So Barack did better the second time around, did he? I gather
his poll ratings dropped sharply after the first debate, so maybe now they’ll
pick up again.
Shame on you, Americans. For four years you were solidly
behind him based on his personality and policies, and then hordes of you
deserted him simply because of one lacklustre performance in the artificial
environment of a debating chamber. Are so many of you so weak in your
perceptions of a man’s personal worth and the values for which he stands that
you could be so easily swayed?
America,
you are the world’s most powerful country. Please try a bit harder to justify
your position, would you?
4 comments:
OUCH! Not crazy about us Yankees, are you, Jeff? A lot of us Americans still stand Barack and know that Mitt is a lying scab.
Wendy, you're asking for an essay here, but you're only going to get a few bullet points:
1) I didn't have you or people like you in mind when I wrote the post, so please don't take it personally.
2) I admit to being less than enthusiastic about America as a culture - in general terms, that is, and based on what I've observed over the decades. I wouldn't want to live there.
3) Being not crazy about you Yankees is a different matter entirely. On the whole I would say that I DO like Americans. Some of the best people I've ever encountered have been American, but I'm inclined to feel that Americans of quality - people like you - deserve better than your culture serves up. That could be the start of a second essay.
4) The matter of the debates is a separate issue. I saw some of the attendees interviewed after last night's little shindig, and it was clear that they were judging the two men's suitability based on a short performance in what is essentially a theatrical environment. Why have the debates at all? Why not judge them on the much more comprehensive evidence of their respective backgrounds and histories?
5) I doubt that any Yankee would be in the least concerned about the opinion of some English nonentity like me, but you must understand that thinking people in the 'old world' are fascinated by America and Americans. It's a common topic of conversation. Sometimes we're intrigued, sometimes bemused, sometimes horrified, sometimes amused... America looks a bit odd to those of us in cultures of long standing. There's a lot about it that looks astonishingly bad to us, but we don't claim to be perfect either. That's partly why I spend far more time criticising my own culture than other people's.
Yeah, i don't get why people paid more attention to Obama's lack of aggression, (compared to Mitt anyway) when he said what he said rather than what he was actually saying. I didn't think he did very well during the debate, either, but that didn't change my mind about voting for him.
I'm guessing that to you Europeans American culture is like the teenager of culture. And American teenagers... well... that's a whole other convo.
I still think you're swell, Peanut.
Swell? I think the last time anybody said 'swell' was in about 1957. And he wasn't English.
So what's wrong with American teenagers? I know one very excellent American teenager. Just one, but still...
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