Which foreigner should become president of the U.S of A?
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Because McCain is a republican, thus will not be elected, and Hillary and Obama are democrats, it turns out there are no Americans that qualify for the job. :-) Which foreigner should be invited for a job interview?
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This topic was started by Barf on March 27th, 2008. 19 grupies have voted on one or more of the 5 answers.
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First off, there's a republican in office, dummy. I mean, theres more wrong with your assumptions but i'm stopping at that.
Now I just have a general comment that I don't mean to be offensive but do want to share. I recently spent about 6 weeks travelling in Europe and I experienced a general distaste and willingness to stereotype Americans(mostly because of the media and Bush). But the first responce to my nationality was usually "who are you voting for?" Then, they would tell me who I SHOULD vote for. This offended me because I think that a persons voting choice is private and should not be asked. But also, I resent the fact that a lot of non-americans feel they should have some influence over our leadership choices.
"I resent the fact that a lot of non-americans feel they should have some influence over our leadership choices."
Funny how you mention that, half of the Bush administration has dual citizenship, most of them sport an Israeli passport.
Well, honestly I don't feel that that's relevent. I'm not talking about the upper government of any country. I mean just everyday people. And I would like to make a correction, most of the conversations I had about Am politics were with people from England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and The Netherlands. So, maybe I should have clarrified that it wasn't just Europe.
ferre: Do you have a conspiracy theory to share with us?
thank you. And yes, in Europe people are also more open about who they vote for... even the most radical advertise in the window for their party. No one should be told whom to vote for though. It's your choice, in the end the only person you have to face up to truthfully in the end about your choice is yourself. (a European)
@Ferre: love it!
I hadn't considered the cultuaral differences in voting etiquette.
Honestly, I think I kind of got a bee in my bonnet because of something that happened during my trip. I was walking through a London park with a bunch of Aussies and we saw a protest going on so we went to check it out. I was loudly joking in my VERY american accent before I realized what that they were protesting bush. Immediately I had three or four protesters on me. One asked me where I was from and I said "georgia," which he knew was a red state. This was the only time I WASN'T asked who I voted for, he assumed I voted republican and started hammering me with stats on the the war and economy. One guy even cursed at me and told me to go back to Am. I felt SO assaulted and attacked. After that, I cringed when anyone asked about Am politics.
"ferre: Do you have a conspiracy theory to share with us?"
MDAdams, no, I'm not into conspiracy theories, however I do keep an open mind when conspiracy theories are brought up by other people. Afterall Wateregate was a conspiracy, the JFK murder was a conspiracy and 9/11 was a conspiracy too. The question is not whether something is a conspiracy or not, the question is mostly WHO is behind the conspiracy.
I'm very well aware of the fact that labeling people who question WHO is behind the various conspiracies as lunatics has been made popular in the USA but I'm not into that either.
Remember the RFK assasination? have you read this last week?
http://www.abcnews.g...ry?id=4534689
Apparently what many people ridiculed as a "conspiracy theory" for years turned out not to be that ridiculous afterall.
Maybe you should become a little bit more open minded and face the reality of life and politics before you let your sarcasm loose on people like me, it doesn't make you look any smarter than you are.
Ferre: I swear I am not intentionally being argumentative. I tried to restrain myself, but I couldn't.
"I'm very well aware of the fact that labeling people who question WHO is behind the various conspiracies as lunatics has been made popular in the USA but I'm not into that either."
Dude, just cause it happens in movies doesn't mean it's true. I mean, if that were the case then all Americans would LOVE spray cheese, all Australians would live in the outback, all french would be jerks who can cook, all English people would be pale and sarcastic... etc. I mean, come on!
I took a history class on famous conspiracy theories which was great. I also find the people I know that are into that stuff to be interesting and wonderful conversationalist.
But I am pale and sarcastic :(
@ferre: put your humour hat on for a while. My comment was tongue in cheek, and I assumed you would get it. Unless you think the jews / israelis really have taken over -- which could create some interesting conversation as well.
No MDAdams, I don't think the jews have taken over, corporate interests maybe, due to a totally un-transparent lobby system and time and time again proven corruption, but "the jews", no.
Having said that, I do have the opinion that people with a dual sitizenship can be subject of conflicting interests and I'm not in favor of this in any politics, this includes my own country.
Thank you kindly for your information. I was really unaware of the fact that George W. Bush was a republican. But luckily there are bright people from Georgia around to point out all those difficult facts. Republican just like his father you mean? You must be kiddin'.
He'll be a real help in the campaign. So there is still hope for McCain!
By the way, is there anybody around there who can explain to you the usage of the following 'emoticons' :-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_mccain
"Born August 29, 1936 (1936-08-29) (age 71)
Coco Solo Naval Air Station, Panama Canal Zone"
So, he was born in a foreign place too :)