were also European favorites.
So, is there a point in injecting the euro opinion in the savior (USA) of the free worlds political process?
World votes for Obama.... what a shock
October 18, 2008 - 10:07 ET by sam12663Lets see, he's had alliances with disreputable people, he believes "America is not the country we could be", he is a far left elitist, a socialist, he will weaken our military power, he will cow down and cater to world leaders in an effort to "restore our standing in the world", and he will not allow America to tap into its own natural resources, so we will be beholden to foreign sources, and , oh yea, did you know he's 'black'; what a culturally amazing thing!
WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE?
Of course the rest of the world would love an Obama presidency, he will weaken our standing all around the world, and other countries will relish in our ultimate downfall.
WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE?
Sweetie
October 18, 2008 - 10:21 ET by Shooter1002Where's your burkha, sweetie? Have you forgotten where you are?
Nations of the world,
October 18, 2008 - 10:58 ET by GregENations of the world, outside of the United States, do not share the freedoms of America. They are, for the most part, people living under Socialist governments (or worse) for their entire lives. They are used to living a certain way, used to government having larger control over their lives than it has in America, so it's completely understandable that they will always be heavily for the more liberal candidate that is more in line with the type of government that they are completely used to and know no different. It's also irrelevant. The election is the USA's, not the world's. We don't see reports of American favorability toward European political candidates, for instance. I'm not faulting them for anything, but instead just stating what the case is for them. Once a people are used to something and comfortable with it, something they consider "less" is undesirable. An example would be the nanny states of Socialist nations. People living in those nations are used to that, and any less "nanny-ism" seems archaic to them and very undesirable.
Additionally, their info comes from the MSM, which is so heavily biased to the liberal candidate that that is what the world most likely sees, in a positive light, much moreso than anyone remotely conservative.
I can hardly wait
October 18, 2008 - 11:12 ET by AndanteKwanzaa in the White House. What a wonerful Christmas it's going to be.
(can I say CHRISTmas ?)
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"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury".
So ignorant,
October 18, 2008 - 11:08 ET by fitzfongSo ignorant, arrogant Eurotrash wants Obama? That's my vote for McCain, then.
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan
fitzfong.blogspot.com
Angst has started to overtake me!
October 18, 2008 - 11:21 ET by ThalpyAngst has started to overtake me! The very idea that our country has somehow offended the world and lost its honor, yet. What will we ever do? Why would we possibly want to be like the world, and why should we seek the world's approval? The Western world at this moment is allowing and encouraging about 1.4 billion people to erase it. Twenty-seven unelected, undemocratic and anti-democratic men and women are conducting a stealth coup d'etat of ALL of the formally sovereign European nations with the aid of their own "representatives." The citizens of these countries are allowed to vote, and vote until the EU's desired outcome is achieved. The transformation of all of Europe is in the works, just as it is in the United States. Freedom of speech, although never strong in Europe, is all but gone. The textbooks are being re-written lest no one be offended, irrespective of historical truth. Sharia law is being implemented to supplant existing law. "Disaffected youths," formally known as Muslim thugs, are surging through neighborhoods beating and raping the "indigenous" people at will, since the authorities are unable or unwilling to stop them. Our MSM are unwilling to provide coverage of them.
Dawna Friesen has the audacity to suggest that the next President "faces a grim reality: Much of the world deeply distrusts, even dislikes, the United States..." Really? I believe they must hate themselves more. This ditsy woman needs to wake up and look around--as we all must.
If the world had a vote?
October 18, 2008 - 11:30 ET by TheAssessorUh.. you don't.
In other news: The folks over at http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com just came back from Ohio. Things don't appear all that grim in the Buckeye State for McCain. They seem to be pretty ticked about Joe and Acorn in Oh., even the Dems. Interesting.
