Comments on: ‘Spaniards React to Obama’s Defense of President Zapatero’: El Mundo of Spain http://themoderatevoice.com/23023/spaniards-react-to-obamas-defense-of-president-zapatero-el-mundo-of-spain/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 21:59:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Obama’s Internship? « The American Catholic: Politics and Culture from a Catholic perspective http://themoderatevoice.com/23023/spaniards-react-to-obamas-defense-of-president-zapatero-el-mundo-of-spain/comment-page-1/#comment-168027 Obama’s Internship? « The American Catholic: Politics and Culture from a Catholic perspective Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:44:03 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/bush-administration/23023/spaniards-react-to-obamas-defense-of-president-zapatero-el-mundo-of-spain/#comment-168027 [...] news source on the Internet, the Onion.  I missed this during the campaign for some reason.  Zapatero and Obama do seem to go together, and, as in the case of Obama and many Americans  in this country, many [...] [...] news source on the Internet, the Onion.  I missed this during the campaign for some reason.  Zapatero and Obama do seem to go together, and, as in the case of Obama and many Americans  in this country, many [...]

]]> By: Lynx http://themoderatevoice.com/23023/spaniards-react-to-obamas-defense-of-president-zapatero-el-mundo-of-spain/comment-page-1/#comment-155029 Lynx Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:38:42 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/bush-administration/23023/spaniards-react-to-obamas-defense-of-president-zapatero-el-mundo-of-spain/#comment-155029 I should note, as a Spanish citizen and resident, that the whole McCain matter is hardly a "huge" controversy. At the most it is, as Mike_P rightly notes, one more rock for the PSOE (ruling party) and the PP (opposition party) to throw at one another. Obama didn't "scandalize" Zapatero by not visiting Spain. No one was scandalized. Certainly it would have been nice, but generally speaking no one is so stupid as to take it personally. The PP just wants to use Obama as another way to ridicule Zapatero as a small timer, the same way Zapatero wants to self-aggrandize himself by comparing himself to Obama.<br><br>It of course made headlines. The debate would have made headlines anyway, and naturally having your own country mentioned in the mix is going to make that part of the debate the most interesting tidbit, but Spain isn't actually in an uproar over this.<br><br>The Spanish attitude towards the election is, in a broad sense hoping that Obama wins but pessimistic because of a belief that Americans won't elect a black man. This attitude would make Obama's election the icing on the cake, just so I could scream "HA I TOLD YOU SO, GO STICK YOUR ANTI-AMERICAN RHETORIC WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE!". I should note, as a Spanish citizen and resident, that the whole McCain matter is hardly a “huge” controversy. At the most it is, as Mike_P rightly notes, one more rock for the PSOE (ruling party) and the PP (opposition party) to throw at one another. Obama didn't “scandalize” Zapatero by not visiting Spain. No one was scandalized. Certainly it would have been nice, but generally speaking no one is so stupid as to take it personally. The PP just wants to use Obama as another way to ridicule Zapatero as a small timer, the same way Zapatero wants to self-aggrandize himself by comparing himself to Obama.

It of course made headlines. The debate would have made headlines anyway, and naturally having your own country mentioned in the mix is going to make that part of the debate the most interesting tidbit, but Spain isn't actually in an uproar over this.

The Spanish attitude towards the election is, in a broad sense hoping that Obama wins but pessimistic because of a belief that Americans won't elect a black man. This attitude would make Obama's election the icing on the cake, just so I could scream “HA I TOLD YOU SO, GO STICK YOUR ANTI-AMERICAN RHETORIC WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE!”.

]]> By: Mike_P http://themoderatevoice.com/23023/spaniards-react-to-obamas-defense-of-president-zapatero-el-mundo-of-spain/comment-page-1/#comment-155008 Mike_P Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:47:27 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/bush-administration/23023/spaniards-react-to-obamas-defense-of-president-zapatero-el-mundo-of-spain/#comment-155008 It's probably worthwhile here to note the nature of Spain's remarkably polarized and politicized press, if it's not already obvious to U.S. readers. In spite of what any particular campaign might say here about bias toward one side or another, in Spain it's expected that papers will hew to a highly politicized stand to argue their point. It's probably worthwhile here to note the nature of Spain's remarkably polarized and politicized press, if it's not already obvious to U.S. readers. In spite of what any particular campaign might say here about bias toward one side or another, in Spain it's expected that papers will hew to a highly politicized stand to argue their point.

]]> By: ‘Spaniards React to Obama’s Defense of President Zapatero’: El Mundo of Spain http://themoderatevoice.com/23023/spaniards-react-to-obamas-defense-of-president-zapatero-el-mundo-of-spain/comment-page-1/#comment-154988 ‘Spaniards React to Obama’s Defense of President Zapatero’: El Mundo of Spain Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:45:10 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/bush-administration/23023/spaniards-react-to-obamas-defense-of-president-zapatero-el-mundo-of-spain/#comment-154988 [...] post by WP-AutoBlog Import 186940 Add to del.icio.us  Digg This Subscribe to RSS feed Leave a [...] [...] post by WP-AutoBlog Import 186940 Add to del.icio.us  Digg This Subscribe to RSS feed Leave a [...]

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