foreignpolicy.com - 10/23/2008
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Voices from Around the World: Jordan | Oct. 17, 2008 Arab Oil and Slurs The Jordan Times George Hishmeh laments the anti-Arab bigotry that has been raised during the American election. This vilification of Arabs, Hishmeh contends, has not been fully repudiated by either McCain or Obama. He ...
article.nationalreview.com - 10/27/2008
newsbusters.org - 10/25/2008
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newsbusters.org —
"Are you joking?" "I don't know who's writing
your questions." Those were two of the angry responses...
by Joe Biden to a couple of tough questions posed by Barbara West on Orlando's WFTV. You can get an idea of just how upset ...
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Joe Biden Angered by Tough Questions
iftheworldcouldvote.com - 10/27/2008
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iftheworldcouldvote.com —
November 4th 2008 the American people will choose
a new president. The president of the United States...
of America is the most powerful person in the world. We would like to know who would be the next president of the United States of America - if the ...
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If the world could vote?
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A World View of the Presidential Race
The Caucus —
Foreign Policy magazine has charted the Gallup poll results of 69 countries from May until September. As the title indicates, if the world could vote, parts would look like the electoral map posted on the magazine’s Web site. The interactive graphic allows users to search for results from various countries, and displays the results from country to continent. Mr. Obama holds sway in Europe, Canada and in portions of Africa.
If The World Could Vote?
The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely —
... This map is pretty damned interesting. It shows how the world would vote, if they could in the upcoming elections. I'm surprised Israel isn't a 'red state.' Cheap shot, I know, but still. ...
Voting the American way
The Reaction —
... If the world could vote#, according to a Gallup poll, Obama would get 67%, McCain would get 22%, and 11% said they did not know or refused to respond. Also, 75% of the respondents said that the election in the U.S. would make a difference in their own country. Again 22% said it would not, and only 3% did not know or refused to answer. (Great interactive map). ...
Poll: McCain Only Favored By Four Countries
News —
... Barack Obama's father's homeland of Kenya tops a list of the top 10 most enthusiastic foreign nations supporting the Democrat for president, while only four of McCain's top 10 most enthusiastic supporters actually support him. According to a poll conducted by Gallup for Foreign Policy , McCain only maintains a positive margin in four of the 10 countries the poll lists as most favorable to him. McCain is ahead by eight points in Georgia, attacks on which by Russia the Republican candidate strongly condemned, as well as in the Philippines. Cambodia and Laos marginally support ...
World Opinion on U.S. Election Leans Obama
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... Monday night, it's a digital landslide for the Democrat. Out of 475,000 votes cast from 200 countries, Obama drubs McCain, 87 percent to 13 percent. More than 40,000 votes-by-clicks were cast in Canada, about 20,000 came from Australia and Finland and some 4,000 from China. About 170,000 came from America. The results of Antonoiusson's unscientific poll are in sync with findings from the most recent Gallup polls conducted in 70 countries. Gallup's world poll, which can be accessed on Foreign Policy's site , shows Obama leading McCain 66 percent to 15 in Japan, for example. ...
Daily Digest: Opening Up the White House, Airing Out the Cabinet
techPresident —
... . But this isn't about a soccer fan in Manchester, New Hampshire watching the webcasts of a match in Manchester, England, of course; the American presidency has real impact around the world. Jose notes that most internationals blogging the election lean Obama's way, but be sure to check out the Gallup and Foreign Policy Magazine polls Jose mentions. They're a fascinating look at the different ways the two candidates are seen from various points on the globe. ...
Feminists Score the Candidates on International Issues
Feministing —
... where the rule has been implemented.
According to a survey conducted by RH Reality Check in December 2007, Obama plans to overturn the Global Gag Rule and reinstate funding for UNFPA. McCain supports the Global Gag Rule and voted against repealing it in 2005. He has not addressed UNFPA directly, but, when asked in a town hall in Iowa whether he believed that contraceptives stopped the spread of HIV, McCain responded, "You've stumped me."
Also check out the Gallup poll on who folks around the world want to win in the good ol' U.S. of A. ...
If 538 Covered The World
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
They'd come up with a very cool interactive map of Obama-McCain support across several continents like this one.
2008 Electorate: European Americans - Tribal Politics Persist
Open Left - Front Page —
... Of course, just as with other (typically more recent) immigrant groups, we would not expect all communities with origins in one country to have similar political tendencies. I would suspect recent immigrants from the Netherlands, for instance, would be more likely to vote for Obama than McCain, given that the Netherlands was the most pro-Obama European country (6th in the world), with 74% preferring Obama and 10% preferring McCain in a Gallup poll. ...
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Jordan: Muslim beats daughter to death for wearing makeup
jihadwatch.org 3/22/2009 — Yet another honor killing in modern, moderate Jordan, where Islamic clerics resist attempts to stiffen the existing light penalties for honor killings, on the grounds that to do so will lead to immorality.
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NC, a show of unity? —
First Read 10/23/2008
From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- If the Democrats carry North Carolina this fall, it will be proof of Obama’s ability to bring the nation together, Biden argued this afternoon.
“It will send a very important message to ...
POLL UPDATE: Obama ahead by 8 —
CNN Political Ticker 10/23/2008
Sen. Obama waved before boarding his campaign plane Thursday after an event in Indiana.
(CNN) – As Election Day inches closer, Barack Obama continues to hold a significant lead over John McCain, according to CNN's average of several recent ...
Woman claims attack linked to McCain sticker —
CNN Political Ticker 10/23/2008
(CNN) — A 20-year-old woman told police she was attacked at an ATM in Pittsburgh by a robber who became angry when he saw a bumper sticker for John McCain on her car, a spokeswoman for the Pittsburgh Police Department said Thursday.
Public ...