Posted on 09/09/2008 10:00:33 AM PDT by traumer
US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama may be struggling to nudge ahead of his Republican rival in polls at home, but people across the world want him in the White House, a BBC poll said.
All 22 countries covered in the poll would prefer to see Senator Obama elected US president ahead of Republican John McCain.
In 17 of the 22 nations, people expect relations between the US and the rest of the world to improve if Senator Obama wins.
More than 22,000 people were questioned by pollster GlobeScan in countries ranging from Australia to India and across Africa, Europe and South America.
The margin in favour of Senator Obama ranged from 9 per cent in India to 82 per cent in Kenya, while an average of 49 per cent across the 22 countries preferred Senator Obama compared with 12 per cent preferring Senator McCain. Some four in 10 did not take a view.
"Large numbers of people around the world clearly like what Barack Obama represents," GlobeScan chairman Doug Miller said.
"Given how negative America's international image is at present, it is quite striking that only one in five think a McCain presidency would improve on the Bush administration's relations with the world."
In the United States, three polls taken since the Republican party convention ended on Thursday (local time) show Senator McCain with a lead of 1 to 4 percentage points - within the margin of error - and two others show the two neck-and-neck.
The countries most optimistic that an Obama presidency would improve relations were America's NATO allies, including Australia (62 per cent).
A similar BBC/Globescan poll conducted ahead of the 2004 U.S presidential election found that, of 35 countries polled, 30 would have preferred to see Democratic nominee John Kerry, rather than the incumbent George Bush, who was elected.
A total of 23,531 people in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, the UAE, Britain and the United States were interviewed face-to-face or by telephone in July and August 2008 for the poll.
The World would like to have America weak and socialist like them.
This is a classic crab in the bucket analogy.
“All 22 countries covered in the poll would prefer to see Senator Obama elected US president ahead of Republican John McCain. “
ABC News and the BBC seem to feel that if Obama loses in November, he could contest the U.S. election on the basis that they didn’t “count all the votes”. I wonder what our Supreme Court will decide this time around.
Typical of the leftists, they attempt to wrap themselves in the flag, and make sounds like middle America to get elected.
Could somebody please remind me how many electoral votes they have again?
This should be reason enough to VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN.
All the more reason to vote against nObama.
cool bumper sticker.
Take him - he’s yours. A gift from US.
We on the other hand since it’s our economic backside and we pay all the taxes that support you - will go with McCain and Palin - thank you very much.
An excellent reason in and of itself to vote McCain/Palin.
Sounds like exactly the kind of situation envisioned by the sagacious First President of America when he warned about the great dangers of what he called "the Spirit of Party." He said:
"I have already intimated to you the danger of parties . . . . Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.
"This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness and is truly their worst enemy.
"It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with illfounded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another; foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passion. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another."
If that was not sufficient warning, in another portion of his Address, he added this:
"Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government."
Good. They can have him. Let him rule the planets for all I care. Just keep him away from our country.
Obama was kind of pushed aside on Drudge by all the Sarah Palin news. But this story gives him an opportunity to jump back in the tank for him.
I think Drudge feels a tingle in his leg whenever he things about Obama. He is sometimes thought to be a conservative because of his work during the clinton years, but that would be a false impression. He is more interested in being Walter Winchell and breaking the news barriers.
Too bad. I’ve never seen Drudge so consistently biased as has been for Obama. He’d might as well be the Washington Post or the New York Times. In fact, he’s worse.
They blame America first and so does Obambi.
As long as it keeps him out of the White House, and out of America’s affairs, where do I send him?
And socialist, don’t forget that.
Beautiful.
What a prophet!
I guess the whole Jesus claim isn’t going to pan out for Obama.
BFD!
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