Mission Accomplished:
I could indeed “ask ANYONE on the PLANET outside of the US” who ought to be the next President of the USA, but only Americans get to actually vote, so what would be the point? It’s not that they do not matter, its just that administering to their demands is what their governments are for–I do not begrudge the Indian government, for example, not deferring to US sensitivities each time it legislates. I am sure you would counter that the US is a mess, blah, blah blah. Although ~Paules does a reasonable job refuting these individual claims, it misses the larger point: if enough Americans agree that the US is a mess, Obama will be elected, if not it will be McCain. But it is a call that Americans should and will make for themselves. Why then do you feel the need to subvert this simple bit of democracy and demand that our government be beholden to foreign opinion? Is it more important that our government please “ANYONE on the PLANET outside of the US” than her own people?
