autopilot;357485 Wrote: > And what wrong with that, when US politics have such a massive global > impact? We can't vote, yet it has a huge impact on us. If some people > dont care what anyone else around the world thinks then thats their > choice. Bit of a sweeping statement i know, but its always seemed to me > that democrat voters might be less insular and care a bit more about > global opinion that republican. This impression, for me personally, was > reinforced by the fact that people where prepared to vote in Sarah Palin > - who clearly is the most internationally ignorant (less knowledge than > that of most school children) politician at this level i can recall - > never even been outside of the US. I'm not saying British foreign > policy has exactly been a great success either, mostly because we have > been so much in the pocket of the US. > > So when i congratulated the US for voting in Obama, it was not > superficial - i generally do think its great that the US had the guts > to try something different. I hope it works out well for you - and the > rest of us.
We just have trouble when the rest of the world had Obama coronated and knighted back in August. It is OUR election after all. As to Obama: as I said back in another post, "HOPE" and "CHANGE" are bumper sticker slogans. The actual governing of a Country is another matter. Be careful what you wish for. -- NFLnut ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NFLnut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13180 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54678 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
