Barack Obama getting a rock-star welcome in Europe.

I am surprised at how other countries know what's best for America without ever stepping foot here, getting all their information from TV and not living the daily struggles we go through. We are being taxed out of our homes, we have homeless people, poverty yet other countries tell us who we should pick for president so he can help them out.


Yes, very scary.

yah, as if US is not butting on other coutries' affairs Krysia. It just seems that based on what I have read you are too being manipulad by your own media when it comes to choosing the new president.

Other countries are concerned because US effects them, especially when it comes to foreign policies. The truth is that we are not concerned about your domestic affairs.

I have read to day in the Polish press that Obama is the first American candidate who is not using government or other sources (unlike Republicans) for his election.
He actually has a website for donations from the public, so that is a big plus.


I think you are being a little paranoid about other people commenting on US elections. The truth is that it is not in your sole interest but also in the interest of the whole world to have a sound US president.

Our media is blatantly in favor of Obama and almost completely ignores McCain.



So shouldn't you be for, say, someone like Ron Paul, Bob Barr, or Chuck Baldwin?



Well you should. A weak American economy means a weak world economy.



That's not a big plus. He's getting huge donations from big corporations, bureaucratic fat-cats, and special interest groups like agribusiness.



Sound US President = Not Obama.

It seems to me that I was once told, that since I was an American, that I should refrain from telling Canadians what to do. Hmmm, Am I missing something here?

McCain, wasn't he the man who 'joked' about bo bo bo bo bombing Iran'? What a sad man!! He's a Vietnam vet, the war America glorified and lost.

I'd much rather a fresh-faced Obama, a guy who will raise the profile of America on an international scale. A man who isn't governned by the PNAC hawks.

why is that? I don't watch American TV.
are they running?
possible, but most countries are concerned about their own economies. I was just being honest here. Don't tell me that Americans care about the world's economies unless it is there to be exploited.
is he? Can you actually prove it because this is not what I have read. Unless it is a scam. Still - I would need more prove in order to believe it.

what choice to you really have.

Anyways, regardless of who the president will be, I cannot really see US politics changing that much so soon.


It will be interesting to see what happens in Oct.

The guy who will send our economy into even greater ruin than it is?

There's no doubt that the next President will get the blame for an inevitable recession, but Obama will make it much, much worse with his high tax-high regulation-high tariff policies. McCain is at least in favor of school choice, lower taxes to induce investment, and more free trade.



Because they're leftists? These are the same people who had hardons for Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.



Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin are running.



Maybe the average American doesn't, but if you've had a college education you should care.



Here are Obama's donators:
1 Lawyers/Law Firms $20,722,629
2 Retired $19,202,876
3 Securities & Investment $8,905,777
4 Education $8,784,068
5 Business Services $5,875,124
6 Real Estate $5,816,677
7 Health Professionals $5,224,639
8 TV/Movies/Music $4,701,382
9 Misc Business $3,955,793
10 Computers/Internet $3,729,991
11 Misc Finance $3,567,152
12 Civil Servants/Public Officials $3,290,319
13 Printing & Publishing $3,035,622
14 Democratic/Liberal $2,837,623
15 Commercial Banks $1,883,058
16 Other $1,822,972
17 Hospitals/Nursing Homes $1,419,892
18 Non-Profit Institutions $1,314,849
19 Construction Services $1,254,656
20 Insurance $1,144,386

and

Agribusiness $1,031,634
Communications/Electronics $12,351,351
Construction $2,629,577
Defense $410,443
Energy & Natural Resources $1,306,465
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate $22,417,885
Health $8,385,953
Lawyers & Lobbyists $20,924,958
Transportation $804,657
Misc Business $14,334,601
Labor $130,221
Ideological/Single-Issue $3,685,447
Other $34,820,399

And also this:
Goldman Sachs $627,730
University of California $523,120
JPMorgan Chase & Co $398,021
Citigroup Inc $393,899
UBS AG $378,400
Google Inc $373,212
Harvard University $369,802
Lehman Brothers $353,922
National Amusements Inc $352,603
Moveon.org $347,463
Sidley Austin LLP $326,845
Skadden, Arps et al $304,050
Time Warner $298,972
Morgan Stanley $291,388
Microsoft Corp $276,925
Jones Day $266,705
Latham & Watkins $252,845
University of Chicago $250,685
Wilmerhale Llp $249,282
Exelon Corp $239,061



McCain is far better.

