Comments on: Sorry Spain, Barack Obama is my president, not yours

By: eleena

eleena — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:05:16 +0000

Hey Carl,
Good to hear from you. Spanish entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky blogged last week about the topic of whether or not Spain could have its own Barack Obama in the near future. One of his (Spanish?) readers commented that France already had its own Barack Obama….Sarkozy. My reaction… sin comentarios. The fact that a European would view Sarkozy as being in el mismo saco as Obama is beyond laughable.

http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/could-spain-have-its-own-barack-obama.html

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:34:21 +0000

We have to take the blame for Bush (no matter who we voted for) for eight long years in every conversation that takes place in smoke filled Spanish bars, but when we elect a typical American President – that’s right I said a typical, multi-heritage background American as our president, Europeans take the credit? I say only in America could this happen.

And, didn’t the elected leader of Spain decide to send forces to Iraq? How is that Bush’s fault? Aznar is a big boy, and Spain chose him.

By: Steven Capsuto

Steven Capsuto — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:40:03 +0000

For better or worse, decisions made in the White House affect everyone in the world, including Spaniards. And under the previous U.S. presidency, there was considerable impact on Spain, which lost soldiers in Mr. Bush’s war, and lost additional lives in the Atocha bombings in retaliation for Aznar’s support of the invasion.

Similarly, what happens in the U.S. economy — think subprime mortgages — affects the economy worldwide.

That’s why one often hears Spaniards say (sometimes seriously, sometimes in jest) that everyone in the world should be able to vote in the U.S. presidential elections, since everyone has to pay the price if the White House makes dangerous decisions.

By: Jason K.

Jason K. — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:08:13 +0000

Why should Spain be happy with Obama? Well… Trans-Texas Corridor – ironically funded by Spain – is part of a movement to integrate the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Zachry Construction Corporation, headquartered in San Antonio, has entered into a limited partnership with Cintra, a capital consortium based in Spain to undertake the TTC construction. That means an investment of almost 180 billion for the full build-out of the TTC 4,000-mile network.That is one example. Second, Hispanics? maybe to proliferate the Spanish language?