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gozer wrote:

Daddyo wrote:

"World Wants Obama'---One of the best reasons to be against Obama.

what a simplistic viewpoint.

Or stupid, for the reason I stated just above his post.

THEY HATEZ ARE FREEDOMS!

smurf YOU, WORLD

YOU'LL TAKE WHAT WE GIVE YOU AND LIKE IT

I find it fascinating that American voters and the rest of the world seem to have such a drastically different set of criteria for deciding these things.

Sometimes I wonder if the real subtext is just American fatigue with having to give a smurf about events in distant lands.

Palin reminds me of Angela Lansbury:
http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0006565/quotes

resedit wrote:

The the world wants isn't necessarily in the best interests of the United States.

True... but it's a far more amiable diplomatic situation when the president is nearly universally liked across the world than when 'if you're not with us, you're against us,' when several countries aren't considered diplomatic partners but part of an 'axis of evil,' and prime ministers across the world have to wonder if they're at least going to get an 'oh, by the way' before they're invaded.

That last one refers to Pakistan, that we're going in without their approval, and the fact that they've issued kill orders against any invading forces.  Shoot on sight.

oatmeal wrote:

resedit wrote:

The the world wants isn't necessarily in the best interests of the United States.

True... but it's a far more amiable diplomatic situation when the president is nearly universally liked across the world than when 'if you're not with us, you're against us,' when several countries aren't considered diplomatic partners but part of an 'axis of evil,' and prime ministers across the world have to wonder if they're at least going to get an 'oh, by the way' before they're invaded.

That last one refers to Pakistan, that we're going in without their approval, and the fact that they've issued kill orders against any invading forces.  Shoot on sight.

In this case I agree - Obama will have an easier time smoothing ruffled feathers than McCain will.
But - other countries would love a naive candidate that is easy to take advantage of.

resedit wrote:

oatmeal wrote:

resedit wrote:

The the world wants isn't necessarily in the best interests of the United States.

True... but it's a far more amiable diplomatic situation when the president is nearly universally liked across the world than when 'if you're not with us, you're against us,' when several countries aren't considered diplomatic partners but part of an 'axis of evil,' and prime ministers across the world have to wonder if they're at least going to get an 'oh, by the way' before they're invaded.

That last one refers to Pakistan, that we're going in without their approval, and the fact that they've issued kill orders against any invading forces.  Shoot on sight.

In this case I agree - Obama will have an easier time smoothing ruffled feathers than McCain will.
But - other countries would love a naive candidate that is easy to take advantage of.

That is our fondest wish!

But damn if y'all don't keep electing savvy cats like Dubya.

NUKE
THE
WORLD!
NOW!

bratboy wrote:

Daddyo wrote:

You don't want someone else to tell you how to live your life but you are willing to let foreigners tell you how to run your country?

Who said that?

the voices.

Daddyo wrote:

ShnickyShnack wrote:

YOU'LL TAKE WHAT WE GIVE YOU AND LIKE IT

Exactly right as far as our elections go. They want a weak kneed marxist so that we will fall in line with them. I want someone in office that has the best interest of the United States as his (or hers) main goal.

You don't want someone else to tell you how to live your life but you are willing to let foreigners tell you how to run your country? Keep on typing guys, you stupidity is overflowing.

You just invented an argument that nobody made, then argued with that imaginary argument.

Does that make you crazy?

Daddyo wrote:

ShnickyShnack wrote:

YOU'LL TAKE WHAT WE GIVE YOU AND LIKE IT

Exactly right as far as our elections go. They want a weak kneed marxist so that we will fall in line with them. I want someone in office that has the best interest of the United States as his (or hers) main goal.

You don't want someone else to tell you how to live your life but you are willing to let foreigners tell you how to run your country? Keep on typing guys, you stupidity is overflowing.

I don't know if you forgot, but Shnicky's one of the foreigners, dude.