World writes open letter to McCain By Michael Bérubé - July 25, 2008, 8:28AM EARTH, July 25, 2008 -- The entire world drafted an open letter to Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) today, asking him to drop out of the U.S. presidential race and concede the presidency to Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois). "Ordinarily we do not interfere in America's internal affairs," said a spokesman for the rest of the planet, "even when it has become clear, as in recent years, that American voters are about to elect ignorant, incoherent buffoons who will add immeasurably to our immiseration. But this time is different. We didn't think it was worth our while to step up for your Carter or Mondale or Dukakis or Gore or Kerry -- besides, we'd only be bombed or invaded for our trouble. But this time, I mean, come on -- you've got to be kidding me, right? Please tell me you're kidding." Pointing to polls that show Obama leading McCain 94 percent to 6 percent everywhere on the inhabited globe except the United States, where most polls give Obama a narrow one- to three-point lead, the entire world suggested that Americans might not be sufficiently informed about the U.S. election. "Look, this isn't funny," said a world representative, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "You've got one candidate who has a reasonably sane and comprehensive foreign policy combined with detailed knowledge of American domestic affairs, and another candidate who isn't always sure which country he's talking about and whose domestic policy consists of telling people to stop whining. Why are you even throwing this open to a vote? Are you people out of your minds?" The world seemed to be especially impressed by Senator Obama's recent travels, during which the presumptive Democratic nominee demonstrated a thorough grasp of world affairs while draining a three-pointer "from downtown," as one Kuwaiti commentator noted. The newly-formed Sunni-Shi'ite Reconciliation Committee, meeting in Damascus, issued a press release timed to coincide with the world's open letter. "We are deeply disturbed," the committee wrote, "that the United States might elect a president who does not know the difference between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims and who has to have a special friend whisper in his ear every time he makes a mistake. We wonder whether Americans would elect a president who did not understand the difference between your Catholics and your Protestants. And so it is that we stand united, as we have not stood in centuries, in our conviction that such a man is not fit to serve as President of the United States." On a related note, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki asked the entire world why the U.S. media have failed to acknowledge his government's endorsement of Obama's plan for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. "I do not understand what is wrong with their Washington Post," Maliki said in a prepared statement. "I recall that it used to be a pretty good newspaper. But now I fear that its editorial pages have been taken over by what the Qu'ran calls 'a bunch of wankers.'" Unfortunately, representatives of the McCain campaign reported that the candidate did not receive the world's missive, most likely because it was sent to the Senator via e-mail. "I assure you that the Senator is completely up to speed on new technologies and is aware of e-mail," said one staffer. "But he was shaking the laptop in order to get the mail to come out, and he wound up throwing it against a wall. We want to point out, however, that the Senator does not have a problem with his temper, that he is aware of the existence of the Goggle, and that the Internets suffered no permanent damage as a result of this event." http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/25/world_writes_open_letter_to_mc/#more
This is Obama's game -- try to create the false perception that EVERYONE is behind him, even when they are not, so that those who are not will stop and say "what am I thinking that is different than all others?" It's manipulation. It's a Joseph Goebbels style of perception management. Huge crowds and accompanying pictures, support from celebs, media domination, everything is tailored to making one think that everyone supports Obama. Of course only the weak will fall for such rudimentary tactics -- but in a country where more people vote for American Idol than for President, it has a chance of working. It's appealing to the dumbest voters, those without reasoning skills, of which there is an abundance in America. Heck, blacks are voting for him in almost unanimous lockstep even though he didn't grow up in their culture. They'll vote for him just because he looks like them! Very shallow analysis, but representative of Obama's supporters. America is split right down the middle on this election. That's what the Obama campaign doesn't want you to know. Obama supporters -- are you comfortable knowing that you've been manipulated? Are you comfortable in suspending your critical thought and your independent thought to back a candidate who lacks the credentials and judgment to be President?
On a serious note, I understand that foreign policy is important, but outside of diplomacy and setting up allies (which every president should be able to do), why should we give a flying F what the rest of the world thinks?
Stuff like this is great for McCain. Too bad for him that no one reads "talkingpointsmemo.com", else he could gain from this kind of thing.
Maybe he should put it on his website. mcmark: Sorry, didn't see you'd posted this. I don't usually read basso's threads. twhy: "Outside of diplomacy and setting up allies?" Isn't that reason enough?
Aside from diplomacy and setting up allies, what's important about what other nations think?? Seriously???
That would be hard to do, but, I'll give it to you. Taking me and mc away means they only get about 399,800 hits per day.
so which one of you gave them the Polk Award, the same one that went to walter cronkite, bill moyers, ted koppel, etc...?
I got an email from my uncles' father in Germany attending the rally...His English is rough, and he is very old, but here goes verbatim: ......"Never have I seen so much people and adulation around victory monument,...since tha fuhrer...It's great. One leader, One mind...Many faces... 1000 year reign, all over agin...no?...but that talk of Afghanistan...My gosh Wat is he tinking? I tought all tha cowboy pow, pow is coming to da end... At least da chancellor put that to bed, no? Talk to your soon. Come see me for onetime... Papa Von Heusen. You know I don't know what to make of it...Papa Von Heusen sometimes makes sense or not, but he seems to imply the German Chancellor won't be doing anything more regarding Afghanistan (disregarding Obama's request) than under Bush...Hip, Hip...?
