World Poll on US Election
This article in La Press [Montreal] reports on a survey done by 10 newspapers around the world (and from outside the US).
In the startling pull-quote
In a world overwhelmingly opposed to the re-election of President George W. Bush and to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the United States [i.e., Republicans in deep denial] can look first to the Russian and Israeli peoples for support.
we have ample fodder for amusing smear headlines like "Bush Supported by Russia" and such. La Press reports several results, things like most people think the US invasion of Iraq only increased world terrorism, or most people do not think US Democracy is a good model right now for government. The comfort in all this is, such as it is, that it's the current American government and not the American people who are out of favor with the World's population, a version of "hate the sin, love the sinner" suitable for application to Bush Republicans.
As I hear repeated more and more now, particularly by non-Americans, the stupifyingly impenetrable question remains: since voting for Bush is such a patently stupid and dangerous choice, why do the polls insist that the election will be so close? Cynical as I am, I don't really want to believe that all the obvious reasons could be the real reasons.