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St Paul, Minnesota -- Republicans celebrating at their national convention have hammered Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama for his "celebrity" tour of Europe this summer while European conservatives attended to proclaim their admiration for Republican Party candidate John McCain.
Republican speakers at this week's presidential nominating pageant have delighted in ridiculing Europe as a pro-Obama continent of stifling welfare states.
Obama visited the Middle East and Europe in July, meeting with the leaders of Britain, France and Germany and holding a rousing speech before an estimated 200,000 people in Berlin. Polls have shown Obama would win in a landslide if the US election was up to Europeans.
McCain would "rather spend his time creating 200,000 jobs in America than speaking to 200,000 Germans in Berlin," Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman quipped Wednesday.
Meanwhile, officials from the European People's Party (EPP), a center-right coalition of national conservative parties from across Europe, were in St Paul to endorse McCain.
Former Belgian Prime Minister Wilfried Martens, who has served as EPP president since 1992, led the delegation. "Despite the wave of Obama-mania in Europe, the EPP is one of the few European voices that have openly supported John McCain," he said.
Part of their affection for McCain comes from his long involvement in the International Republican Institute, a democracy-building group. "We got to know him as someone who is very strongly interested in transatlantic relations," Martens added.
George W. Bush, US president since 2001, is remarkably unpopular in Western Europe, which "of course is why there is so much hype around Obama," Martens said. But the Illinois senator, with only four years in office, "lacks the experience of John McCain."
Already prior to the convention, Obama's Berlin speech had been derided by McCain and Republicans in commercials that painted Obama as the "biggest celebrity in the world" and mocked Europeans for fawning over the Democratic candidate.
I read the article trying to find a quote or other justification for the "weenie" headline. Does one actually exist?
I too looked for the "weenie" quote, because I'd heard nothing about that. This headline seems nothing more than someone's unjustified swipe at the American conservatives.
Enviornmentally irresponsible. Fiscally uncreative.. These are some of the most deceiving, thieving, and flip-flopping politicians in the History Of Man (and Woman).
Do not be decieved - These Republicans are Islolationists of the highest order. Mandated from G-d, their self-righteousness borders on psychosis.
They ridicule the UN, and any idea of International Co-operation.
Previous Economic policies have opened the USA up to the greatest disaster ever. The "Depression" will seem like just a bad month.... May be worldwide, as well.
More "For Us or Against Us" mentality.
Ms. Palin received her FIRST Passport just last year. Small-Town Small-Mind. She would start Nuclear Conflict almost immediately, IMHO.
Bush II. Sorry, make that III.
I searched in vain for the "weenie" quote too. This headline is abominable and ought to be removed immediately. There was nothing in the article to justify the headline at all, and especially not as it currently exists with the quotation marks. It's a baldfaced lie.
Icysurfer,
Your argument is its own refutation. Polemic hyperventalization has no place in logical discourse.
The headline aptly captures the Republican's comtempt for Europe, which they hate just as much as they love guns, killing, and racism. Republicans stand for isolation and xenophobia. Why not call a spade a spade?
Why not call a spade a spade ? Because this is presented as a news article, not an opinion piece and you don't put things in quotation unless you can back them up in the article. I am not sure the original authors of this article would appreciate Expatica's choice of headline.
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