With the U.S. election now only a month and a day away (and considering that this is post # 1776: birth of a nation!), I can't help but wonder if the U.S. voters will finally address the folly of the past 8 years when they head to the polls on Nov 4. Granted, Bush Jr did even more damage than a left-leaning observer like me could've predicted, and yet he still managed to get re-elected (or, elected for the first time in 2004, since we all know that he, brother Jeb and their cronies in Florida stole the 2000 election from future Nobel Prize winner Al Gore). Does that mean that the Americans really might put yet another Republican into the White House on the heels of Bush's debacle? Clinton (Bill, not Hillary) spent 8 years cleaning up after 12 years of Reagan and Bush (Sr), leaving the country with a huge budgetary surplus... only to have Dubba-yuh not just take them back into negative territory, but actually produce the largest deficit in the 230+ year history of the country! I know that most people don't have the aversion to debt that I do, but this is ridiculous!
As I watched the Obama/McCain debate from last week, I was struck - once again, for the umpteenth time - how Republican candidates always attack their opponents and mindlessly repeat their talking points, while Democrats explain their own position and occasionally acknowledge the other's good points. Is the "bully" just such a well-loved American archetype that half the country (or more) actually sees that kind of behaviour as something that they admire? Don't they have any idea how it makes them look to the rest of the world? Or do they just not care, and value toughness more than they do class, civility or integrity? And don't get me started on Sarah Palin (besides, I think Kid Dork said it well enough here).
It's just such a strange place...
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