I know it's always fun to mock other countries, but I hope most of you do realize that it might actually be beneficial to the U.S to elect a president that the rest of the world actually likes?
People in other countries have a skewed perspective on U.S. politics, so it is hard to take their opinions into account. The same phenomenon occurs in the U.S., where Tony Blair is still a national hero to many Republicans, myself included. We don't consider their domestic stances when examining political leaders in other countries - we make emotional judgements.
The Republican "brand name", as the term is being thrown around now, is rather poor even in countries that have elected leaders that are more right-wing than ours are. Admittedly, our own leaders have fed into that with some of our anti-UN, anti-International rhetoric.
I always get a chuckle when UK Conservatives on this board adopt the red avatar...I refused to be judged negatively by members of the Party of Anne Widdecombe.
