Where's John Wilkes Booth?

The latest Guardian UK article tromping Bush. Are there countries in Europe who honestly want Bush to be re-elected? I know a bunch of my readers are Dutch, so please enlighten me, because I don't think there are.

And don't bother mentioning Poland because <insert your own Bush joke here>.

Comments

[Honus]

Dude,

1. That's not an "article." It' an "editorial." Don't give it more than it's worth.

2. Foreign sentiment is not reasonable grounds for basing opinion on our election.

3. That editorial suggests assassination. Wow. That's great. And by great I mean retarded.

4. The Guardian has gone as far as sending letters to US residents by taking names and addresses off voter rolls. "Operation Clark County." That is not only despicable but should be illegal. And why should our addresses be public domain because of voter rolls?

No matter how much the Guardian wants to have a say in the US election, it's still an internal affair. This is our election, not theirs.

[Rob Mientjes]

I'm Dutch, and I don't like to see Bush being re-elected. Why? Well, it can't get worse.

And though Fahrenheit 9/11 was a little biased, I still think many things in there are bad enough to kick Bush out of the White House, and to prevent him and his offspring to ever even enter it again.

[Andrew]

Romanians are suprisingly very pro Bush.

[Darice de Cuba]

I'm Dutch according my passport but Arubian born and raised. I'm hoping very much for Kerry to win. I don't even want to think of the consequences for the world or let alone the US if Bush is re-elected. He proved over and over again he is no good. I hope America will vote wise...

[Scott]

I caught this article off Drudge and found it to be quite disturbing. The assasination of any president is dispictable and discussing such an event in any editorial is wrong.

[Bernhard Hoerlberger]

From what I can see, Austrian's follow the general continental sentiment of being slightly anti-bush (often based on nothing more than biased documentations and false informations)....

[Bernhard Hoerlberger]

From what I can see, Austrian's follow the general continental sentiment of being slightly anti-bush (often based on nothing more than biased documentations and false informations)....

[Joaquin]

I'm Dutch and I honestly don't know a soul who wants Bush to be re-ellected. I know a lot of Americans have their doubts with Kerry, but surely he can't be as bad as Bush? To me it seems like a simple choice. But then again, I'm an outsider.

[Andy Budd]

Hey Honus,

While I can understand your annoyance and the resulting backlash over "Operation Clark County" It was basically just a bit of fun that got a little out of hand. I'm sure if a group of right wing Americans sent letters to people in the UK urging them to vote for UKIP, we'd be similarly annoyed.

I agree that from a democratic standpoint, the US elections are an internal affair. However you have to realise that the result of the elections will have a huge international effect. As such, while other countries have no democratic say in who you elect, I think it's reasonable for the international community to voice their concerns.

If you feel that the press or population of one country has no right to voice it's concerns over the governments or leadership of another country, does that mean you were against the international effort against apartheid?

Where do you stand on Iraq. If you disagree with citizens from one country writing letters about another countries politics, you must strongly disagree with one country invading another country to bring about a change of government?

[Brady J. Frey]

I find international sentiment perfectly fine -- and see no reason why we should not listen to the opinions of other societies and cultures... this is the effect of a globalized world after all, and it's nice to hear the opinions of people who can be a little more disconnected from the American Mass Media, and the inevitable politcal drama. When I hear the PR reps for Tony Blair are well aware that photo opps with George Bush drastically affect his approval rating in a negative way -- that hits home to me.

If we can Police the world with Drug Wars -- Terrorism Wars -- and our own political agendas; why is it they cannot have an opinion about these events and work to influence voters on what they perceive to be the best choices? If we were a country that stayed out of foreign affairs, I would be adamantly against this -- but we clearly don't.

While I agree foreign sentiment shouldn't be a foundation for your political views, or candidate choices -- it should be a factor in weighing your decision; it would be arrogant to dismiss it otherwise as just worthless rant.

In regards to other statements -- I receive enough junk mail from my voter registration - I find it an invasion of my privacy to have my info so public, but that could easily be accessed by other methods, so that's a hard one to tackle.

And for foreign countries, Russia and Germany typically side Republican atleast as far as their politicians are concerned -- however, I would guess the whole of Europe, the Middle East (Isreal an exception), and Asia by populace are not Bush supporters.

[paul haine]

Looks like too many people got offended anyway - the article has been taken down.

[American Slob]

Put that article right back up and fuck 'em if they get offended! America is all about being able to say you'd like to see the people in power drop dead. Remember the colonials burning all those people in effigy?? Or haven't any of you read history books? A friend of mine made a picture and I told her about the title of your article. Your not the only one that feels that way!