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Originally posted by gaijinda
Again, more obsession with the office of the US Presidency than is healthy. They should worry more about their local MPs and how they are going to fix their own crappy rails, health system and juvenile crime. Much easier to kavetch over Bush.
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Our obsession is not unhealthy. You might not have noticed but your choice of president has a huge effect on the world. See war on Iraq and 'War on Terror'. Its hardly surprising other countries take such a keen interest. Our rail network (got Amtrack?) is a bit lower down the list than war.
This is people power, hardly anything compared to the huge sway mulitnational corporations have over US politics. Is there going to be an outrage over foreign interests meddling in US elections on message boards everywhere? I doubt it.