Posted on 10/21/2008 9:04:20 AM PDT by MikeNJ
Gallup Polls conducted in 70 countries from May to September 2008 reveal widespread international support for Democratic Sen. Barack Obama over Republican Sen. John McCain in the U.S. presidential election. Among these nations, representing nearly half of the world's population, 30% of citizens say they would personally rather see Obama elected president of the United States, compared with just 8% who say the same about McCain. At the same time, 62% of world citizens surveyed did not have an opinion.
World citizens are more divided over whether the outcome of the U.S. election makes a difference to their country, with 31% saying it does and 21% saying it does not. Moreover, 49% of those surveyed did not have an opinion.
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Good thing we have our own country, huh?
This entire story is pointless. You are reading along, and then, “...62% of world citizens surveyed did not have an opinion.” In other words, well more than half of the people they asked had the good sense not to opine. But they reported it anyway, and they reported it in a way that makes it look like the entire world is on the side of BO. What a load. By the time this election is over, the media will have provided examples for an entirely new book on intellectual dishonesty, and Gallup is helping them.
Yes, 0bama's list of endorsements is telling:
>Communist Dictators
>Islamic terrorist organizations
>Communist Party USA
>Satanists
I agree. As for our elections...........I don’t care what other countries say.
Doubly conspicuous, IMO was the omission of why Gallup was polling outside of the USA (and who had commissioned them to) regarding American politics and politicians.
Does anyone here recall the survey conducted by Pravda here in the US last November, asking Americans about the then-upcoming Duma elections in Russia this past December? No? You mean there wasn't survey asking US citizens about giving Putin a third term as President of Russia?
I didn't think so.
“Destroy America!” sentiment.
When Obama talks about "spreading the wealth around"--he means around the world.
This is how Democrat politicians get support--money--and power! They offer benefits!
Obama's thinking globally! He intends to give billions of U.S. dollars to the United Nations for Third World welfare. He's said so. Believe him.
On another note, this makes me think of a quote from “The Paper” with Michael Keaton:
“I don’t [frickin’] live in the [frickin’] world! I live in [frickin’] New York City!”
“Ah, our fellow citizens of the world, I love them all. They are always there when they need us...”
Isn’t that the truth? The way they drop everything and send their people to help us during our national disasters and such... it just brings tears to my eyes. :)
I am curious..Has anyone here ever been contacted about your thoughts on elections in other countries? I’m assuming the answer is NO. I believe all these outside polls are made up. And even if they’re is a shred of reality to it. SO WHAT?
I do too, and it's the same message Cheney gave to Leaky Leahy in the Senate, IOW "Go %%$$ yourselves".
Screw the “world citizens.” Who gives a rat’s what they think?
Well of course they do. This is because the rest of the world, aside from a few countries with their heads on straight (Australia, Israel, Japan, South Korea, etc.) largely fall into the same two categories who make up the Democrat coalition here at home:
1) Various assorted bums, welfare-addicted, gimme gimme types.
2) Wealthy socialistic enablers seeking to put the first category into a perpetual custodial state.
Eh, they can go jump in a lake.
Oh. Never mind.
Hey, the world citizens also think that there's a rifle behind every blade of grass in America - Obama could change that! That's probably part of his Change.
The "manufactured" crisis RIGHT NOW is the manufactured (and resurrected) voters from ACORN.
Let's make 0bama Secretary-General of the United Nations.
After all, that's a position that's, at least in recent history, been filled by pompous asses.
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