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Is America ready for President Obama?
by tiha zaman | July 25, 2008 at 01:16 am
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As an almost-disinterested outsider its really humorous to see how the world is so fascinated with United State's President candidate Senator Obama.
Newspapers all over the world seemed to take a rapt interest even in the most ridiculous like his speech intonations and even the colour of his gym shorts. The Mccain's party had even wryly adopted what the Hillary camp mocked it as "The media' love affair with the senator". From recent media survey, it's not just the media now, it's pretty much just about everyone except...the Americans.
"I think the world is keenly interested in this election; I think they're hungry for a sense of where America's going," Obama said, standing in the aisle of his campaign plane. "Certainly there's a curiosity factor involved."
Even the Indonesian media quipped that if the United States fails to elect him as the President, they would unofficially appoint him as the President of Indonesia instead.
And what about the fact that while Senator Obama was in Berlin, 700 policemens were deployed during his visit?
Vernon Thomas, an 18-year-old tourist from Omaha, Nebraska, said that he was astounded by the support that he has seen in Germany for the Democrat, The Associated Press reported.
"I think it's amazing; there are more people to see him here in Berlin than in my hometown," Thomas said. "For someone to get that much support in a foreign country, it's spectacular."
It was reported that Obama had even won the elections, in Europe that is. Germany and other European Countries had by landslide votes of 86% preffered Obama for the premiership.
As I recalled Maureen Dowd had even joked in IHT, :
At moments, Obama was acting as though he were already "on a coin," as Jon Stewart would say. But cocky or not, he needs to swoop up to conquer so Americans can picture him in the role.
The world seems to be overwhelmingly ready for someone who carry less rowdy policies and less bad puns but the only question now, are the Americans?
July 25, 2008 at 01:16 am by tiha zaman, 921 views, 54 comments
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at 01:20 on July 25th, 2008
tiha zaman, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 01:33 on July 25th, 2008
tiha zaman, I like this story. It's good stuff.
As you said the World is or may be, yet it is rather doubtful that America will be!
at 01:38 on July 25th, 2008
Your're right. There was a news joke today : McCain in German restaurant while Obama in Germany. Now that's irony.
at 01:42 on July 25th, 2008
Now I like that joke! Good one!
at 01:42 on July 25th, 2008
tiha zaman, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Worth a read...
at 01:45 on July 25th, 2008
The answer is NO! So he won the election over there? Well, then, let them have him. There! Our media is under a spell, and totally irresponsible IMHO. at least to the public, maybe not to their masters.
at 01:59 on July 25th, 2008
That's the peculiar side of the media I guess. If they like or loath something, it becomes an overblown giant three ring circus with roasted peanuts on the side. :-)
at 02:19 on July 25th, 2008
No, that's the unethical side. They're supposed to be objective, unbiased, and not slant news.
at 02:26 on July 25th, 2008
It is Politics though, Hard to be objective, especially in a campaign!
at 02:35 on July 25th, 2008
Was just about to say the same thing. I mean, when the media starts to be objective and unbiased that would really be the day when the purple pigs fly. I mean at the end of the day it's not about what you read that really determines something. To get support a person has to have that certain touch and I dont think any journalist can write about that.
at 01:47 on July 25th, 2008
tiha zaman, I like this story. It's good stuff. Thanks for the refreshing view.
at 02:57 on July 25th, 2008
tiha zaman, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 06:49 on July 25th, 2008
America is not a socialist/Marxist country so Obama must hide his true ideology from the American people. If he can not get the white vote in Michigan, Ohio, Penn, he has no chance of getting over 50%. He should just make up with Hillary and put her on the ticket or he will never get the "gun and religion clingers" to vote for him..
at 07:04 on July 25th, 2008
Im wondering about the same thing as well mpress, with Hillary : Pride commeth before a fall i guess. But from what I heard, he did have a discussion with Bill arnd few weeks ago. Wonder what's that all about...
btw thanks for the flag.
at 07:54 on July 25th, 2008
Right now the Hillary voters are not going to vote for Obama. They are not afraid of McCain since he is conservative "Light." Obama on the other hand is being handled by an all white liberal leftist brain trust. It will be the biggest move to the left in American history and I think would end the socialist flirtation America is now having..I am not crazy about McCain but I fear the race war an Obama victory would bring. The Democratic Primary proved that the Democrats are far from the tolerant open minded people they portray themselves as...The racist preacher and all the division during the primary has unmasked the Democrats. Sexism and racism was blatant through the whole process..
