British PM Gordon Brown endorses Obama

[scheming daemons]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has, more or less, endorsed Obama, writes the Evening Standard's Paul Waugh:

Gordon Brown has broken with British convention and made clear that he favours Barack Obama as the next US President.

In a departure from the usual self-denying ordinance of Prime Ministers past, Brown has written an article for The Monitor magazine in which he praises Obama's plans to get the US out of the housing slump.

Referring to the anxieties facing voters across the globe during the economic slowdown, he says: "Around the world, it is progressive politicians who are grappling with these challenges....In the electrifying US Presidential campaign, it is the Democrats who are generating the ideas to help people through more difficult times. To help prevent people from losing their home, Barack Obama has proposed a Foreclosure Prevention Fund to increase emergency pre-foreclosure counselling, and help families facing repossession."

[AspenRose]

1. Not shocked

They seemed to have good chemistry the times they've met....

I think the WORLD wants Obama to win.

[daggahead]

2. Totally meaningless ...

but nice to know the World is watching.

[Independent_in_MD]

6. Actually, it could backfire

Some Americans might see it as an attempt to interfere with US elections. I'd rather the euros kept quiet.

[cottonseed]

3. I like this.

It's a very high level endorsement for Obama and from the looks of it for progressive ideals.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Why does Gordon Brown hate America?

[AspenRose]

5. I predict a boycott on English Muffins are around the corner

FREEDOM MUFFINS! :rofl:

[GrizzlyMan]

7. Nice, but I wish foreign countries would stay out of our elections

It's not that I have a problem with it personally. I actually like the fact people like Brown and Merkel have stepped up and suported Obama.

The problem is we live in a nation of idiots who resent foreign commentary on our elections. There are a fair number of folks who hate Europe and resent their participation in our elections.

[nxylas]

8. Ah, the good old British press

Note how the story goes from "more or less endorsed Obama" to "favours Barack Obama as the next US president" to the real story - that he has written an article praising Obama's housing policy.