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| Just in time for Barack Obama's trip to Germany, a new poll shows (once more) that an overwhelming majority of Germans favor the Democratic presidential candidate over his Republican rival John McCain. A poll conducted on July 3 for the German Sunday paper Bild am Sonntag found that 72 percent of Germans want Obama as the next U.S. president. Only 11 percent hope for a McCain victory in November. Similiar to U.S. polls, Obama is especially popular among people with a high school degree (86 percent). Interestingly, East Germans (77 percent) favor the Democratic candidate more than Germans in general. A possible explanation for this factoid could be that East Germans on a whole are more inclined to vote for left-of-center candidates than Germans in general. When asked about their priorities for the next president, the answers given by Germans differ quite dramatically from those usually given by Americans. Almost every third German (34 percent) views the global fight against poverty and hunger as the most important issue for President Bush's sucessor. For 22 percent climate change is the dominant topic. Only 18 percent say staving off a global economic crisis is the most pressing issue. Even less (14 percent and nine percent respectively) perceive the fight against international terrorism and improving relations between the U.S. and Europe as the most important topic. In American polls, the energy situation (gas prices), the state of the economy and the war in Iraq are usually always ranked as the most important issues, whereas climate change and the fight against poverty don't normally come up as individual topics. If they are perceived as election topics than only in relation to energy costs and the economic situation in the U.S., but not on a global level. |
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| germans and every country on this planet has a right to get involved in the choosing the next american president. America has a miltary presence in almost every country. The current president has made it his business to meddle in the affairs of sovereign nations. south americans have lived through generations of american interference,africa,middle east too . because of the iraq war america is bleeding cash and is now in a recession that threatens all world markets..america relies on all of these countries to prop up its worthless dollar...and they do it out of respect or fear of reprisals. the US is like a bully in high school that has failed to graduate after ten years...the same people that he used to steal lunch from are now well paid adults who now drop change into the bullys outstretched hat out of pity...MAKE NO MISTAKE the rest of the world DEMANDS america pick a good leader... this time ..or prepare to learn a second language like mandarin,punjabi,hindi ,spanish....the world has every right to pick the next leader of a country that considers itself the world police...hell we should petition congress to be allowed to vote...damn right its our "business" and dont forget it Krusty |
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| krusty | Homepage | E-Mail | 14.07.2008, 00:59 | ||
| Germans should have a little sympathy for Americans after all. Germans learnt their lesson in the 1930's when they elected Hitler. Given that it happened to the German people, who at the time were vastly better educated than Americans are today, should it be surprising that Americans voters will chose a leader willing to sink their nation into second rate status, in exchange for making them feel good about themselves? Ultimately, the people of any nation want to feel strong and powerful. Bush, in his narrow minded idiocy, gave his people what his people wanted: A sense of imperial prowess that can only be realized by military means. McCain, a demi-warrior (he bombed civilians in Vietnam), represents the best alternative to the toy-soldier Bush. Save for his superior intellect, Hitler had something fundamental in common with Bush: They both were make-believe soldiers. McCain is different: He will deliver what Bush couldn't, namely bombs and aggression by someone who was a soldier more than just in name only. |
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| Domingo Tavella | Homepage | E-Mail | 13.07.2008, 03:43 | ||
| The Germans who are commenting on here, such as Rachel, and generalizing over 300 million people (Americans) as being rednecks...are ignorant. Rachel is a great example of why I'm glad I live in the USA and not Germany: ignorant anti Americans who generalize over 300 million people. America is a beautiful diverse country, there is no way I would want to live in Germany. Sure Germany is diverse, but America is the most diverse nation on earth. People from all around the world have come here, and that's what I love about the USA. People who survived Germany's holocaust came here for freedom, let's not forget that. My parents immigrated here legally from Mexico many years ago, and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. To the Germans who feel the need to insult our people: please, mind your own business. This is our election, not yours. We don't make nasty remarks about your people when you have elections. |
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| Emilia | Homepage | E-Mail | 11.07.2008, 20:44 | ||
| I think the Germans have it right: not only Bush personally but the Republican ideology itself - represented by McCain in this election - is the source of much of the world's worries. Also, frankly, history has taught Germany well what selfish despotism is. They recognize it when they see it. Some Americans (witness the foolish comments above!) are extremely naive in that arena. |
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| Adin Eichler | Homepage | E-Mail | 11.07.2008, 18:43 | ||
| I think the Germans have it right: not only Bush personally but the Republican ideology itself - represented by McCain in this election - is the source of much of the world's worries. Also, frankly, history has taught Germany well what selfish despotism is. They recognize it when they see it. Some Americans (witness the foolish comments above!) are extremely naive in that arena. |
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| Adin Eichler | Homepage | E-Mail | 11.07.2008, 18:41 | ||
