Comments on: Barack Hussein – ‘Without Doubt, Better Than Bush’: From Al-Ittihad of the United Arab Emirates http://themoderatevoice.com/21500/barack-hussein-without-doubt-better-than-bush-from-al-ittihad-of-the-united-arab-emirates/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:10:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/21500/barack-hussein-without-doubt-better-than-bush-from-al-ittihad-of-the-united-arab-emirates/comment-page-1/#comment-147785 DLS Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:50:28 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/religion/ideologies/anti-americanism/21500/barack-hussein-without-doubt-better-than-bush-from-al-ittihad-of-the-united-arab-emirates/#comment-147785 Dave in Boca: Yes to Economist and Financial Times. On any airplane trip I read these as standard issue. If more time needed, add Wall Street Journal and the New York Times (Democratic Party flagship).<br><br>"Completely subjective and self-referential": Like a lot of lefty conversation or material? Dave in Boca: Yes to Economist and Financial Times. On any airplane trip I read these as standard issue. If more time needed, add Wall Street Journal and the New York Times (Democratic Party flagship).

“Completely subjective and self-referential”: Like a lot of lefty conversation or material?

]]> By: daveinboca http://themoderatevoice.com/21500/barack-hussein-without-doubt-better-than-bush-from-al-ittihad-of-the-united-arab-emirates/comment-page-1/#comment-147784 daveinboca Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:56:56 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/religion/ideologies/anti-americanism/21500/barack-hussein-without-doubt-better-than-bush-from-al-ittihad-of-the-united-arab-emirates/#comment-147784 <i>“All people, especially in the Arab and Islamic world, long to see Democratic candidate Barack Hussein Obama win, occupy the chair of the American President and replace Republican Bush at the helm of the United States.”</i><br><br>This is reminiscent of the bizarre New Yorker writer in '68 wondering how Nixon could win because "I don't know anyone who voted for Nixon." A lot of Arab writers are completely solipsistic & write sentences like the above. Prone to exaggeration is a nice way to put the numbnut Arab press. [BTW., I have several Arab friends who have told me they prefer McCain.]<br><br>I'm sure the Obama crowd winces every time they read moronic twaddle such as:<br><i>"notwithstanding his subsequent assurances that he isn’t Muslim, which is a position taken for political purposes only … The entire world awaits Obama, considering him a good man to replace an “evil” one. It is Bush who has prepared the ground for Arab and Muslim religious and social support for Obama..."</i><br>[BTW, doesn't this make GWB "John the Baptist" in the analogy the writer puts forward?]<br><br>It's even worse in the Arabic-language press, which I used to read while living in the Middle East. Completely subjective & self-referential. <br><br>The Economist & The Financial Times are the only foreign news outlets that "get" the US political scene. “All people, especially in the Arab and Islamic world, long to see Democratic candidate Barack Hussein Obama win, occupy the chair of the American President and replace Republican Bush at the helm of the United States.”

This is reminiscent of the bizarre New Yorker writer in '68 wondering how Nixon could win because “I don't know anyone who voted for Nixon.” A lot of Arab writers are completely solipsistic & write sentences like the above. Prone to exaggeration is a nice way to put the numbnut Arab press. [BTW., I have several Arab friends who have told me they prefer McCain.]

I'm sure the Obama crowd winces every time they read moronic twaddle such as:
“notwithstanding his subsequent assurances that he isn’t Muslim, which is a position taken for political purposes only … The entire world awaits Obama, considering him a good man to replace an “evil” one. It is Bush who has prepared the ground for Arab and Muslim religious and social support for Obama…”
[BTW, doesn't this make GWB "John the Baptist" in the analogy the writer puts forward?]

It's even worse in the Arabic-language press, which I used to read while living in the Middle East. Completely subjective & self-referential.

The Economist & The Financial Times are the only foreign news outlets that “get” the US political scene.

]]> By: pacatrue http://themoderatevoice.com/21500/barack-hussein-without-doubt-better-than-bush-from-al-ittihad-of-the-united-arab-emirates/comment-page-1/#comment-147783 pacatrue Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:41:37 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/religion/ideologies/anti-americanism/21500/barack-hussein-without-doubt-better-than-bush-from-al-ittihad-of-the-united-arab-emirates/#comment-147783 Is it just me, but isn't that cartoon from the Halifax Herald the exact pin that even the Republicans kicked out of a meeting recently? Good to see their cartoonist is stooping just as low as banned Republican partisans. Is it just me, but isn't that cartoon from the Halifax Herald the exact pin that even the Republicans kicked out of a meeting recently? Good to see their cartoonist is stooping just as low as banned Republican partisans.

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