International Perception of McCain

[Antarctic]

I have no idea where to post this but here goes.

I'm at work this morning in distant New Zealand and our radio is tuned to a classic hits type station.
The news bulletin says that some Canadian oil company thinks that they may have discovered a giant oil field on the East Coast of the North Island.They're talking about 16 billion barrels.We've heard these sorts of stories many times before so the reaction is ho-hum.

What was surprising was the DJ's comment (remember this is not a talk station).

He said that "if the oil is there we'd better hope Obama wins the American election.If McCain wins  some previously undiscovered WMDs might surface".My unpolitical workmates laughed and agreed.

This is from such an unlikely source that I found it very interesting.It's nothing more than anecdotal but I suspect that's a common reaction here.McCain is inextricably linked to Bush in many people's eyes.

Do other international posters have similar experiences?

Is that a common view in the US?