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Originally Posted by tropolis
Europe shows love for Barack Obama
A recent worldwide poll showed him beating the Republican by more than three to one. In Europe, his margin of victory would be even greater: Mr McCain would get only 6 per cent of the vote in Germany, where a government spokesman has waxed publicly about the attraction of Mr Obama's “mixture of Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy”.
Just about the whole of France is backing Mr Obama. He is, in the words of Jack Lang, the former Socialist Culture Minister, “the America we love ... the youth and racial mix of an America under transformation and in movement”.
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awww ain't that sweet.
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Originally Posted by Delta9
Sounds like he could lead a world coalition easily. Just the man to solve global warming, negotiate a peace in Iraq with it's neighbors, and lead a multinational coalition in Afghanistan to victory.
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Heh. The nips seem to like him also (from this thread
Wakirimasu, Obamasan )
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Obama thanks namesake Japanese town
updated 5:39 a.m. ET, Tues., March. 4, 2008
OBAMA, Japan - Obama has finally thanked Obama.
The fishing town of Obama in central Japan recently won worldwide fame for its fervent support for U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama. The town's citizens have made headbands, T-shirts and sweet bean cakes decorated with his portrait. The town's mayor even sent gifts.
Now, on the eve of crucial primaries in Texas and Ohio, the mayor of Obama the town is all smiles after hearing from Obama the man.
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