Posted on 11/04/2004 12:36:31 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
......Asharq Al Awsat, widely read by Arabs in and out side the region, subtly endorsed the re-election of Bush, leading with a picture of Bush and the first lady waving under the headline, "The world prepares itself for 4 more years with Bush." An article by Mamoun Fandy titled "Bush's victory ... is a new American message" observed, "The American voter didn't give any weight to criticism from Europe, especially from France and Britain, which saw that George Bush as the worst President of the United States ... the Americans with a resounding majority said 'No' very clearly to the faces of those around the world who hated Bush and the politics of the neo-conservatives."
On the page next to Fandy's article was a caricature of elections in the West and the Arab world. Half of the picture showed Western elections as being transparent and open, while in contrast the Arab half was pitch black, mourning the lack of democracy, perhaps.
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I'm new here but you have been here for about 6 years. I've noticed a trend where there seems to be a lot of new people who seem ignorant and reflective of how Democrats and the world would want FR to be viewed. Maybe you can do something about it.
"The American voter didn't give any weight to criticism from Europe, especially from France and Britain, which saw that George Bush as the worst President of the United States ..."
On the contrary, we heard every word. It just didn't matter...
And they heard that LOUD and clear.
[i]"The American voter didn't give any weight to criticism from Europe, especially from France and Britain, which saw that George Bush as the worst President of the United States ... the Americans with a resounding majority said 'No' very clearly to the faces of those around the world who hated Bush and the politics of the neo-conservatives."[/i]
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In otherwords, we told them to To shut up and swallow. hehe
They got the message. GOOD!
Does, "put some ice on it" sound familiar?
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