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If The Foreigns could elect America's next president, they would probably vote for Hillary Clinton because she hearts NAFTA and has an acceptably white middle name. A smattering of anecdotes from Belgian grocers and Chinese business owners proves this devastating new fact! (Sorry Barack Hussein Obama, you can still be president of Kenya and Germany.)
From Mexico, where radio station callers "voted" overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton, to Germany, where Obama is frequently called "The Black Kennedy," regular citizens harbor all sorts of opinions that will never be taken into account by the mouth-breathing American public for whom Canada is an exotic foreign locale.
Senator Clinton is popular in Mexico and China, while Obama does well in Africa and Europe. Nobody seems to have an opinion about John McCain, because he is a Republican.
Because Mexico and China are large and trade a lot with America, while Africa and Europe are but two tiny nations, Hillary Clinton wins the delegate math even without Florida and Michigan.
If Foreigners Could Vote in '08 [Wall Street Journal]
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Barcelona's famed surrealists declared Headache to be America's King Fish.
Like Belgians have any fucking room to talk...they didn't even have a government for like 9 months.
The Chinese like Hillary because she thinks babies are killable.
Ich bin ein Schwartzen Berliner
It's already been established, though, that the Germans will go for anybody who makes a few good speeches and publishes a book about their personal struggle.
I agree with Slavoj Zizek--everyone in the world should be allowed to vote for the US president, except US citizens.
Danny Aiello was the former Israeli ambassador to the U.S.? The man can't even run a pizzeria without turning the neighborhood into a war zone.
The western part of Kenya is the ancestral home of the Luo tribe to which Sen. Obama's father belonged.
Why do I get the feeling this isn't the last time we'll hear mention of the Luo tribesmen?
Italians refer to Obama as il Kennedy di moolinyans.
Man, Lou Dobbs is going to shit himself! Not only is Obama conspiring with closet messican Bill "Chupacabra" Richardson, but Clinton is actually the Queen of the messicans.
Time to stock up on your Atzlan Ameros.
The did an interview-of-people-in-foreign-country-about-elections bit on NPR a few weeks ago. They love Hillary in Japan, too, as evidenced by the repeated soundbites of Japanese women saying "ah, yes, Clinton, she is a woman, so she should be president". Apparently, the analysis of candidates is as deep there as here.
Russians want Rudy to be President, as worthy foil to their own reptilian Putin.
Obviously, Africa doesn't count due the large population of black people there.
You know who else was popular in Germany? That's right.
I wonder who's most popular in Iraq...
I understand the greeters are already lined up on the tarmac for Preznit Hilz in Bosnia.
maybe she thinks these people's votes will count, because hs is not quitting, folks: [news.yahoo.com]
Is teh Hillary popular in Oz or is one wicked witch enough?
They can only vote for Democrats since McCain rarely makes the international press.
America listen to Europe... We're always right. (cept when we're wrong)
@Guppy06: Die Träumen von Mein Vater?
Oh SURE he might be a black Kennedy but Obama's no black David Hasselhoff, so I just don't get the hype.
The results are skewed unless they include Ralph Nader and Jerry Lewis.
Australians for Ron Paul: There's five of them.
My Cairo grocer gave me a free "bouquet" of lettuce because I told him I was voting for Obama.
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