Now THAT is something we can agree on 100%!
> Well, this is a discussion of US election and candidate, not who’ll be the next leader of the UN.
In fact, it would be better if the UN were shut down altogether — it does more harm than good.
> One would expect that citizens of foreign countries would worry about their own leaders instead of choosing a candidate for our elections, in which they have no say.
One would wish that it were so simple — the plain fact is that what happens in the US has a direct effect on the rest of the world, whether we want it that way or not. When you lot sneeze, we catch pneumonia.
As to worrying about our own leaders — we get our turn to do exactly that this year, just like you do. And with any luck we will be throwing out Helen and her scolding schoolmarms and lesbo-feminist lefty Liberals into the outer electoral oblivion for a very long time — where they belong.
Likely Prime Minister is John Key (National). Ex-merchant banker, self-made millionaire, relatively young and very inexperienced politically-speaking. Center-right — a “Progressive-conservative”: admittedly not ideal but the best we can do for now. Seems like a good operator, but he is untried.
Naturally, we would be interested in views from foreigners, and I would be particularly interested in the views of Americans. It would be ideal if our next PM were more compatible with the US.
Now THAT is something we can agree on 100%!
Bush's exit helps U.S. image abroad, survey shows
That's a common expression that the U.S. tends to forget in favor of the envy angle. Thanks for reminding me.