The Wall Street Crash and those 250,000 Germans at that Obama Berlin Rally.

[FrenchieCat]

That International Tour that Obama did back this summer, and its success should not be forgotten by voters come November. Its symbolic importance, despite a cynical downplay of its success by the McCain campaign (remember the "celebrity" Ads?) telegraphed a strong message to Americans; please elect Barack Obama as your next President.

The world is watching this election very closely. They have already weighted in to state that they (the entire world) prefers Barack Obama to become the next President, according to all polls done on the question in just about every country.

And although Americans are normally ornery about outside countries having anything to say about our elections, this is one time that Americans may just want to listen up, as our very economic survival may depend on it.

It is a fact that there is a real lack of confidence in the American Financial Markets, and due to it, the world's financial systems are collapsing.

Electing John McCain would send a signal to the global community that the United States of America is out to lunch. That the United States is too bigoted to move forward into the future. This is a message that would end up in a vote of Non confidence against the United States and all that it stands for, including its financial markets.

The awful truth is that electing John McCain as president would finish the United States as a world power....because as it has been said by many sources; a country that loses its economic might cannot maintain its military might. What Electing John McCain would result in is not an imaginative theory; it is a glimpse into a future that the world does not want to see, and the reasons are very real.

[DrDan]

1. I don't think we are going to make inauguation day as a world power

[FrenchieCat]

3. I think it depends on November 4th.

As it is my point exactly that our future lies in our hands. The outcome of our collective decision will be the judge of your statement.

[TheDonkey]

9. I agree. Once Obama wins the election our traditional allies will embrace America as a leader again

and we really need global teamwork to face these new global challenges of terrorism and the economic meltdown. This is a very different world than it was 10-15 years ago and we need a new kind of leader like Obama.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Yes. Allowing McSame and the barracuda to have any power here is

allowing the entire country to be dragged back into what can only be called the Dark Ages.
It would most certainly signal the end of the US as any sort of world power, and the total
loss of any influence this country could have anywhere.

Remember this?

[4lbs]

4. If McCain-Palin somehow pull out a stolen election, I can see the world community as a whole...

slowly putting the U.S. into isolation.

[iceman66]

5. That is exactly what would happen

at least until McCain starts another war, and the entire world unites against us.

If McCain "wins" we will not only get to experience first-hand the Great Depression, but WW2 from a German perspective. That is one history lesson I could do without!

[FrenchieCat]

7. We cannot let it happen........

and we won't! :patriot:

[FrenchieCat]

6. It is a sure thing, rest unassured.

That's why we have to do everything we can to win the election; our survival is literally at stake.

I think at some point even the media conglamorates will realize this. During a Depression, Cable will not be a necessity.

[Iterate]

8. Two paths, one choice.

It couldn't be more clear.

With a McCain administration, the world would loose faith in the US and precipitate a freefall in US leadership. Though governments would still cooperate as governments must, the lack of popular support, combined with what looks to be an erratic and belligerent foreign policy could only result in failure after failure. Four years would seem a very long time; little cooperation on the economy, less so on the environment, a NATO split over expansion, picking fights with more counties than we can name.

Obama though, with worldwide popular support and a multilateral foreign policy, could look forward to cooperation from emboldened governments who would wish to clear up a backlog of issues as well as giving him some victories he could chalk up in his first four years.

The people I run into here think of the US as a sick friend. They want the best, they are worried, and they have been patient. But they won't hold onto hope forever.

Look at it this way, it's been seven years since students I encounter have asked for help or advice on going to the US for graduate studies.

[FrenchieCat]

10. And all one hears from the financial community is .....Where's the leadership

in reference to the current catastrophe. The thing is they know where the leadership is....they just can't totally say it yet.