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stephanie
09-10-2008, 08:53 AM
:rolleyes::wine:

An America that disdains Obama for his global support risks turning current anti-Bush feeling into something far worseAll comments (710)
Jonathan Freedland The Guardian, Wednesday September 10 2008

The feeling is familiar. I had it four years ago and four years before that: a sinking feeling in the stomach. It's a kind of physical pessimism which says: "It's happening again. The Democrats are about to lose an election they should win - and it could not matter more."

In my head, I'm not as anxious for Barack Obama's chances as I was for John Kerry's in 2004 or Al Gore's in 2000. He is a better candidate than both put together, and all the empirical evidence says this year favours Democrats more than any since 1976. But still, I can't shake off the gloom.

Look at yesterday's opinion polls, which have John McCain either in a dead heat with Obama or narrowly ahead. Given the well-documented tendency of African-American candidates to perform better in polls than in elections - thanks to people who say they will vote for a black man but don't - this suggests Obama is now trailing badly. More troubling was the ABC News-Washington Post survey which found McCain ahead among white women by 53% to 41%. Two weeks ago, Obama had a 15% lead among women. There is only one explanation for that turnaround, and it was not McCain's tranquilliser of a convention speech: Obama's lead has been crushed by the Palin bounce.

So you can understand my pessimism. But it's now combined with a rising frustration. I watch as the Democrats stumble, uncertain how to take on Sarah Palin. Fight too hard, and the Republican machine, echoed by the ditto-heads in the conservative commentariat on talk radio and cable TV, will brand Democrats sexist, elitist snobs, patronising a small-town woman. Do nothing, and Palin's rise will continue unchecked, her novelty making even Obama look stale, her star power energising and motivating the Republican base.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/10/uselections2008.barackobama

Yurt
09-11-2008, 12:40 PM
and they all support america telling other countries what to do

PostmodernProphet
09-11-2008, 03:21 PM
I would say Obama's stock will drop following the O'Reilly interview last night.....O'Reilly is asking him a series of questions "Okay, so Europe is weak and cowardly"
Obama: "Right"
O'Reilly: "So what are you going to do with Russia.....

so Obama is on record as agreeing with Europe is cowardly and weak.....

Mr. P
09-11-2008, 03:26 PM
I'm so sick of the "world/foreigners" stickin their fingers into our elections...FUCK EM!

darin
09-11-2008, 03:33 PM
Most of the world is more socialist than we. Makes sense they'd want us to be Socialist - AND more 'globally minded' - thereby transfering some authority and freedoms to THEIR control.

Abbey Marie
09-11-2008, 03:56 PM
Most of the world is more socialist than we. Makes sense they'd want us to be Socialist - AND more 'globally minded' - thereby transfering some authority and freedoms to THEIR control.

And jealous.