Posted on 11/04/2008 7:45:07 AM PST by VU4G10
BERLIN – A world weary of eight years of George W. Bush was riveted Tuesday by the drama unfolding in the United States. Many were inspired by Barack Obama's focus on hope, or simply relieved that — whoever wins — the current administration is coming to an end.
From Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to the small town of Obama, Japan, the world gears up to celebrate a fresh start for America.
In Germany, where more than 200,000 flocked to see Obama this summer as he moved to burnish his foreign policy credentials during a trip to the Middle East and Europe, the election dominated television ticker crawls, newspaper headlines and Web sites.
Hundreds of thousands prepared to party through the night to watch the outcome of an election having an impact far beyond America's shores. Among the more irreverent festivities planned in Paris: a "Goodbye George" party to bid farewell to Bush.
"Like many French people, I would like Obama to win because it would really be a sign of change," said Vanessa Doubine, shopping Tuesday on the Champs-Elysees. "I deeply hope for America's image that it will be Obama."
Obama-mania was evident not only across Europe, where millions geared up for all-night vigils, but even in much of the Islamic world, where Muslims expressed hope that the Democrat would seek compromise rather than confrontation.
The Bush administration alienated Muslims by mistreating prisoners at its detention center for terrorism
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I’ll say it again and again: the world can kiss my rear.
I would post what I really think about this, but I may be banned forever. Suffice it to say, I don’t give a #!$* what the “world” hopes for.
What a joke...Obama is the most arrogant fool out there
I don’t know about America, but Obama is as arrogant as they come, a real screwball.
People need to realize that the crowds in Germany were not to praise Obama.......he organized a free rock and roll concert for them, just like he does here. As far as them not liking our present President..........I don’t really care what they think. People in France want to drag us down to their level. Let another war come about over there and watch them come crawling for our support.
Gee, this article isn’t smug at all. /s
An Obama presidency means less arrogance?
WTH?
Everything about Obama—his wife, his friends,his volunteers, his campaign camp—reeks of arrogance.
America hopes for a less needy rest-of-world...
Bu... Bu... Bu... Bu... But, O... O... O... O... Obama is arr... arr... arr... arr... arrogant.
The Germans, who brought us two world wars and a genocide of millions of people, have no standing to lecture the US on arrogance.
Considering the extreme arrogance of Obama, I find this pretty ironic.
Actually, I find the rest of the world to be pretty arrogant to presume to tell us who should be the President of our (still) sovereign nation.
Only a liberal can think that going from George W. Bush, who knows humility before the Almighty, to self-worshipping Barack Obama (we are the ones we’ve been waiting for) ... would make America LESS arrogant.
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After we’re attacked again...and gas is more than 5 bucks...can we still cheer for Obama?
Considering the extreme arrogance of Obama, I find this pretty ironic.
Actually, I find the rest of the world to be pretty arrogant to presume to tell us whom we should elect as the President of our own (for the moment at least) still sovereign nation.
Strange that so many people fail to see arrogance in a man who thinks that he can care for the sick, heal the planet, and stop the oceans from rising.
Translation: World wants a weak America.
They want us to keep shoveling out the money to protect the world from the bad guys and shovel out the foreign aid but I guess we aren’t meek enough when we do it, huh?
Jerks. Obama will let the muslims have their way with you and then you’ll be wishing for the good ole USA.
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