The Most Important Election Since 1932

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/2/08 at 5:49pm

Not since the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932 has an election been so much about the future and our survival.

What we as a nation do on Tuesday will affect not only our security but the security of the world and the course of history.

Don't f*ck it up, America. Don't let McCain/Palin win.

Posted: 11/2/08 at 5:55pm

I could not agree more.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/2/08 at 6:39pm

And, no, I did not vote for FDR. I wasn't born until the Eisenhower administration.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 11/2/08 at 6:45pm

We're not the only ones, PJ and Joe.

A friend of mine from France sent me an email today that pretty much summed up the rest of the world's utter disgust with the current US administration (and my friend is politically conservative). He said the European polls give Obama 70% to 80% of the votes.

He ended his message by saying --

"One crosses the fingers until next Tuesday!"

I love that.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/2/08 at 7:22pm

European leaders are not to thrilled about the prospect of an Obama Presidency.Many defense related things the US does for them will now be there problem plus many view him as a lightweight. The European people want Americans to pay taxes thru the nose like they do.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 11/2/08 at 7:55pm

"Don't f*ck it up, America. Don't let McCain/Palin win."

You were going well until that.

[gertiecummings]

Posted: 11/2/08 at 8:18pm

We really are in the middle of a revolution right now, or hopefully are on our way to a revolution.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 11/2/08 at 8:21pm

Roxy, please cite a source for your allegation that "the European people want Americans to pay taxes thru the nose like they do."

Facts please.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 11/2/08 at 8:29pm

This is how my French friend (who is 65 years old) categorized the Republicans:

"irresponsible, lying, dishonest and incompetent."

YWIW, I am happy to send you the entire transcript so you can know the source I am citing.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 11/2/08 at 8:31pm

What happened to people thinking for themselves when voting?

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 11/2/08 at 8:32pm

And I say that as someone who voted for Obama.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 11/2/08 at 8:37pm

Miss P, I do not doubt your friend.

What I doubt is Roxy making broad statements on behalf of all of Europe, clearly from some distorted view, that have very little basis in fact.

[vbplayer]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 12:01am

I hope whoever wins can digs us out of the quagmire that the current administration put us in.

Who the fu$% wants the job of U.S President right now.

McCain/Obama

Obama/McCain

If you win the electorals, the job is yours. Do it right please.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 8:17am

Well, I guess Pierre is right.

European Press Review: Obama the Better Choice

The Economist is one of the latest influential publications to support Democrat Barack Obama in the US presidential election. DW-WORLD takes a look at what it and other media have said in the campaign's final hours.
The British business weekly, The Economist, has "wholeheartedly" endorsed Barack Obama, saying the Democratic candidate has "clearly shown that he offers the better chance of restoring America's self-confidence."

The magazine admits it was disappointed that the John McCain on the campaign stump has been a weaker, more indecisive and more right-wing version of the John McCain who made a name for himself as a senator. His choice of Sarah Palin as a running mate was the epitome of the "sloppiness" exhibited by Candidate McCain, The Economist says, writing: "It is not just that she is an unconvincing stand-in, nor even that she seems to have been chosen partly for her views on divisive social issues, notably abortion." Rather, the magazine deplores the fact that McCain made his most important appointment after meeting Palin only twice.

In contrast, The Economist commends Obama for running an exceptionally assured campaign. "A man who started out with no money and few supporters has out-thought, out-organized and out-fought the two mightiest machines in American politics -- the Clintons and the conservative right," the magazine opines, concluding that Obama deserves the presidency.

The French paper Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace from Strasbourg conceded that for months now, Europeans have only had eyes for Barack Obama. "That's because he stands for real change, but also because McCain wears the Republican banner that -- perhaps unfairly -- puts him on equal footing with the incumbent president," the paper wrote. It added that what Europeans are expecting is an end to the Bush era, and an end to eight years of lack of understanding between the United States and the rest of the world.

The world would be better off with Barack Obama as the next US president, said the Dutch De Volkskrant newspaper in its weekend edition. "Everything points to the fact that diplomacy plays a far bigger role for him than it does for the incumbent president, and that he would handle it with far more aplomb," the paper wrote. It also echoed a popular European view that with Obama in the White House, America would show the world a completely different face in every respect than it has with the much-vilified Bush, or the respectable but somewhat rusty veteran McCain.

The Luxemburger Wort focused on the foreign policy tasks facing the winner of the election. "The leader of the United States can and should give decisive impulses for peace in the Middle East, for the future vitality of NATO, for a new order of the world's financial systems, and for the West's energy security," the paper said, adding that the president of the free world must also ensure that international terrorism is fought with the right weapons.

The German Rhein Zeitung commented that after eight disastrous years of the Bush administration, it doesn't really matter who becomes the 44th president -- things can only get better. Whether the victor is Obama or McCain, the "chief firefighter" will have several blazes to attend to, the paper wrote, adding: "He'll have to repair his country's damaged reputation worldwide, and give Americans a new sense of optimism."

Finally, the Swiss Tages-Anzeiger newspaper warned its readers not to put too much faith in national opinion polls which put Obama ahead of McCain in the final hours of the campaign. It said that the polls are treading exceptionally thin ice this year because the favored candidate is an African American.

"Did white voters not want to admit to their prejudice and say they were supporting a black man, only to then choose the white candidate in the privacy of the voting booth?" the paper asked. And anyway, it continued, with the election likely to come down to a handful of swing states, a healthy dose of skepticism is justified.


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[WestEndAndy]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 9:44am

Yes, the whole world waits for the US to choose the future or the past. The result will profoundly affect us here in Britain, mired in Iraq and Afghanistan and sick with the economic bug.

And there is another thing. It is not just about NOT voting for Mcain/Palin. It is about electing the most exciting and inspirational world leader for a generation. It is about embracing diversity and rejecting the old tribal loyalties that cause most of the wars and the hatred. We must all live together or we shall die together.

I shall be watching the TV tomorrow with as much interest and nervous excitement as I have experienced at any UK election. For Obama to lose now is unthinkable. I wish I could vote and be part of this great new American revolution.