Barak 0bama - Afraction American
Consider
October 18, 2008 - 11:40 ET by doug1950Considering what the rest of the "world" thinks not only of the U.S. but about things in general and considering the lack of freedoms around the world, their support of Obama ought to give any rational person more than ample reason to vote against him. You never hear or read of thousands of illegal immigrants trying to sneak into Europe, Middle East or Asia, or hordes of legal immigrants seeking entry into those bastions of freedom. I do not put much if any stock in the "polls" we are seeing but it is no reason not to turn out the vote for our very future and the future of this nation. The Bradley effect is very real and no one really knows what another person will do once they are in the voting booth. Often polls are stated in such a many that skews the outcome to get the desired results. The turnouts for Obama have gotten noticeably smaller and less enthusiastic while the McCain/Palin crowds are growing and very vocal. The media's continued assault against anyone who even remotely slows down the Obama train is reason to believe they are worried. This thing is NOT sewed up as they would have us believe. Ann Coulter rightly pointed out how every election has been predicted to end in such a way and the results have been entirely different. Do not fret or give up and for crying out loud, stop listening to the MSM. When have they ever been right about anything? We all know they do not know the American people at all. They lost the ability to be objective decades ago and think the world revolves around them and their opinions. They also thought Jimmy Carter was going to win. Ronald Reagan beat him like a rented mule.
Why should we care what the
October 18, 2008 - 12:17 ET by rbosqueWhy should we care what the "world" thinks? Obama can should his socialist agenda up his @ss.
Piss on them.
AMERICA'S LAST GREAT HOPE FOR SURVIVAL AS A NATION
October 18, 2008 - 13:00 ET by depaulconsigliodePaul Consiglio NYMetroCityState US
My own choice was "2 for the price of 1" Senator Clinton ,also origianlly from the Great State of Abraham Lincoln and now from the Great State of Mind, NewYork. However since the World is voting this year, at least if you are paying any attention on-line, well then the World is voting. But is the World e to v? Negative. So what if anything if Mr Obama get's us All elected into the White House will throw us all of point? Mr Obama will be eyed and eared, by
a)some "smart alec" cigarette breaker or b) some idiot DimoCrat or RePooplican trying to open up NBC as DeltaCompany or c)a Foreign Government or Terrorist Organization doing same.
And why you asked? To throw us all into a a BigBrother "Ear". And when that happens we all know that the Minister of Love is standing by and wants to know who we are going to bed with.
Once and for all, can America stand being for Jimmy Carter's lusting for women in his heart temptations like Mr Obama is reported already to have? Didn't former President Clinton? And how will Mr Obama handle it? And Senator Craig, and Senator Helms and President Kennedy etc etc etc. There's an Olde American saying, maybe even Benjamin Franklin said it "Politics makes strange bedfellows." Will we Assassinate the Next President of the United States because of anything we didn't tell him about? And why didn't the Bush's? Who did they Assassinate? Or will the Congress and the Supreme Court say enough is enough and finally tell us in hard copy everywhere when is "the RealElection Day" as per the US Constituion. Is the First Tuesday after the First Monday in November still in 2012AD the sixth of the Month? Then why is it incorrect this year?
So Mr Obama and Mr McCain, there's another Olde American saying "Let the Best Man Win". On with the voting. But I'll sit this one out.
Vote for America
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Those gotta be
October 18, 2008 - 23:17 ET by IamTinmanThose gotta be some really good drugs Depaul!
Merkel, Sarkozy, Brown, Harper x 2
October 18, 2008 - 13:05 ET by Junk Science SkepticWe've heard, mostly through the MSM, all about how anti-American and left-leaning other countries supposedly are, yet somehow the citizens of these other countries keep electing pro-American conservative leaders.
Might we be confusing the opinion of the press here and abroad, with the opinion of the people here and abroad?
Don't let fake polls and MSM propaganda convince you that the election is lost for conservatives. Get yourself to your voting place and offer to drive a fellow conservative there as well.
I'm so sick of "if the world voted"....
October 18, 2008 - 13:19 ET by BEGRUNTCRAP.......hey newsflash.....the "world" isnt voting,,,,so get over it. Your messiah is sinking and nothing can stop it, not even the world.
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
Another preachy Canadian.
October 18, 2008 - 14:28 ET by Lancasters Saved UsAnother preachy Canadian. How many can you folks handle telling you how to vote? Peter Jennings, J.D. Roberts, that McNeil guy, Scud Stud, ...jeez. When not asking grieving people how they "Feel" about the loss of their Brother, (wife...loved one, etc) Dawna Friesen has picked up on the herd mentality of the MSM. She does look nice though.
