Guest post by TB:
The leader of the UK, US’ staunchest ally in Iraq and Afghanistan, has taken an unprecedented step for a British Prime Minister and endorsed Barack Obama in his quest for the American presidency.
Gordon Brown points out the strength of a potential Obama administration in sheparding the global economy back to health. And God knows we need a leader to help us recover from the financial mess the Bush/McCain policies have brought upon us.
Brown, the archictect of the British economic miracle which led to more than a decade of economic growth, says that, “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.”
Most of us might remember that George W. Bush’s soul-mate, Russian strongman and quasi-dictator Vladimir Putin offered Bush his endorsement over John Kerry in 2004. Of course, the endorsement of the democratic leader of the 5th largest economy on the planet (not to mention our closest strategic partner) is probably a more coveted endorsement these days than the backing of the war-mongering nationalist, Vladimir Putin.
The FP team in the McCain camp, furious and hurt by Brown’s backing of Obama, flooded the British embassy in Washington with vitriolic phone calls on Wednesday. Way to go McCain team…
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