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brandon10brandon10 Posts: 1,114
edited October 2008 in A Moving Train
Is there anyone outside of the U.S. that supports McCain? If yes why? If no why not? I'm in Canada, and I'm yet to meet someone who does. Why doesn't anyone outside of the U.S. like McCain?
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  • KannKann Posts: 1,146
    I know here (france) the media, and hence the general opinion, is massively pro-obama. Everytime someone mentions Obama on a tv show people cheer, while McCain definitely doesn't get as much love. I have yet to see a McCain supporter as well.
    This is so stupid considering our president, with his shitty approval ratings, also supports Obama. But media + general opinion never really gave logical results.
  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    he's a hawk. His motive is the supremecy of the US. period.

    Why would anyone outside the US support him? there is no reason that I can think of. None.
  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    Last night on the BBCs Question Time there was a discussion about Palin... not that complimentary. A bishop that was part of the panel said that he couldn't understand why a country of so many intelligent people, had such strange characters appearing for public office (or words to that effect). I think he has a good point.

    Edit: Saying that we have Gordon Brown!
  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    nuffingman wrote:
    Last night on the BBCs Question Time there was a discussion about Palin... not that complimentary. A bishop that was part of the panel said that he couldn't understand why a country of so many intelligent people, had such strange characters appearing for public office (or words to that effect). I think he has a good point.

    Edit: Saying that we have Gordon Brown!

    I saw that ... can't remember if it was Clarke or the bishop (probably both :p) that said that they couldn't believe that someone with so little experience had been chosen as a vp candidate. Know that the bishop said something about how could they elect someone who knows so few names of current world leaders ... but then again they elected Bush ... or something to that effect.

    Know Clarke (for the non Brits a Conservative MP therefore you would think closer to Republican) said he liked both Obama and McCain but when Palin was chosen as VP candidate that made his decision for him and it had to be Obama and it was scary that Palin had a chance of being VP.

    Think everyone on the panel (other than the Labour bod that wouldn't answer) chose Obama. I wasn't watching properly though :o
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    Chime wrote:
    I saw that ... can't remember if it was Clarke or the bishop (probably both :p) that said that they couldn't believe that someone with so little experience had been chosen as vp. Know that the bishop said something about how could they elect someone who knows so few names of current world leaders ... but then again they elected Bush ... or something to that effect.

    Know Clarke (for the non Brits a Conservative MP therefore you would think closer to Republican) said he liked both Obama and McCain but when Palin was chosen as VP candidate that made his decision for him and it had to be Obama and it was scary that Palin had a chance of being VP.

    Think everyone on the panel (other than the Labour bod that wouldn't answer) chose Obama. I wasn't watching properly though :o
    Yes, now I remember the bit about not knowing foreign leaders. Frightening that these people could be so powerful.

    Labour bod that wouldn't answer!!!!!!! Whatever next?
  • ThecureThecure Posts: 814
    brandon10 wrote:
    Is there anyone outside of the U.S. that supports McCain? If yes why? If no why not? I'm in Canada, and I'm yet to meet someone who does. Why doesn't anyone outside of the U.S. like McCain?

    While i don't really like McCain in 2008, i did liek him in 2000 and i am from canada. however, i must raise one point and that is McCain is not the popular person to liek so even if people did liek him they might be embarressed to say so. i personally don't believe that he is a bad guy and alot of what people say about him. personally i don't know why anyone around the world likes Obama either. but people liek who they like
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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    During the primaries I think there was SOME support for McCain in Ireland... cos of his Irish connections! I'm not sure if that still stands though.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    During the primaries I think there was SOME support for McCain in Ireland... cos of his Irish connections! I'm not sure if that still stands though.

    With that principle how do you think McLovin would fare? :D
  • brandon10brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    Seriously, my fellow Americans need to wake the fuck up! Get out of the country and view it from another perspective. No one in this world outside of The U.S. wants McCain elected.

    McCain supporters need to ask themselves why. Do they think they know better than half of their country and the rest of the world because they have the American Jesus?
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    check this out ...

    http://www.economist.com/vote2008/
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    brandon10 wrote:
    Is there anyone outside of the U.S. that supports McCain? If yes why? If no why not? I'm in Canada, and I'm yet to meet someone who does. Why doesn't anyone outside of the U.S. like McCain?

    not that i know of... certainly we dont... to us he's just like Bush but older... same old warmongering stance, same old puffs of air.. how and why would the worlds leading superpower elect a man in his 70's who has this as his VP?

    maybe some shitty african dictatorship might be in favour of McCain so they can continue buying cheap arms?
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    nuffingman wrote:
    Edit: Saying that we have Gordon Brown!

    i'm not that much of a fan of Brown, but he's one clever fucker... he has come from nothing, studied hard and has a good grasp of what life is like for most families... David Cameron most likely thinks being poor means not being able to buy a hockey stick to ram up a public schoolboys arse.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    During the primaries I think there was SOME support for McCain in Ireland... cos of his Irish connections! I'm not sure if that still stands though.

    The RTE One news broadcasts tend to show more stock McCain footage than footage of Obama, when airing election reports. Whether that's due to laziness rather than bias though, is another question.
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