November 2, 2008
Brazil's President Campaigns for Obama
I have been trying my best to refrain from commenting on American politics on this blog. However, none other than Brazil's president Lula has given me an excuse. It seems he is pretty excited about the possibility of an Obama election, and compares the O-man to such statesmen as Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales.
A couple "money quotes" below:
A couple "money quotes" below:
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said a victory of Democratic Party contender Barack Obama in the US presidential poll would be ‘an extraordinary thing’ and equated it with the leftist victory in some Latin American countries, EFE reported Sunday. ‘In the same way that Brazil elected a metalworker (Lula himself), Bolivia an aboriginal (Evo Morales), Venezuela a (Hugo) Chavez and Paraguay a bishop (Fernando Lugo), I believe it will be an extraordinary thing if in the biggest economy in the world a black (Barack Obama) is elected president,’ the Brazilian president said.
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Posted by Andrew on November 2, 2008 12:11 PM.
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Posted by: HT at November 3, 2008 7:01 PM
Yep...what makes me proud to be an American.
Posted by: Andrew 
at November 3, 2008 8:22 PM
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Don't worry the new Socialist States of America are not interested in such things, all we care about is hoping for a change of the hope of a change.