Another American elections poll… German style.
Zeit.de’s Zuender site has another new poll to present to our Mideast Youth community. From the point of view of the German publication come some questions about the American presidential election coming up shortly. Feel free to add you input in a comment so their writers can get the MEY readerships’ perspective.
Here goes:
It seems to be a reality: Barack Obama will probably be the next president of the United States. Since George W. Bush is very unpopular in Germany, people here are happily awaiting Obama. One might say, he even inspires people to dream of a better world. All the biases people have collected in the last years seem to disappear. For Germans, America could be the Land of the Free again if Obama wins.
So we ask: In your country, what does the prospect of an Obama presidency mean? Does it make your fellow citizens dream, like we do in Germany? Is it a topic of discussion at all? Or do they actually mistrust any American leader? What does the shopkeeper around your corner think of Obama?
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as an african american, i can tell you that it is huge. there’s no way to really describe the significance uf this election for us. it brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it. without question it is the single most important political event that will ever happen in my lifetime. as one of those rare americans who follows what happens in the rest of the world and speaks at least a couple other languages, i am heartened to see what a beacon of hope and ray of bright sunshine the candidacy of obama is in the rest of the world. with six more days left, wir muessen alle unsere sammte daumen druecken! let us hope together.
My entire family here tremble with excitement at the thought of an Obama presidency, which we think will end the decades of corruption from and within America. We all strive to see an America that inspires and respects us, and not one that forces us to live in fear for our lives.
However we know for sure that McCain will be victorious, which will be the most devastating news for many of us here in the Middle East. We are known to have terrible luck here and whoever is worse for this region will be sworn in as president. Remember that I said this when you hear the news very late at night that McCain won.
I just came back from Lebanon and was surprised to see at least 3 cars with Obama for Change bumper stickers, and all my friends here are hooked on the elections, it was never like this before. But the war in Iraq and McCain’s threats concerning Iran, Syria, Pakistan, et al, have made us all reconsider our approach to American politics, it’s one that directly involves us and we cannot afford to ignore it anymore.
Whoever wins, we will be dealing with here in the Middle East. In many ways I feel it concerns us even more than Americans themselves. My mother goes as far as to call the elections a matter of life and death for many people here who will be targeted in one way or the other.
By the way, readers may be interested in this post about what Americans should think about when voting for the next President of the USA.
Praying for Obama.
In less than one week the future of the Middle East crisis will be determined.
I have not met many people here who want McCain to win. I am extremely impressed by Obama’s campaign so far and the way he has handled McCain’s ugly smear campaign that for the past few months has survived on personal attacks on Obama’s character, not his policies. He scares me and many other Arabs.
I do not think Obama will change things significantly here. The question is not about who will solve the Middle Eastern issues that America has either created or fueled. It’s a question of who will leave us alone instead of attacking us for no apparent reason, such as the case with Iraq. That is something McCain will do. It’s a crazy administration, one not so different from the current one.
Americans had a really bad reputation until now. I did not know that so many of them were sick of their government and thought that it was corrupt until I saw the amount of people supporting Obama and the reasons they were supporting him. They sincerely want the best for themselves and for people abroad. McCain’s administration and its supporters however only want the best for themselves. Everyone here has a problem with that.
Obama is a dangerous idividual. Yes he speaks well; and
silently leads you to dream while he has hidden plans.
Dream of all being equal whiie I tax you and give your
money to others. There have been several people who were great
speakers, those that lul the crowd intill it was too late.
If Obama wins, we all lose. America will fall. McCain is
not a good win either. But he is a slightly better alternative.
The VP Palin is an animla killer that multiple times helped
others while digging graves for the Wolf, Polar Bear, and
other animals. SHe even proposed a $150.00 bounty on wolves.
All you had to do was show a right front leg.
I fail to see the logic behind this. The Bush administration has tripled the amount of enemies that America has, even within the USA itself. You don’t need a brutal, merciless, disrespectful government to ensure that America “wins.” What does that mean, in any case? Destroying other countries with no valid reason is “winning”? Promoting anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bigotry is a vision for “winning”? War-mongering is “winning”? A country full of corruption and discrimination and hatred? Is this honestly the America you’re voting for? I can see so, so many Americans frustrated with the current government, McCain’s administration will not be any different. The only thing they’re proposing is having people less adequate to do the job and take on this major responsibility, which Palin in particular is in no position for.