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SC - I'll accept your personal experience, but, with all due respect, I live here ! As a basic seperation, you have to deal with the age factor (amongst others). You talk to anyone over the age of 40 (say), they'll be cynical enough to be wary of ALL politicians (unless they are locked into their personal "party"), so will naturally gravitate to the oldest (read most respectable) candidate. Talk to the younger section of the population, and that purely depends on the country......
Despite the advances made in equality, racism is still one hellova fact of life, and the UK, France & Germany (to name the 3 largest economies in Europe) are still inherently racist when it comes down to power (IMHO).....
I'd love to see a poll from above 3 countries to disprove my cynicism...........
I only consider their opinions as a change for all those foreigners who despise Bush. We need a president who will restore our reputation with our allies.
To clarify to everyone, Europe despises Bush... not the United States. In fact most Europeans support closer relations with the US according to a recent Gallup poll I saw. We are, as people, fairly well liked even if its thought its best to speak with us one at a time and a bout non-political matters... its our fool in charge who is despised!
That is the feeling in my part of the world as well.
While I agree with you there is a growing number of Canadians who just shake their heads and look at the US as the Anti-Christ. The more you dig into world affairs to more you find wrong with the US governments past and present, if the US wants the rest of the world to like them and support them they need to take a new path, one involving honesty for a change.
Please remember what the government is doing is NOT what the people want, we are helplessly being spoken for but this is not what we want, we had what we wanted under Clinton.
Clinton isn't what we wanted anymore then Bush Sr was. Obama is closer to what we really want. Bush Jr is extremely far away.
The one problem with Obama is he hasn't committed to do any of the changes need to bring the country back from it's current failings, he has played his card very close.
I want to see what he does on campaign financing. The last I saw, after McCain agreed to public financing, Obama said that details would have to be worked out.
McCain agreed to public financing before he illegally dropped public financing.
The Dems are suing him over this now. Every dollar he spends is in violation of the same law he authored and voted for.
So much for details.
"Clinton isn't what we wanted anymore", I don't agree, when Clinton left office we where in the black, not at war and the economy was doing well.
NAFTA is the biggest thing that comes to mind.
Mdair and you can not blame NAFTA SOLELY on Clinton. You would also have to blame the previous presidents as well.
Whoooaaa...Which "we" are you speaking for here? I'm curious...
Myself and everyone else who doesn't like NAFTA?
NAFTA wasn't THE defining moment of his Presidency (and...that other thing wasn't either so don't even go there). ;-P
No, his defining moment was getting a B J from a coed. Like any of us really wanted to hear about that.
Mdiar after the Reagan years and Bush part 1 Clinton is what I and the people I know wanted.
I know that and I never said I was one who thought the US was the Anti-Christ. I'm so happy I'm not American because I simply don't see any easy way out for you and it troubles me. Electing a new President will change nothing as the same people will still be calling the shots with money in the Capital. Armed rebellion will destroy what little economy the country has left. And the one way that might work, protests and national strikes don't get the support needed to achieve anything. The one thing that might work is a strong international community to bring US government officials including the executive branch to justice for their crimes but we all know the countries who need to work together will never do that. I wish I had an answer as I'm sure everyone does.
I would like to see Bush investigated and if wrong doings proven, charged and taken to court. I believe a lot of things have transpired that the public is unaware of. The public deserves the truth, as they are paying the price of his pas decisions.