"Just shows me how liberal the globe has become. What a pity."
Well I think that's only half true. We are an easy target when we boldly lead. Bush is doing just that. I truly believe that if the entire world were given U.S. citizenship and could be a part of moving the world into a brighter future... these numbers would be different. Being the lone superpower makes us an easy target there is nothing more to it than that. Had Reagan not had the Soviet Union as another superpower the world would have hated him much more than they already did.
I'm an American... and I'm voting for George W. Bush
God Bless!
The United States is the most powerful country on Earth in our time. A lot of non-US people feel that who YOU elect as the US President will have far more effects on his own country than the nation's leader (in case of democratic non-US countries) or that US is so powerful is the cause of their misery (for those living under authoritarian regimes, but who aren't that dissident enough to his leaders). These people don't voice their views out of altruism but they are working for their own nation's interests, which
they often perceive to be in direct conflict with the national interests of your country. If the US were an inconsequential holiday (vacation) destination - a sort of more upscaled New Zealand - the figure might go half and half but then, who on earth would have cared much about the President of the United States then?
Unfortunately this is what life looks like. I like Bush and support his goals, and very often it is a thankless job that very, very few non-US people are willing to be grateful publicly. So, do your best for your country, and I'm looking forward to the evening on 3 November (our time), looking over news of Bush landslide and the stunned faces on the rest of the world (presumably including a majority of my neighbours). :-D