
Originally Posted by
James III
By your logic is any American who does not bother to vote not entitled to an opinion on Obama? Does that include one's who are living abroad who can't vote? Those not of voting age etc? In my opinion you're the ignorant one if you think that what the President of the most powerfull and influential country in the world does is only a matter for Americans. What anyone does in that position of power affects the rest the world in a very profound way. Saying only Americans can have an opinion is fascist in my view.
The logic is simple; if you don't like our leaders then vote for someone else. If you are American and didn't bother to vote (let your voice be heard) but instead come on to a message board and post about how much you hate our leaders, what does that do? It does nothing. Anyone can have an opinion, that's a given, and no one can take that away but we're not talking about that at all. It is not a difficult thing to understand, maybe. Any American, regardless of where they are have the opportunity and right to vote. President Obama cuttings funds from our school system, raising taxes, or even changing our medical care laws has zero direct effect on someone in China living by that countries laws or paying that countries taxes. I have never heard of someone in Norway/France/any other country saying "President Obama's decisions are ruining our country, get him out of there! AHH I wish I could vote." A little exagerated but you can see what I'm saying. Really the only countries we have that type of an effect on are... well the countries we're invading; then yes, Obama's (America's) decisions are affecting some parts of the world but not due to taxes, laws, programs, budgets, etc etc. I suggest you look up the word fascist, I don't even know what you mean by that; fascism is the belief in a dictatorship, anti-democratic if you sum it all up so who knows where you're going with that. I said American's opinions are the only ones that matter, because they are the ones who can make the difference by voting for someone else, you don't agree with that? You're saying if all of France hates Barrack Obama, their opinion matters when it comes to keeping him as President? No, I think you can agree on that. So when I say American's opinions are what actually dictates whether he stays or goes, it's true so who cares what the guy from ____________ says. Can you comprehend that?