Was Clinton loved outside the U.S.???

[Massacure]

Because I'm debating with someone who says that he is well known because of his economic policies at home, but not for his foreign policies. I was always under the impression that foreigners loved him though.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Depends on which area of the world you are looking at.

[lottie244]

30. Clinton was 'worshiped' by the people of the world; despised by leaders

If Clinton wanted to, he could be elected President of the EU.

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. Here you go

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040712/people_nm/leisure_books_clinton_dc

[NewJeffCT]

3. Clinton was loved

I don't have statistics, but I remember seeing on DU that he had a 95% approval rating in Russia, and I know the Chinese greatly admire & respect both Bill & Hillary.

Two pretty big countries right there.

[aquart]

7. Ireland adores him.

[Melodybe]

18. We were in Ireland for the Referendum, we got a lot of free drinks

for just being Americans.

The Irish LOVE LOVE LOVE Bill Clinton.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

4. I lived in Scotland at the time. They liked him.

Canadians like him too, in the main.

[noahmijo]

5. He was loved everywhere outside the US

Except by countries like Saudia Arabia.

Even Pakistan loved Clinton according to one of my Pakistani friends who witnessed one of Clinton's visits. He told me that the crowd was large and that Clinton had one them over.

[htuttle]

6. He is hugely popular in Ireland

He gets totally mobbed when he goes there. They just named a golf course after him, too.

[chiburb]

8. Ireland:

[BigBrother]

33. The Irish

I knew I liked the Irish for a reason.

Seriously when I was over in Ireland in Jan. our guides had nothing but good things to say about Clinton. Even in Northern Ireland the guides praised him. But their remarkes on Bush however were not so kind. If a guide happened to mention Bush on the street and other people heard they made very interesting comments.

[Snoggera]

9. Clinton can go anywhere in the world

and receive a standing ovation.

He also doesn't have to worry about being imprisoned for war crimes, unlike many political nutcases that still create and implement policy.

[DeepModem Mom]

10. I've lived most of the time abroad the last 4 yrs; Europeans love...

admire and respect the Big Dog. They recognize his intellect and the sophistication of his worldview; some say he looks like what a U.S. President is supposed to look like, in contrast to GW Bush.

[madrchsod]

11. i wouldn`t know where to begin

on examples of the differences between clinton and bush in their world travels.where ever clinton goes he`s treated like a rock star and bush hides behind a wall of stormtroopers..
women in the a country in balkans named babies after him and clark and their visit several years ago was a national holiday....

[Sparkly]

12. The day the chimp was sworn in

A London paper ran a headline that said "Bill, We Miss You Already" or something like that. Anybody else remember it?

[Iceburg]

13. Adored and greatly respected in Canada

[Longhorn]

16. Hillary says in her autobiography

that one of the reasons they loved to travel is that they were treated with love and adoration wherever they went -- unlike what was happening in the U.S. at the time.

A subjective opinion, to be sure, but from one who was there.

[Minstrel Boy]

17. Poll from 1997: 79% of Canadians approved of Clinton, 57% Americans

http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/pressrelease.cfm?id=932&content=full

I wouldn't call Clinton loved in Canada - that wouldn't be very Canadian of us - but he was respected. And his hounding absolutely mystified us.

[LSdemocrat]

14. In Africa he drew crowds of over 1 MILLION people

[Rose Siding]

25. When Bush visited this year, I read reports that said...

that many Africans still kept Clinton's picture on their walls. He was much loved.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

15. Had read

a story that crowds were uncontrollable in India.

[Bush was AWOL]

19. Yes

I have a buddy in Europe and he says they hate Bush, but loved Clinton. By the way, they are cheering for JK and loved the speech last night according to him. He is a soldier and he said his fellow soldiers were impressed.

[info being]

20. Yes, there is a Pub in Kosice, Slovakia that is all Clinton-themed.

It still exists to this day...wonderful pictures of Clinton all over the walls.

[Doctor_J]

21. it's like this

the US has 20 million or so limbiciles. those people hate clinton, the rest of the world adores him. those 20 million love bush, and the entire rest of the world despises him. This is a slight exageration of course, but accurate.

Big Dog used to wade through crowds of adoring people who they let surround him. Bush has to have entire cities closed to prevent violence.

[Bjornsdotter]

22. Yes....

.....huge crowds turned out to see him in Sweden the summer of 2002.

They still like him...

Cheers,
Kim :toast:

[CaTeacher]

23. I lived in the United Kingdom for a brief time during the

Clinton presidency. They enjoyed him as a person--but they also loved using him to make fun of America and American's. On my travels, I was always hearing mean jokes about Clinton that showed a disrespect of Clinton, the presidency, American and Americans.

With Bush--when I was abroad, I would find absolute HATRED directed toward him by random folks (who approach me on a train etc), however they mostly seem to respect him more than they did Clinton. They talked about him as a leader--not as a joke. They hated him--but were not making fun of him. (at least openly to the American visitor) It is very odd.

Maybe F911 will change things for Bush?

[Bjornsdotter]

32. What I find funny...

...is that since Bush came into office; Clinton seems to become more and more popular in Sweden. I guess it's a longing for the "good old days". LOL

Cheers,
Kim :toast:

[erpowers]

24. I Remember a Poll

It came out about a year or two ago. It asked people from other countries to rate the American people/things the admired most. Though he was 10th on the list, Bill Clinton was either the only human, or the only political figure from America on the list. The number one person on the list was the fictional character Homer Simpson.

[geek tragedy]

26. Everywhere except the Balkans and Greece. eom

[Aftershock]

27. Oh, I'm pretty sure he was loved.

He didn't start wars whenever he felt like it.

[Teddy_Salad]

28. Was and still is hugely popular in Australia

Was back in Australia last February....everyone was asking if Clinton could come back.

They miss him a lot and absolutely love him down there.
He vacations in Australia often too.

[BayouBengal07]

29. I remember reading a report

that Tony Blair cried when Bill made his last visit to England as president.

I've seen pictures of him mobbed by adoring fans in India and Africa, Europe and Asia.

Not everyone abroad liked his policies but they all recognized that he was extremly smart on his feet. I've got the PBS special on globalization "The Commanding Heights", and to hear him talk about globalization and the international economy is just incredible. I'd like to see Bush wax about the global shifts of labor and capital.

[Habibi]

31. Clinton was loved, but the American people

were thought to be dumbasses, for making such a big deal out of the Lewinsky affair. According to a Russian friend of mine, anyway.