Please do me a favor…

I don’t generally blog politics and this is going to be the one and only time I’ll bring up this years US Presidential election.

While the campaign so far has arguably resulted in some of the best political satire out there, the world is facing some serious challenges and whether we like it or not, the US plays and will continue to play a substantial role in getting this resolved.

Some people are frustrated to see how in Europe and other parts of the world the public consensus seems to lean heavily towards one candidate. That may well be true, and that bias could be explained in part by overcompensation because of our need for change and inability to make a difference through voting.

Those of you in the US can make that difference, I’m not going to ask you to vote for one candidate over the other but please do your research and most importantly vote. We are counting on you to turn the page on the last eight years.
 

Posted on October 7, 2008 by . This entry was posted in General. Bookmark the permalink.

4 Comments

  • Andreas Vetter
    October 9, 2008 - 5:22 pm | Permalink

    still no comments …
    are my flasher colleagues in the states completely unaware ?
    BE AWARE !
    in my eyes it has been obvious in 2000 and again in 2004 that they stole the election. and they did it with technology.
    and they will try to steal it again.
    do something !
    if this traumatised vietnam veteran will be your next president, good night america.
    you are going into a civil war.
    seriously
    arent you tired of beeing afraid ?

    http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/florida-countys.html

    with the best hope from germany
    andreas

  • Manuel Dahm
    October 9, 2008 - 8:23 pm | Permalink

    IF you didnt understand what he meant, please vote for Obama, because everything else will result in the fact that the whole world will hate the USA. Forever.

  • john
    November 6, 2008 - 2:05 am | Permalink

    Andreas

    The divisiveness here in the US has been thick and ugly, and has gotten worse over the months. It has even resulted in certain party members being called “un-American” because they were intending to vote for the candidate you have suggesteed. Really. Patriotism now has a litmus test, apparently, and it so does treason. I’d like to say this is a fringe attitude, but it appears to be accepted, endorsed by silence, by the very top of the GOP. It worsened, and took on very dark and ominous undertones when the vice-presidential running mate was chosen and her encrypted hate and extreme ideology began to trickle into her messages.

    But today, we awoke to a new president, a new direction, and hopefully healing with our friends around the world.

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