at 07:11 on July 25th, 2008
Oh, please, don't do it, Hillary.
at 07:12 on July 25th, 2008
Haha..to this I have to agree Rene.
at 07:16 on July 25th, 2008
Oh, please, don't do it, Hillary.
at 08:00 on July 25th, 2008
Rene Obama has no chance without Hillary. The pollsters are even saying that the massive undecideds are Hillary voters who will vote for McCain but who will not say so to the pollsters. That means if Obama only leads McCain by less than 3 points he is in deep caca.
at 07:46 on July 25th, 2008
US Presidential elections are always built around a cult of personality. Nothing new. The entire process is hype and smoke and mirrors, and has been for all of my 59 years. No one ever knows what the President will really do until he is sitting in the oval office. Bush's many public about-faces from his election rhetoric after assuming office were staggering.
Citizens of the World are trying to send America a clear message. There is no longer room for the kind of belligerent unilateral foreign policy of George Bush and his rabid dogs. The human population on earth is on the cusp of great change and everyone would love a transformed America to lead that change. There is one chance for America to signal to the world that it is ready, and that is Obama. If America fails in this matter the country will fall into ignominy and the rest of us will move on without it.
I have every faith that the US electorate is fed up and will put the whole lot of of the rabid dogs down and will vote for the possibility of a different future that Obama represents.
Goodbye Republicans! Whine all you want but your GOP is gone!
at 07:57 on July 25th, 2008
If that's not a clear stand then I don't know what is. I'm loving the attitude..
Thanks!
at 08:05 on July 25th, 2008
Yes the GOP suck and the Dems are not much better. In fact both parties are corrupt and broken. There is nothing new about Obama unless you consider socialism/Marxism new..It is a change though...
at 08:15 on July 25th, 2008
WOW! I agree with everything you said with the exception of Obama being a Marxist. Obama a Marxist? LOL!
at 08:30 on July 25th, 2008
Obamas Socialist/Marxist leanings are like McCain's Liberal leanings. Obama should not be ashamed that he feels comfortable hanging out with Marxists many of his mentors in Hawaii and Chicago are and have been. His problem is that with the American electorate hanging out with the elite Socialist/Marxists is not a good way to get votes in middle America were he has trouble with the pro American Democrats.
at 08:22 on July 25th, 2008
If McCain doesnt hold the key and Hillary was shunned, we're left with Obama and quoting what you said that he's idea are tended a socialist/marxist, then where is the change that the world needs? Because America has to stop being selfish, as what you do affects the rest of us. If everyone is intolerable, there where would we be?
at 08:34 on July 25th, 2008
America is the most generous country in the world check the statistics...The world is changing in fact in France, England, Italy, Ireland the left has lost major seats and power. Europe is rejecting Socialism.
at 08:45 on July 25th, 2008
Im going to go into hot soup for this. Most generous?? You mean the US is generous enough to go into 2 unwarranted wars? Spending billions of tax payers money for something unconclusive and so damaging. Generous enough to go into yet another war with Iran if McCain wins? Im sure the US version of "generosity" of lets democratize the world is going to sink them generously into further disillusions.
at 08:52 on July 25th, 2008
It depends on your world view. Iraq is turning out to be a positive and if you took a vote in Iraq right now to bring back the Bathist party I bet they would reject it. So maybe in the long run America did something no other country had the balls to do. And we will take the bumps and bruises that those who did nothing to free Iraq from tyranny are showering it with. As far as Iran who will deal with them? France? Germany?
at 08:59 on July 25th, 2008
Seriously, who is Iran a threat to? Israel?? I dont think so, the real damaging place they can actually detonate away is Jerusalem and even they are not crazy enough to blow the third most holiest of thy holy shrine of the Muslim World. If they do, I would personally go and slap each one of them silly thank you. And as for the blowing the rest of the world? nah, not that interesting I think. :-)
at 09:07 on July 25th, 2008
Iran is a threat to whoever feels threatened by them. If the leader of Iran says he wants to wipe Israel off the map it may cause Israel to feel threatened. which may provoke Israel to attack Iran and which might pull the US into the conflict. It sucks.