Today Venezuela's feisty President Hugo Chavez said if he were an American he'd vote for Obama (see link below). Odd, to say the least.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is behind a Romney presidency.
Question: Do endorsements like this help or hurt the candidates?
What other public figures would you like to see come out in support of your preferred candidate?
What public figures would you hope would NOT endorse your candidate?
Silly or serious -- interpret as you will.
http://news.yahoo.com/hugo-chavez-says- … 12142.html
In terms of translating into votes, I don't think they matter.
I do find it interesting though.
Not sure why you are surprised by Chaves' choice he is a leftist after all so he would probably choose the candidate further to the left, ones I would like to see are the IMF president, the OECD president and the president of the UN. I suspect that they would endorse Obama anyway, the IMF has already made it clear that they consider the current administrations economic plan better.
Still those are the ones that should count for something.
In the flight of fantasy section I would love to see founding father Thomas Paine come back and give the Tea Party a good slapping while yelling about the fact that he disliked Christianity, wanted a high minimum wage and believed in redistribution, then endorse Obama, that would be hilarious.
IMF endorsement came back in 2008. This years assessment was neutral to cold. Statements like "In the United States, the deficit in 2012 is expected to decline by 1½ percent" Is interesting since we have seen the debt go over $16 trillion. Then later they discuss how the US is at the top accumulating debt.
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fm/ … fm1201.pdf
Actually I was referring to the recent report where they recommended the US focus on raising taxation to control debt if that was necessary and to not cut spending or it would suffer another recession.
I will probably vote for Gary Johnson as he says he will go up against the Federal Reserve.
That is my hope anyway. Most of the rest are backed by the international banksters who have to be brought back under control. We need to follow the Constitution and the two main parties are bought out by the banks.
I don't think endorsements from other country's leaders matter much. I thought it was odd that George Bush was not invited to the R convention, and will be away on Election Day. Most prominent Republicans are hiding, as they are embarrassed by the tea party, and realize those people are crazy. We don't have a liberal party in the U.S., Obama is Center at best.
"I hereby accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet."
I take it Chavez has revised his opinion of the US under Obama.
It appears that Russia's Putin also favors Obama over Romney.
He grew up during the bad old days when the US was aiding in the methodical extermination of Socialists and Communists in Bolivia and South America at large, he will have had friends and or family killed and it made a lot of people bitter including him obviously.
You don't really have to like the US endorse one politician as better than another. Still at least he doesn't refer to Obama as the literal devil like with Bush.
I haven't heard any world leaders refer to our current POTUS as the devil.
Must be all those "apology tours" he's been on for the last 4 years.
Romney's worst endorsements: Ted Nugent, Rush, the Donald
Obama's worst endorsements: Bill Maher, Madonna, Hugo Chavez
Obama's best endorsement: Mighty Mom
Romney's best endorsement: Me!
That made me spew bran flakes out my nose!
Thanks for making my day start with laughter.
The best medicine!
Oh, habee....are you my twin? Were we separated at birth?
Contrary to Habee (she doesn't seem to understand too much politics, we will forgive her), their "worst" endorsements fit each candidate very well. I don't see in what way Chavez's endorsement will damage him since most people who will vote for Obama are for governmental help in people's hardships.
Bend over.
You deserve a right spanking for being such a naughty wench!
Greek One wrote:
http://images.sodahead.com/polls/003152 … large.jpeg
Now That Is A Low Blow!
It brings laughter in a time BO (the Pres. dog),
Is learning to play the fiddle so he
can fiddle as America aka the "Obamanation"
Burns and the crafty militias prepare to engage
what may very well create a north and south nation.
The 8 years of Clinton, the 8 years
of Bush now add this short administration of an
elected CEO, often referred to as a leader, that
actually works for the tax payers/voters,
scares the crap out of me and I'm fearless!
I am non partisan, never voted a straight ticket in
any election and will vote against every incumbent
in this election, hope to see a congress and house
changed that will do more than pay themselves.
So far the president has been accused of being a
puppet and following a hidden agenda,
(photo courtesy of Google)
turns out the culprit is BO! A space alien who took the
form of the New Presidential Dog that drags the president
to the golf course to chase balls keeping the president from
being able to attend his morning briefings. and other things,
like chasing basket balls, I have to say the dog "BO" will charge
left, right, or center for a "Scooby Snack" and causing an image of
the president at more golf and basket ball playing than tending to
the issues of the board of directors that is the largest board in the
world, registered and voting. The board of directors need to be changed
to those who could still see and read and write to their Representatives
and Senators urging them to work with the man toward a goal of repair,
that helps the USA before any Billions of dollar super packs gathered from
our seriously, precarious state of financial bust of a catastrophic denial of
other countries refusing to accept our currency to settle our debts.
by Dennis L. Page 11 years ago
Do celebrity endorsements help or hinder a candidate for political office?When a celebrity endorses a candidate for political office does it help or hinder the candidate? Also, does such an endorsement have a negative or positive impact on the celebrity's popularity? For example, did it change the...
by David Stillwell 11 years ago
As voters, Why are we excepting either Romney or Obama as presidential candidates for 2012.The argument over leadership and leadership abilities, lost job, jobs sent overseas, economic policy, foreign policy, national and foreign debt, national banking and international banking issues, has raged......
by Kathryn L Hill 18 months ago
If Trump had a crystal ball which showed he might (somehow) start a civil war here in the good ol' USA, would/should he decide not to run? - wondering.
by Credence2 7 years ago
Be it not for me to speak ill of a fellow Democrat, but Hillary Clinton disappoints. Please read the articles, I confess that Salon is a left leaning publication, but I have included the article placed by H. Clinton in the Times of Israel to provide a little heft to my position.Bernie has courage...
by Jill Spencer 8 years ago
Is Trump a viable presidential candidate?If he is, what does that say about our political process? If he's not, how do you explain the polls?
by peanutroaster 11 years ago
Would you vote for a presidential candidate who wasn't Christian?A October 2010 poll conducted by LifeWay Research, three out of four American Protestant pastors did not believe that Mormons are Christians. Evangelists have a tough decision ahead in the upcoming election for President of the...
Copyright © 2024 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2024 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |