Obama wins the "World Primary"

[stephanie]

:smoke:

LOS ANGELES — OK, so he did lose the Pennsylvania primary but might Barack Obama be otherwise elected King of the World?

Let's imagine that there was one additional presidential primary added to the endless mix that helps determine who will next occupy the White House. It would be an imaginary primary for all those people in the world who cannot vote in American elections because, well, they are foreigners.

Let's call it the World Primary.

We're not just talking Canada and Mexico here. Sure, they have to live right next to us, so perhaps a few of them should be designated as honorary superdelegates, in respect of their gallant, if sometimes pained, propinquity.

But people from Pakistan to Venezuela to Iraq are immensely affected by the economic, as well as political, decisions of the president of the United States. Even indeed North Korea, which tends to pride itself on being isolated from the rest of the world, can hardly hope to escape the long reach of an American president's policies.

So what if a World Primary were held now? Who would be the world's choice?

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2004374169_plate26.html?syndication=rss

[avatar4321]

shouldnt the fact that everyone else, especially our enemies, like the man that something is wrong?

[DragonStryk72]

shouldnt the fact that everyone else, especially our enemies, like the man that something is wrong?

Yes, obviously it would be terrible for foreign policy if we had a president that was generally well liked.

[manu1959]

Yes, obviously it would be terrible for foreign policy if we had a president that was generally well liked.

do you believe obama will be well liked by the american public....

[theHawk]

do you believe obama will be well liked by the american public....

Evidently its more important to be loved by tyrants and corrupt thugs from around the world than one's own free citizens.

[avatar4321]

Yes, obviously it would be terrible for foreign policy if we had a president that was generally well liked.

The current President we have is generally well liked. That doesnt seem to sastisfy anyone.

[DragonStryk72]

Evidently its more important to be loved by tyrants and corrupt thugs from around the world than one's own free citizens.

Yes, france and england are corrupt thugs. Of course, I should have seen that sooner.

[DragonStryk72]

do you believe obama will be well liked by the american public....

If he is not liked by the American people, well, he won't be president then, will he? See, that's kind of a necessity in our country.

[mundame]

If he is not liked by the American people, well, he won't be president then, will he? See, that's kind of a necessity in our country.



Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah................................ George Bush has been hated for years, but he doesn't care. As long as the processes say he can do as he wants because he's prez, he does what he wants no matter how anguished the country is.


And the next president will do the same.

Ah, power. We give it to them. They use it against us. Business as usual.