"...Much of the world
October 18, 2008 - 14:45 ET by R D Helm"...Much of the world deeply distrusts, even dislikes, the United States”
Who cares what the rest of the world thinks?
-Dave
Yet, when they get into
October 18, 2008 - 15:32 ET by Chris NormanYet, when they get into deep ____, they come running to us for answers and help - then resent us for it.
McNotObama '08
Chris,
October 19, 2008 - 08:15 ET by R D HelmWhich is why I say that, next time the world comes knocking, we just don't answer the door.
To heck with these ingrates.
-Dave
Who Cares
October 18, 2008 - 17:58 ET by Tom Painewhat the rest of the world thinks? This is still OUR election and I'd like nothing better than to piss off the rest of the one-worlders by electingMcCain. I am so tired of this lefist crap passing as political analysis. I have done nothing wrong and I have nothing to apologise for. God help us if the "rest of the world" gets its wish and a weakend United States is unable to respond to world events. As I recall, after the lefists took office in Spain they promptly withdrew their troops from Iraq. Their train station still got bombed. Once you appease a bully you'd better be prepared to keep doing it.
Unbelievable
October 18, 2008 - 17:57 ET by capitolguyTHANK GOD the world DOESN'T have a vote in our elections. Can anyone imagine? Our nation would be bankrupt as we would be forced to support corrupt, third world dictators via the useless United Nations. Frankly, I really do not care what the rest of the world thinks of our nation, the most giving, prosperous, generous nation in the history of man. All I care about is that our nation is safe and our borders secure (as much as they can be). If the rest of the world wants our prosperity, they can try a little harder, work a little harder and maybe they will get to our level. The United States didn't become the great nation she is today by accident. And no one gave us our prosperity.
What a Crock
October 18, 2008 - 20:09 ET by Smartypants“much of the sympathy and solidarity that existed after 9/11 evaporated during the Bush years.”
Is anyone else tired of this strawman argument that the world loved us after 9/11 and now that love has evaporated because of Bush? On 9/10, I'm sure the world didn't love us the way the media portrays. Why pick 9/11 as the arbitrary date to compare world opinion? The only reason the world felt "sympathy and solidarity" with us at that point, assuming it is true, was because we were brutally attacked! If that is what we have to do to garner world solidarity, then we don't really need the world's sympathy or solidarity, do we? And why have we never before read much about what the world thinks about our presidential elections? I do not recall any kind of worldwide poll of what they felt when Clinton left office. This is agenda-driven journalism at its finest.
Smarty....
October 18, 2008 - 20:19 ET by MrShyIs anyone else tired of this strawman argument that the world loved us after 9/11 and now that love has evaporated because of Bush?
YES. I AND SO MANY OTHERS ARE.
It's the biggest piece of heaping bullsh*t, perpetrated by our despicable, run-amuck propaganda MSM.
NOW PLAYING:
Governor Palin Get Your Gun
also, smartypants....
October 18, 2008 - 20:20 ET by MrShy" If that is what we have to do to garner world solidarity, then we don't really need the world's sympathy or solidarity, do we?"
Bingo. Perfectly said, and so true!
NOW PLAYING:
Governor Palin Get Your Gun
In France, these bloggers
October 18, 2008 - 20:59 ET by Conservative in the ArtsIn France, these bloggers say the world is hungry for change.
MOHAMED HAMIDI, BONDY BLOG EDITOR: The President of the United States is not the President of the world.
and then:
And, that if the world had a vote, Barack Obama would win in a landslide.
so which is it?
Excrement list
October 18, 2008 - 23:01 ET by nkviking75In past years Rush Limbaugh has said that any nation that treats us with disrespect ought to end up on the "excrement list". The US would no longer provide foreign aid or defense to these nations. Let them fend for themselves. I tend to agree.
Libs like to say that the money we "waste" in Iraq would be better spent here. I say the money we spend abroad on nations that thank us with a kick in the teeth would be better spent here.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.