| International newspaper surveys reveal world disdain for Bush. |
| America's popularity around the world has taken a beating in recent years, according to a set of coordinated polls conducted in 10 countries. But the survey also found that despite widespread animosity toward President Bush, huge majorities said they have a good opinion of Americans.
The polls found that to an overwhelming degree, respondents in most of the countries have a more negative view of the United States now that a few years ago and disapprove of the war in Iraq. On average, 57 percent said they had a worse opinion of the United States than two to three years ago, compared with 20 percent who said they had a higher opinion now. In eight nations, more people said their view of America had worsened than improved: 74% of Japanese 70% of French 67% of South Koreans 64% of Canadians 64% of Spaniards said they had a lower opinion of America now than a few years ago. Americans -- the people, not the government -- can feel well-loved. Overall, 68 percent of those questioned said they had a favorable opinion of Americans, compared with 23 percent with a negative view. On Iraq, 68 percent of people -- majorities in seven out of eight countries -- said the United States was wrong to invade, while 25 percent thought war was the right decision. In nine countries, huge majorities said they had an unfavorable opinion of Mr. Bush... People in all 10 countries were asked who they hoped to see win the White House on Nov. 2. Democratic challenger John Kerry was favored in eight of the nations. Mr. Bush came out on top in Israel and Russia. Source: "U.S. slips in global newspaper surveys" - by Beth Gardiner - Dallas Morning News - 10/16/04 |
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| Hmmm, found another article too that gave a bit of non tastle disdain:
Brittish Paper calls for the assasination of Bush:
"On November 2, the entire civilised world will be praying, praying Bush loses. And Sod's law dictates he'll probably win, thereby disproving the existence of God once and for all. The world will endure four more years of idiocy, arrogance and unwarranted bloodshed, with no benevolent deity to watch over and save us. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinckley Jr - where are you now that we need you?"
Ok, they pulled it, which I think was good, since they basically threatened the President of the United States, something of course a non violent liberal would just never do!
"Screen Burn, The Guide
Sunday October 24, 2004
The Guardian
The final sentence of a column in The Guide on Saturday caused offence to some readers. The Guardian associates itself with the following statement from the writer.
"Charlie Brooker apologises for any offence caused by his comments relating to President Bush in his TV column, Screen Burn. The views expressed in this column are not those of the Guardian. Although flippant and tasteless, his closing comments were intended as an ironic joke, not as a call to action - an intention he believed regular readers of his humorous column would understand. He deplores violence of any kind." The Guardian article The No Flame Zone - Politics, News & Current Events Discussion The above link is where some more on this can be found since the story has been conveniently taken off the Internet. |
10/26/2004 | |
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