In this post, we wanted to write about the reactions to the presidential elections concerning the role of the republicans. I found out pretty fast that it is hard to find some reactions to the election that are NOT about Obama. So let’s try to figure out how we can use that.
Some took the election’s result as a reason to comment the general situation of the republican party. Many comments rated the situation of the Republicans not too good, many are speaking of a general loss of identity and direction.
In comparison to that, in a sum-up of the world’s reactions to the election, most country welcome the new Democrat president. In Europe people welcome the choice of the Americans for “youth, freshness, openness, optimism and change” , in the Middle East, people in general think that everyone is better than Bush were and they hope for better opportunities. The South-American states also hope for better relations to the USA (especially Hugo Chávez, the president of Venezuela, who named George W. Bush “the devil”). I think that tells us a lot about the world’s opinion on the Republicans and their presidential candidates!
On the other hand, maybe it showed that Barack Obama is just extra-ordinary and speaks for many people, not limited by their general political opinion. As a proof for that, I’d like to show you a website I found: http://www.republicansforobama.org/ That’s amazing, right?
Well if you would like to hear some opinions on one of McCain’s speeches in September 2008, you should really watch this video. It is pretty interesting because it contains a broad spectrum of opinions.
