(British Prime Minister) Brown backs Obama

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Source: Evening Standard

Gordon Brown has broken with British convention and made clear that he favours Barack Obama as the next US President.

In a departure from the usual self-denying ordinance of Prime Ministers past, Brown has written an article for The Monitor magazine in which he praises Obama's plans to get the US out of the housing slump.

Referring to the anxieties facing voters across the globe during the economic slowdown, he says: "Around the world, it is progressive politicians who are grappling with these challenges....In the electrifying US Presidential campaign, it is the Democrats who are generating the ideas to help people through more difficult times. To help prevent people from losing their home, Barack Obama has proposed a Foreclosure Prevention Fund to increase emergency pre-foreclosure counselling, and help families facing repossession."

There is not a single mention of McCain or his own plans to help tackle the impact of the slowdown. As this is an article written by the PM himself, no one can claim he is being quoted out of context or misrepresented.

Read more: http://waugh.standard.co.uk/2008/09/brown-backs-oba.html

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[happygoluckytoyou]

1. IF THE WORLD WEIGHS IN.... The DEMs WIN....

–“The children of candidates do not choose to run for office and be thrust into the spotlight.” John THE BUSH REPUBLICAN McCain
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That is a noble sentiment, one with which Barack Obama agrees. If only McCain had been consistent when the family in question belonged to an incumbent from the party opposite.
I rediscovered this snippet from a John McCain speech during a Republican Dinner in June 1998 published in the June 25, 1998 version of Salon:
"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno."
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THE ABOVE IS THE SENSE OF HUMOR OF THE GOP CANDIDATE.....

[cyndensco]

2. If only the world could vote.....

Even Brown recognizes "it is the Democrats who are generating the ideas to help people through more difficult times."

Why can't 40-49% of Americans get it?

[Waiting For Everyman]

3. Yay! This could help and I hope more leaders do the same.

Gordon Brown didn't do this for nothing. It says there is a DIFFERENCE, it matters which of them wins.