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The Rest of the World Wants Kerry

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

Pentagram writes "A poll by GlobeScan Inc and the University of Maryland of 34,330 people from 35 countries found almost all of them gave a strong backing to Kerry; less than one in five backed Bush. Only people from the Phillipines, Poland and Nigeria clearly backed Bush, whereas Norway gave Kerry the strongest backing with 74% to Bush's 7%. The UK, the US's most vocal ally during the Bush-led Iraq invasion, overwhelmingly preferred Kerry at 47% to 16%."

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  1. Two presidents by vijaya_chandra · · Score: 5, Insightful

    May be it's time the US has two presidents
    One for the people of the US and the other for the world

    Everyone'd be happy

  2. They don't 'want Kerry' by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The don't want Bush.

  3. "The Rest of the World Wants Kerry" by Trikenstein · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This may not be completely accurate.

    Perhaps it would be more accurate to say:
    "The Rest of the World Wants Anyone but Bush"

  4. We should definitely elect Bush then... by Skalizar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As I'm quite sure the rest of the world doesn't have our best interests in mind, just the opposite in fact.

  5. Re:And ... ?? by pzarecta · · Score: 5, Informative
    It is a common misconception, fueled by the media, that the Spanish vote was swayed by the Madrid bombings. Fact of the matter is, a lot of Spaniards came to hate Aznar for several reasons, only one of them being that he practically licked Bush's ass. And it should also be noted that Zapatero had always intended to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq, as it had been part of his campaign platform for a long time. None of this had anything to do with the bombings.

    The takeaway from the Madrid bombings is not how it swayed Spanish politics, rather how smart and media-savvy the terrorists are for making themselves appear to the rest of the world as having swayed the elections, and in the process embarrasing Bush.