tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post8908618824585234886..comments2023-12-11T08:49:46.305+00:00Comments on Dizzy Thinks: Quick Presidential PredictionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-83355796666145188932008-10-31T16:28:00.000+00:002008-10-31T16:28:00.000+00:00I lived in Europe during the Bill years. A Dem in ...I lived in Europe during the Bill years. A Dem in the White House had no impact on anti-Americanism.<BR/><BR/>"that's when I realized how much I missed the US and came home because, quite frankly, they were all spoiled a-holes with nothing better to do than berate the US while consuming all of their goods"<BR/><BR/>Ha. Same experience here. I had to listen to such tediously whinging about what barbarians we all were. But every time some lame Hollywood blockbuster came out, the theater lines were down the street. Every time a US dance craze or a song hit, it would be everywhere you turned. If I said I was from Chicago, I'd be questioned at length about Michael Jordan, pizza, Mayor Daley, the Cubs, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-50727004151629084922008-10-31T14:54:00.000+00:002008-10-31T14:54:00.000+00:00Are you kidding? This will be great! Anytime some...Are you kidding? This will be great! Anytime someone criticizes the US or Obama, we will call them "racist." It has been working like this in the US for years. If you criticize an ethnic minority, you are a racist. Enjoy it, rest of world!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-20501132192612136222008-10-31T13:03:00.000+00:002008-10-31T13:03:00.000+00:00Meh, I disagree. I think the people who makes the...Meh, I disagree. I think the people who makes these snide comments are merely leftists. Obama is one of them -- and America, praise God, will finally have been rescued from the ravages of cowboy politics....until we elect another Republican, of course.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14352657715399824379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-30057974131149544202008-10-31T11:48:00.000+00:002008-10-31T11:48:00.000+00:00He'll go from hero to mascot in about 60 secsHe'll go from hero to mascot in about 60 secsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-84134273733490066982008-10-31T04:55:00.000+00:002008-10-31T04:55:00.000+00:00If some external force exerts itself upon europe.....If some external force exerts itself upon europe...<BR/><BR/>think putin,<BR/><BR/>they'll panic.<BR/><BR/>chirac already called his view on iran immature. Who do you think they will blame if NK or Iran actually tests fire a nuke?<BR/><BR/>he'll be loved, but very conditionally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-55124971777603476872008-10-31T04:10:00.000+00:002008-10-31T04:10:00.000+00:00I lived in Germany during the Clinton years... I t...I lived in Germany during the Clinton years... I think the NYT seems to remember him as being "loved" by the Euros... I seem to remember... quite vividly... the dinner parties I had to sit through while they raked the US over the coals... that's when I realized how much I missed the US and came home because, quite frankly, they were all spoiled a-holes with nothing better to do than berate the US while consuming all of their goods...honestly... you'd have thought they'd be rioting when Starbucks opened over there... but no... they were lined up to buy a grande instead. If Obama gets elected, the Euro welcome mat will wear out very quickly... its just a case of how much he will sell Americans down the river to court their continuing adoration. Personally, I think he'd make a better chancellor of Germany because they do love a messiah figure and they sure know how to rally en masse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-86153041744506231652008-10-31T03:51:00.000+00:002008-10-31T03:51:00.000+00:00No way! The Euros will simply change their complai...No way! The Euros will simply change their complaint. Instead of saying "We don't hate America, we just hate Bush,", now they'll say "We don't hate Obama, we just hate America!".<BR/><BR/>People can be flexible when they need to be.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192301786982810397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-81475718397845095512008-10-31T02:44:00.000+00:002008-10-31T02:44:00.000+00:00Here is a useful graph of anti-Americanism by coun...<A HREF="http://www.singularity2050.com/2006/03/does_the_world_.html" REL="nofollow">Here is a useful graph of anti-Americanism by country.</A> Note the wide variances.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-67982267768859856542008-10-31T02:37:00.000+00:002008-10-31T02:37:00.000+00:00As someone who lived outside the USA during the 19...As someone who lived outside the USA during the 1990s, trust me, the lefties/libs didn't like America just because a D was in the office. They directed their hatred and scorn at institutions and things other than the president, but it was still there. Bush just gives them a focal point. Besides, Obama is clearly a trade protectionist, which won't win a lot of friends overseas.holdfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206911009978107266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-68282990539460890622008-10-29T22:38:00.000+00:002008-10-29T22:38:00.000+00:00If Obama wins it will be a lefty love fest - not l...If Obama wins it will be a lefty love fest - not least because Obama is a socialist.<BR/><BR/>If Obama wins prepare to be inundated into apoplexy with long verbose epics of boring rhetoric -- Ad nauseum.<BR/><BR/>We get a taste of it tonight - or rather America does - with a 30 minute party political broadcast - just before the World Series.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how this will go down, intimations of hubris?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-71040924271765773702008-10-28T22:56:00.000+00:002008-10-28T22:56:00.000+00:00Dizzy, Obama has already stuck his nose in on the...Dizzy, Obama has already stuck his nose in on the Israel issue by defining what the Israelis and Palestinians can negotiate about and it apparently is not Jerusalem.<BR/><BR/>So forget peace in the Middle east if he is elected, he is Likud on that score.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-77202023268796227312008-10-28T21:36:00.000+00:002008-10-28T21:36:00.000+00:00Dunno, Bill is remembered more fondly by the left ...Dunno, Bill is remembered more fondly by the left than he really deserves.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it'll be different this time because the net is much bigger and there's more channels for frustrations to show out, but the left (of the UK), were pretty keen on Bill as I remember - even when he bombed third world countries.<BR/><BR/>What will be interesting is to see if Obama will launch any airstrikes in Africa's direction, whether that's met with applause or incredulity and whether he can reconcile that with his posturing on TV in traditional clothing.<BR/><BR/>This all assumes that he actually wins the power obviously.Shug Niggurathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07436692879508902713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-53492576733123829992008-10-28T18:24:00.000+00:002008-10-28T18:24:00.000+00:00you might want to host this videohttp://www.youtub...you might want to host this video<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T60-oMPWWOU" REL="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T60-oMPWWOU</A><BR/><BR/>it gets to the point about the smirking joker whose screwed things upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-73689904504618928242008-10-28T16:53:00.000+00:002008-10-28T16:53:00.000+00:00I absolutely agree. People have put him up on a pe...I absolutely agree. People have put him up on a pedestal, so the fall could be even the greater.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828549974152617616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-81938826562940163842008-10-28T16:48:00.000+00:002008-10-28T16:48:00.000+00:00It'll be like Blair: their wrath will be all the g...It'll be like Blair: their wrath will be all the greater for being let down by their champion. I'm almost looking forward to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com