Europe shows love for Barack Obama - unfortunately it has no vote
If Barack Obama was taking on John McCain in a global election he would already be on his way to the White House.
A recent worldwide poll showed him beating the Republican by more than three to one. In Europe, his margin of victory would be even greater: Mr McCain would get only 6 per cent of the vote in Germany, where a government spokesman has waxed publicly about the attraction of Mr Obama's ??mixture of Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy?.
Just about the whole of France is backing Mr Obama. He is, in the words of Jack Lang, the former Socialist Culture Minister, ??the America we love ... the youth and racial mix of an America under transformation and in movement?.
As waves of euphoria swept across the Atlantic this week after Mr Obama's victory in the Democratic primary, a message on the ??Brits for Barack? Facebook group declared: ??We did it!? However, in reality, it is not up to them to do it. Mr Obama won the tightest nomination fight in living memory despite the concerns of many Democratic voters about his credentials as a prospective commander-in-chief.
Europe shows love for Barack Obama - unfortunately it has no vote - Times Online
Europe shows love for Barack Obama - unfortunately it has no vote
Yeh man, America has way too much influence on life over here.
People are tired of the bullshit, so even though we have no vote, it does affect us, in our policies etc.
For example, if weed was legalised in the USA, the UK politicians would all quickly rethink and suddenly realise the same conclusions. We're a fucking mirror. We don't want more war, fuck that shit.
