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US presidential election: who does the world want to win?
Guardian ^ | 11/5/2012 | Harriet Sherwood, David Smith, Ian Traynor, Kate Connolly, Tania Branigan, Saeed Kamali Dehghan, Mi

Posted on 11/05/2012 4:34:38 PM PST by knak

US presidential election: who does the world want to win?

Some countries have moved away from their strong support for Barack Obama four years ago – but it is by no means a done deal for either candidate

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: election
This is a really long article and I wasn't sure about posting full articles or not. The part about Iran is interesting: Asgharzadeh, who is now sympathetic to reformists, suggested Iran should play a role in helping Obama stay in office. "We influenced American elections back at the time of Reagan [with negotiations over hostage crisis] and we can do it now. Iran can influence with a surprise."
1 posted on 11/05/2012 4:34:42 PM PST by knak
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Mexicans by and large would pull for Obama.


2 posted on 11/05/2012 4:37:47 PM PST by rovenstinez
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“...who does the world want to win?”

I couldn’t care less.


3 posted on 11/05/2012 4:38:14 PM PST by traderrob6
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4 posted on 11/05/2012 4:39:01 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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A commentator on Bloomberg TV this morning said that 90% of foreigners want Obama to win. Of course, he was a 20s-something hippie from Australia, so one wonders why his opinion carries any weight.


5 posted on 11/05/2012 4:40:40 PM PST by txrefugee
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I don’t care either. Just thought the comment from Iran was interesting about the “surprise”. What the heck can they do?


6 posted on 11/05/2012 4:41:05 PM PST by knak (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing)
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The fact that we have journalists musing about who the “world” wants to win offends me.


7 posted on 11/05/2012 4:42:53 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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I could not possibly care less about who the “world” wants to win.


8 posted on 11/05/2012 4:44:39 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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Does the rest of the world think we care who they want?


9 posted on 11/05/2012 4:52:23 PM PST by jch10 (BO went to bed and let Americans die.)
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Thhe whole of Europe *desperately* wants Obama to win. The corrupt Eurocrats have seen a chance to transform America into their own blueprint, and will try anything up to hi-pressure meddling (”observers”).

Eurabia wants its Kaliph.


10 posted on 11/05/2012 4:53:40 PM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (I will fear no muslim))
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They don’t have to live under the BaCrock regime. We do. They’re opinion is worthless.


11 posted on 11/05/2012 4:55:15 PM PST by Darren McCarty (Holding my nose one more time to get rid of Eric Holder)
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Well, there did seem to be a consensus: except for the editors of The Guardian nobody really seemed much to care. That's fine with me.

The depressing part was, predictably, the comments, in which the Left continues to cling desperately to its narrative in the face of facts: the notion that Bush had the U.S. stuck hopelessly in two wars, for example, when one of them had been won and the mess in the other was yet to be made, by 0bama. It's an awfully good thing for all concerned that the Guardian's commentators don't vote, because most of them are idiots.

Unfortunately, so are a large portion of U.S. voters, whose own aspirations and fantasies are quite as uninformed as an African villager. It is amusing, however, to note that the people quoted are as disappointed in the promised unicorns pooping skittles as their American counterparts have been. If none of the latter vote, the country could only be better off.

12 posted on 11/05/2012 4:55:15 PM PST by Billthedrill
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We win Serbia, Poland, Israel, Taiwan, and probably a handful of African countries that have beef with Kenya. In other words, we have everything that matters.


13 posted on 11/05/2012 4:56:12 PM PST by Viennacon
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The only reason the rest of the world wants Obama to win is they know he is a gutless, spineless, craven, feckless worm...

That will roll over like a dog to get their approval...

14 posted on 11/05/2012 4:57:12 PM PST by Popman (November 7th...will be a good day for America..)
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That’s easy. All they have to do is come across the border and vote. It would be ‘ra-a-a-cist’ for them to have to prove residency or submit a photo id.


15 posted on 11/05/2012 5:07:40 PM PST by ArmyTeach ( Videte eos prius (See 'em first) Sculpin 191)
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I could give a rats behind of what the world wants, I want Mitt.


16 posted on 11/05/2012 5:10:29 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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I live in the U.K. and a lot of people abroad want Obama to win but really don’t have any understanding of our culture and what matters to us. And their leaders are flat out boring, so they feel the need to look to ours for inspiration. It’s pathetic.

And I also think they like the idea of America being a wimpy, apologetic failure.

Surely it’s not like they’re rooting for us.


17 posted on 11/05/2012 6:07:15 PM PST by ShovelPenguin
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