Well it sure seems that you are? Why else do you keep on talking out your ass?

WE dont need your advice about our country especially from a Canadian who has never lived here!

Worry about your own country not mine because you really dont have a clue.

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It seems to me that I was once told, that since I was an American, that I should refrain from telling Canadians what to do. Hmmm, Am I missing something here?[/quote]

Its ok for them to tell us how to run our counrty but we arent allowed to say anything about thiers.

I`m so glad these people arent allowed to vote!!!!!

Mind your own business already, worry about Canada.
We dont tell you who to vote for!

McCain is nothing more than George Bush Part II. This man has backspun and backflipped on so many issues it's pitiful. I can't trust a man like that. He stated he honestly didn't have alot of experience with economic issues...and when asked about his quote...he stated..."i don't remember that." Either he's a liar or he's suffering from early onset Alzheimer's disease.

I could care less about his military background. Bill Clinton didn't have a big military background either and this country prospered like it had never prospered before. For once, we saw our debt in the black...it took George Bush only 4 years to put us back in the red. We are looking at a trillion dollar debt under this man...and I refuse to vote for a counterpart such as McCain.

Well said. BTW, it's couldn't care less.

Isn't it sad that McCains made French fries? LOL How dare they criticise France for maintaining a neutral stance?

Roll on Obama!!

If someone could care less, then why don't they?

hmm you guys sure travel around a lot together.

Meaning?

"Barack Obama getting a rock-star welcome in Europe"

just keep him, will you?

What is a rock-star welcome?

Does it have anything to do with the copious quantities of drink and drugs they might bring along?

Comparing Obama with Clinton is a huge mistake. For one thing, Clinton had a fiscal conservative Republican-controlled Congress keeping him in check and Greenspan creating huge dot com, telecom, and housing bubbles due to loose monetary policy. Also, Clinton had a few smart economic ideas, like signing NAFTA, CAFTA, and other free trade agreements, all of which Obama opposes.

Bush inherited the dot com, telecom, and housing bubbles that all burst as they always inevitably do. Did Bush screw up in a lot of stuff? Yes.

Obama wants a windfall profits tax and no more free trade. I'm sorry, but if you don't see the Jimmy Carter-esque economic disaster in that, I don't know what you do see.

What will happen in October?

She`s oblivious...talk about the lack of general knowledge?

it will be interesting to watch how the elections progress before November.
no, I am not. I know that the elections are in November.

Sledz, I never told you who to vote for. Yet, I have my preferances and so do you.
Speaking my mind is not speaking out of my ass.

Most countries have a problem with the US foreing policies, which you as an American are not concerned with. Domestic US policies are not a concern for other countries.


GO OBAMA!!!!!!

Thats so far from the truth...I`m not going to even address this topic with you,
Since you know it all already.


This is true,, the only difference is that I can vote and you cant:)


Go McCain!!!!!

Who's Obama?

next US president:)
That is a given Sledz, but you cannot stop people form voicing their opinions on the forum. I made a general statement and it was not directed at you. So no need to start a Canadian -US war now;)


Vote for OBAMA

BARRACK HUSEIN OBAMA

GO McCAIN AMERICA FOR AMERICANS

who are Americans?? Immigrants!!!!!!!


go OBAMA!!!!!!!!!

I was born here in Baltimore Md. That makes me an American.

I am not a transplant like some people.

GO McCAIN

that doesn't make you better:)


GO OBAMA!!!!!!!

I was born in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

GO OBAMA!!!!!!!

Thank God your vote doesn't count.

quite unusual for a Scot but what the heck!!!!!!!!

go OBAMA!!!!

Krysia, you didn't think it did. Free speech for all!!!!!!

Aye. But I don't know quite what it is you're implying bonnie lassie

GO OBAMA!!!!!!!!