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October 26, 2008
On bended knee
A few choice quotes, as overheard at the United Nations: One American employee here seemed puzzled that he was being asked whether Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was even a consideration. "Obama was and is unstoppable," the official said. "Please, God, let him win," he added.Actually, the WaPo did find a couple of McCain supporters at or at least somwhat affiliated with the UN. One was former UN ambassador John Bolton: "The fact is that most conservatives, most Republicans don't worship at the altar in New York, and I think that aggravates them more than anything else," said John R. Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. "What they want is the bending of the knee, and they'll get it from an Obama administration."And there was also some pathetic unnamed American official I actually felt sorry for: For the small minority of U.N. officials who have stuck with McCain -- only two of 28 U.N. officials and diplomats questioned said they favored the Arizona senator -- life in Turtle Bay can seem lonely. "I keep my mouth shut," said one American official here who plans to vote for McCain. "Everyone is knocking on wood, counting the days to the elections. Some Americans here are planning to move to Washington," in search of jobs in an Obama administration.I don't doubt that it would be very devastating to a lot of people if Obama were to lose. Considering the emotional devastation caused by Kerry's loss, I'm thinking it might make Bush Derangement Syndrome look like a walk in the park. Of course, they could always keep the sorry site going, and recycle pictures like this: While I should probably be more grateful that some of my fellow citizens are apparently willing to apologize on my behalf if McCain wins, I'm still not planning to apologize, no matter who wins. posted by Eric on 10.26.08 at 11:21 PM
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'Twas a trip down memory lane to go to the "sorry site." My favorite: "Half of us don't hate you. the smarter half.Sorry." I doubt that many of those US citizens who held up those sorry signs for the rest of the world to see had ever worked or lived abroad. Gringo · October 28, 2008 03:07 AM Post a comment
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The assertion that America has lost its standing in the world is founded primarily on our admittedly worse relationship with the UN. Secondly, we are less popular with people worldwide who really like the UN.
As the UN is made up of the self-appointed elites from each country - Arts & Humanities liberals from Europe, spies from communist and ex-communist nation, and organised crime in the various third-world kleptocracy - that's fine with me.