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Old 09-29-2008, 10:57 AM
 
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...in Australia

ALMOST three-quarters of Australians want Barack Obama to win the US presidential election while only 16 per cent back John McCain, the latest snapshot of Australian attitudes to a range of foreign policy issues shows.

Obama wins by a landslide - in Australia - National - smh.com.au

Obama win preferred in world poll
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7606100.stm

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Old 09-29-2008, 10:58 AM
 
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Very intelligent people in Australia!
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Old 09-29-2008, 11:00 AM
 
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I am not surprised by that one bit. As far as the world in general is concerned, they would like to see Obama win. This news from Australia just helps to emphasize the point.
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Old 09-29-2008, 11:04 AM
 
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Who gives a CRAP about Australia!!! The AMERICAN people matter here NOT Australia, Germany,England,France or any other country. Man you liberals have it backward. The rest of the world should emulate America, not the other way around. We are still the greatest Country on the planet.
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Old 09-29-2008, 11:05 AM
 
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Who gives a CRAP about Australia!!! The AMERICAN people matter here NOT Australia, Germany,England,France or any other country. Man you liberals have it backward. The rest of the world should emulate America, not the other way around. We are still the greatest Country on the planet.
Well then we should stop meddling in other people's country's politics then right????
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Old 09-29-2008, 11:09 AM
 
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Who gives a CRAP about Australia!!! The AMERICAN people matter here NOT Australia, Germany,England,France or any other country. Man you liberals have it backward. The rest of the world should emulate America, not the other way around. We are still the greatest Country on the planet.
So the 'greatest country' is one who doesn't 'give a crap' about what others in the world think....? That defines 'great'......????
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Old 09-29-2008, 11:10 AM
 
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That is actually significant since they were trending to the right.
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Old 09-29-2008, 11:10 AM
 
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Well then we should stop meddling in other people's country's politics then right????
Yes we should to a point. It's difficult and not wise to go to complete isolationism but we try to meddle in too much. We are not the world's police force.
We also should be looking at all the relief we've sent to other countries that suffer natural disasters and also look at which ones have helped us when the same happens here. What country has helped New Orleans or Texas? As far as I know, none. Please Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Old 09-29-2008, 11:11 AM
 
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What is really sad is that Australia probably knows more about the politics and policies of our government than many Americans.
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Old 09-29-2008, 11:12 AM
 
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Yes we should to a point. It's difficult and not wise to go to complete isolationism but we try to meddle in too much. We are not the world's police force.
We also should be looking at all the relief we've sent to other countries that suffer natural disasters and also look at which ones have helped us when the same happens here. What country has helped New Orleans or Texas? As far as I know, none. Please Correct me if I'm wrong.
We turned down aid from other countries.
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