I have my popcorn ready....
Posted on 11/01/2008 1:35:51 PM PDT by Kukai
If John McCain becomes the next U.S. president, it will send europe into a fit of despair not seen on the old continent in decades. After all, Barack Obama is Europe's candidate, so much so that French President Nicolas Sarkozy—so happy to spend a vacation day with George W. Bush—turned Obama's fleeting summer stopover in Paris into an orchestrated photo op, to milk maximum publicity from the Democratic candidate. In Britain, Conservative M.P.s seem to have forgotten that McCain had been the keynote foreign speaker at the Conservative Party
conference just last year and now openly wear Obama buttons as they gossip in the House of Commons corridors and tearoom. German Christian Democrats from Angela Merkel's party swelled the 200,000-strong crowd who listened to Obama in Berlin in July. For the European left, Obama is the savior, McCain irrelevant. The intelligentsia and the political weeklies in every European capital seem to have long ago agreed to write off McCain and splash Obama's face on every front cover. If he loses, narrowly or otherwise, there will be a sense that America has lost its senses.
Ever since McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate, Europe has looked down its collective nose at the thought of a McCain presidency. Little matter that Europe is awash with populist politicians of its own. Italy's Silvio Berlusconi or the late Jorg Haider in Austria proved that crude sloganeering and appeals to the gut rather than the intellect were as common in Europe, despite the self-regarding belief of Europeans that their political life is conducted on a higher plane than in America.
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Pore lil ole Europe sprechen zie Deutch?
Wrong on the very first sentence.
Talk is talk and in their hearts they know that Obama would never be counted on to fight for freedom and democracy anywhere in the world.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
If he wins expect riots. No kidding. Places like Philly and Atlanta are going to need some backup.
I don’t care what anybody says, “Italians wants John McCain to win”. I can’t vouch for any other country.
Another disgusting attempt at journalism.
LET’S SEND EUROPE INTO “A FIT OF DESPAIR!” VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN!!!!
That right there is reason enough to vote for McCain.
Where is the (sarc.alert)?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
As an escaped European: Who gives a f*** what they want or think.
How many Electoral Votes does Europe have?
I should buy more popcorn.
So the choice is:
elect McCain and depress europe
or
elect Obama and invite a serious international crisis
I say we give europe a big discount on Paxil.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Ooohh!! What is this? Lava (those trees don’t belong in Hawaii), an out of control fire, or the result of an attack?
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