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I'm also left thinking, "Surely our election can't be that interesting to people over there."

Your ickle lickle election has consequences for every person on the planet. The president of the United States and their prejudices/opinions creates the political environment that colours damn near every decision on the planet. From which wars we have, what price we pay for stuff, what happens to our environment, heck, even down to whether there will be ice in Greenland in 50 years time, it's all down to who sits in the Oval office.

Damn right we're interested. You and yours have screwed up mightily last two times. We're losing patience, McCain is not an option.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 at 11:22:11 AM EST
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Interested enough for a hundred thousand people to pile in and make for a good photo-op?

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 at 11:32:49 AM EST
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Dunno, free beer might help

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 at 12:47:19 PM EST
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He can speak at St. James' Gate in Dublin if he wants.  (Site of Guinness Brewery).

Or anywhere else for that matter - and draw a big crowd.

Mandela spoke at the Mansion House, The Pope in Phoenix Park, Clinton in front of Trinity College.  All got a rousing welcome.  If he promises to end rendition flights Obama will get one too.

"It's a mystery to me - the game commences, For the usual fee - plus expenses, Confidential information - it's in my diary..."

by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 at 12:54:41 PM EST
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27 thousand megaton is a good motivator...

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Wed Jul 23rd, 2008 at 11:36:51 AM EST
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And what do you mean McCain is not an option?  Y'all should love him.  He's old enough to tell you stories of the Siegessäule being built.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 at 11:39:00 AM EST
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As far as I'm concerned, presidents or similar should be elected by the popolations of adversary nations, or ideally drawn by lot with a solid betting system to go along.

In the worst of cases I'm for forced massive population exchanges with full citizenry rights in the packet.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 at 08:11:40 AM EST
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That's how we choose colleagues in academia.

Only someone on the inside can reveal that he was the 3rd choice all along, and he won the job simply because he was the least objectionable (read mediocre) candidate available.

UpstateNY, PhD.

by Upstate NY on Wed Jul 23rd, 2008 at 12:48:06 PM EST
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