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Originally Posted by mcgeedo
I acknowledge that McCain wasn't my first choice for a Republican candidate. Nonetheless, almost any Conservative is preferable to almost any Liberal. Being a Conservative is reason enough for me to choose to vote for McCain. It's a clear choice between ideologies.
Yes, "like" and "respect" are different. China cares about neither. Nor should we. "Fear" would be good enough for me.
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The quote "Politics is not football...it's not just rooting for 'your team'. Had I been old enough, I would have voted for Bush over Gore (foolishly, in hindsight). I was evenly split between Kerry and Bush because I lived in a very conservative household that painted Kerry pretty badly. I might've voted Bush there. Here I will certainly vote Obama.
I admire people willing to hop the fence of their chosen ideology when the evidence is fairly clear that the other ticket will serve their country better for the next four years. I'm not saying this is the case here or that you are not one of these people...just your post smacks to me of 'Liberalism is a brain disorder', which I find abhorrent (just as I find 'Conservatism is a brain disorder'). I think you need to respect the opposing party as a valid viewpoint for politics to work in general.
As another note, in reference to your 'Does China care about the rest of the world?'
Yes, the average citizen very much does care. They're also fed blatant lies by their government. There was a poll done of the Chinese people (by an American...and numerous questions were censored by the government, thus he wasn't allowed to ask them.) and more than 95% of the Chinese people rated the global opinion of their country as the highest option. China and the US both aren't popular globally right now, but at least the majority of the US KNOWS this (even if many don't care). The Chinese honestly think that most of the world idolizes them. So I don't think your question is a fair one. The Chinese government certainly doesn't give two shits about what we think about them.