| Looks like we've got a couple avid fans of the Fox News Channel here. I'm glad to hear (and highly unsuprised) that Germany prefers Obama. For those of you who are offended at why Germany should care: just look at the mess America creates when we have someone like Bush in office! We are also the only remaining "super" power and with that comes some level of responsibility to do the right thing and to LISTEN to others rather than bully them around as we've seen for the last seven years. As for the comment that the Democratic Party's priority in the Senate is to "screw America first" I can only share the words of Senator Barbara Boxer: "SEVENTY-EIGHT TIMES. That's the record-breaking number of filibusters launched by the right-wing Republicans in the Senate already this Congress. SEVENTY-EIGHT TIMES. And one of the leaders in these repeated cases of obstruction is Senator John Cornyn of Texas. Health care for our kids? Filibustered. Stem cell research to cure so many diseases? Filibustered. Ending the war in Iraq? Filibustered. A plan to end the housing crisis? Filibustered. Tax incentives for wind and solar energy? Filibustered. Ensure adequate rest time for our soldiers between deployments? Filibustered." It's not just that we need to elect Obama. We take as many red seats and turn them blue in 2008 so that both houses of Congress can move forward and pass vital legislation which Obama seeks, especially in critical domestic areas such as Healthcare. |
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| Scott | Homepage | E-Mail | 11.07.2008, 15:36 | ||
| Wow: T. Allen and Jerry are great examples of why I'm glad I live in Germany and not in the USA: ignorant red-necks of the most bewildering kind. Why come to a German-related site and attack its readers and content like that? You guys got some serious inferiority issues to deal with. Whenever you're ready to take off your nationalistic blinkers, the rest of the world will be ready to welcome you. Until then, silence is the greatest gift you can give the world. | ||
| Rachel | Homepage | E-Mail | 10.07.2008, 08:21 | ||
| quote "Almost every third German (34 percent) views the global fight against poverty and hunger as the most important issue for President Bush's sucessor." unquote Why it is the American President's problem? Why it always America's job? Why don't the German's just worry about the EU taking care of this? Germans pick your elected officials and let us pick our President! Mr Obama has nice speeches about "change", but really does not have a solid plan how (or what) changes to make. No experience or management skills. Mr McCain has served his country, and has the experience and leadership needed for the next American President. Even Europe will be better off with John McCain as the next President. |
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| J. Pope | Homepage | E-Mail | 09.07.2008, 23:58 | ||
| I certainly hope you Germans realize how dangerous Barack HUSSEIN OBAMA really is, he has a record for the least amount of votes for any US Senator for all time, he is a marxist, he is a communist, he is a native Kenyan. He WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT! I thank God that this election isn't up to Europe. Otherwise we are all screwed. Democrat Party priorities in the Senate. Screw America first. |
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| Matthew | Homepage | E-Mail | 09.07.2008, 22:20 | ||
| OBAMA IS BETTER THAN MCCAIN.. why?? Mccain is bush's friend, the same idiot who want to go to war with IRAN!!! T. Allen is a moron and he's probably an undercover elitist and a racist to boot. You call obama "racist"??? How?? Only White americans can be racist, NO MINORITY CAN! Pick up a book and learn a thing or two. |
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| Jim | Homepage | E-Mail | 09.07.2008, 16:20 | ||
| Sally White the "German point of view" is meaningless to most Americans. Germans simply need to learn to mind their own business because we are not asking for their opinion and neither is it welcomed. A vote for Obama, incidentally, is a vote for someone who long associated with racists and America hating losers. Why would any American want to vote for someone like that? |
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| T. Allen | Homepage | E-Mail | 09.07.2008, 12:19 | ||
| Does anybody there consider the arrogance of presuming to pick and promote the leader of another country? Actually, with some of the leaders Germany has picked in the past they would be among the last I would want picking my president. But that's what you call arrogance I guess. | ||
| Jerry | Homepage | E-Mail | 08.07.2008, 23:23 | ||
| Dear American Voters, reporters, media. professionals, political parties, and our hon. Presidential Nominees, Subject: Presidential Temperament Please talk about and "Compare And Contrast" the " Presidential Temperament" of our Presidential presumptive nominees. I will also request and plead to the nominees themselves [ Hon. Senator McCain and Obama ]. Our nation has been applying this yard and stick tor the appointments and confirmation process of our Supreme Court Justices nominees. Our Greatgrand Nation Foundations are as under: Family, friends, fellows, faith, funds, fun, with fairness & freedom And without fear, favor, and failure. It will be disgrace and shameful if the nominees and media will not look into this critical and crucial aspect under current challenging times and circumstances within our country and all around the Globe. America wake up and the discuss the " Presidential Temperament" of our presumptive presidential nominee's [ Hon. Senator McCain and Obama]. Yours sincerely, COL. A.M.Khajawall [Ret]. Disabled American Veteran Forensic psychiatrist, Las Vegas, Nevada |
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| COL. A.M.Khajawall [Ret] | Homepage | E-Mail | 08.07.2008, 19:31 | ||
| I certainly hope that Obama wins too. The German point of view is interesting since they are certainly less insulated than the US. But then again, for Americans, the problems closer to home are more urgent. Anyway, most of us agree that Obama should be president. please visit whyobama08.org !!! Go Obama! | ||
| Sally White | Homepage | E-Mail | 08.07.2008, 19:21 | ||
| America has to feed the world and give it money too? Is this a joke? How about Germany handing out birth control instead? That would be much cheaper in the long run. I'd say long term population control would do more for combating climate change, if it really exists, than anything else. If Germany wishes to feed and give hand outs to the rest of the world then let it go right ahead. Just don't expect America to follow its lead, and nor should it. Why do stories and commentary such as this keep coming up? I'm sure most Germans wouldn't care about who Americans would like to see as Chancellor or President of Germany. Is this some lame and desperate attempt to convince some Americans, like the few who would read this blog, on who they should vote for? Give it a rest already. |
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| T. Allen | Homepage | E-Mail | 08.07.2008, 13:54 | ||