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Originally Posted by guthmund
In reality the American Presidential election is an important issue for everyone.
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As the lone superpower, of course our descision for president affects the whole world. But it's still an
American election for the
American President.
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Originally Posted by guthmund
Rest assured, my fellow Americans, the fate of the Presidency isn't in the hands of foreigners and it's not like they're trying to rig the election; they're just writing letters. It's no different then when you write letters to express your concern with corporate policy; it's no different when churches write letters to the networks. They're just letters. I just don't see how it could hurt. If anything, it might, god forbid, get people talking.
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I would argue that it is indeed different. They are attempting to affect the political process of a country which is not their own.
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Originally Posted by guthmund
The world at large has as much to lose as the American people in this next election. American Presidents have always had a heavy hand in the world forum, nevermore so than the present and America's influence in world affairs doesn't seem to be declining anytime soon.
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In truth, it has only been since World War II that the US president has carried a big infleuence on global affairs. In less than two hundred years we were able to go from being oppressed by the redcoats to top of the world. Other countries have had longer histories and never achieved the status we have. That tells me that we managed to do something right and the rest of the world should pay attention rather than tell us how to be more like them.
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Originally Posted by guthmund
We should be interested in the elections of other countries. We should be knowledgable in worldwide politics. Their elections affect us as well. We should give a shit about who's in charge in Canada, Mexico, England, France, Germany and the list goes on.... It's knowledge, I'll admit, I wasn't too interested at first, but I'm doing my best to correct it.
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I was interested in the EU elections that went on while I was in Germany. But when asked what my opinion was by Germans, I refused to tell them. Instead I told them that it was a European election and as an outsider, I had no right to infleuence it in any way. I only gave my opinion after the votes had been counted.