Even the U.N. wants Barack Obama

26 10 2008

By Colum Lynch
for the Washington Post
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UNITED NATIONS — There are no “Obama 2008” buttons, banners or T-shirts visible here at U.N. headquarters, but it might be difficult to find a sliver of territory in the United States more enthusiastic over the prospect of the Illinois senator winning the White House.

An informal survey of more than two dozen U.N. staff members and foreign delegates showed that the overwhelming majority would prefer that Sen. Barack Obama win the presidency, saying they think that the Democrat would usher in a new agenda of multilateralism after an era marked by Republican disdain for the world body.

Obama supporters hail from Russia, Canada, France, Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Indonesia and elsewhere. One American employee here seemed puzzled that he was being asked whether Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was even a consideration. “Obama was and is unstoppable,” the official said. “Please, God, let him win,” he added…

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26 10 2008
milan47

Even the UN?
They will be first to jump on the Messiah’s wagon of hope. We will be carried into the global village of multiculturalism without the sheep even notice anything.

26 10 2008
mt330404

you make the global village of multiculturalism sound like a bad thing

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