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95% of my readers are a huge disappointment to the rest of the world.
UPDATED with a Unique Hidden Gusset award

I’m copying yesterday’s Hillbilly Poll (which is now closed) here so that I can have a constant awareness of just how many of you are so ignorant that you don’t obey the whims of socialist Europeans:

Who do you anticipate voting for in November?

McCain/Palin (95%, 1,564 Votes)
Other (3%, 53 Votes)
Obama/Biden (1%, 21 Votes)

Total Voters: 1,638

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95%. Oh, boy. That’s a whole lot of refusal to acknowledge that the rest of the planet knows what’s best for you.

Via Hot Air Headlines, here’s Jonathan Freedland in the UK paper The Guardian:

The world’s verdict will be harsh if the US rejects the man it yearns for

…If Sarah Palin defies the conventional wisdom that says elections are determined by the top of the ticket, and somehow wins this for McCain, what will be the reaction? Yes, blue-state America will go into mourning once again, feeling estranged in its own country. A generation of young Americans - who back Obama in big numbers - will turn cynical, concluding that politics doesn’t work after all. And, most depressing, many African-Americans will decide that if even Barack Obama - with all his conspicuous gifts - could not win, then no black man can ever be elected president.

But what of the rest of the world? This is the reaction I fear most. For Obama has stirred an excitement around the globe unmatched by any American politician in living memory. Polling in Germany, France, Britain and Russia shows that Obama would win by whopping majorities, with the pattern repeated in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. If November 4 were a global ballot, Obama would win it handsomely. If the free world could choose its leader, it would be Barack Obama.

If Americans choose McCain, they will be turning their back on the rest of the world, choosing to show us four more years of the Bush-Cheney finger. And I predict a deeply unpleasant shift.

…Suddenly Europeans and others will conclude that their dispute is with not only one ruling clique, but Americans themselves. For it will have been the American people, not the politicians, who will have passed up a once-in-a-generation chance for a fresh start - a fresh start the world is yearning for.

And the manner of that decision will matter, too. If it is deemed to have been about race - that Obama was rejected because of his colour - the world’s verdict will be harsh. In that circumstance, Slate’s Jacob Weisberg wrote recently, international opinion would conclude that “the United States had its day, but in the end couldn’t put its own self-interest ahead of its crazy irrationality over race”.

…Of course I know that even to mention Obama’s support around the world is to hurt him. Incredibly, that large Berlin crowd damaged Obama at home, branding him the “candidate of Europe” and making him seem less of a patriotic American. But what does that say about today’s America, that the world’s esteem is now unwanted? If Americans reject Obama, they will be sending the clearest possible message to the rest of us - and, make no mistake, we shall hear it.

Yeah, you’ll hear it, like a big fart in your general direction. Tough shit.

In all seriousness though. I can’t speak for any other Stupid American, but Europe and Rest of World? Wanna know why I don’t give a toss what you think? Because you’re doing it wrong.

You’re doing so many things wrong, in my view, that I want my country to be very different from yours.

That is, unless there’s a logical argument for why I would take political advice from people who live in places with cultures that are no more successful - and often far less successful - than my own. Freedland even helps out by listing some as examples:

Germany, France, Britain, Russia, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Are you fuckin’ kidding me? Germany and France, socialist nightmares where immigrants are destroying the original culture slow but sure. Britain? Don’t even get me started.

Russia. The place is a cesspool of organized crime, poverty, and misery.

Africa? AFRICA? Please tell me you’re joking. Massive starvation, disease, constant tribal warfare, and genocide. You betcha, I’m going to take voting advice from the citizens of that masterpiece of horror.

Asia. Which basically means China, I’m guessing. Which is communist and where they abort girl babies by the millions.

Latin America? Okay, sure. Corrupt governments, regular coups, drug cartels running everything. Yep! Those folks really know how to bring about Hope and Change.

Last and definitely least, the Middle East. To suggest that any reasonable Western adult should give one teeny tiny little shit about how the citizens of the Middle East want him or her to vote must require smoking so much crack that your spleen explodes out your eye sockets.

Not one of these nations or cultures is doing anything better than we are. They have all the same problems the U.S. has, and most of them have far, far worse problems on top of that. Sure, we have racism in America, just like every other place in the world, but we don’t have genocide. We have poor people, just like every other place in the world, but we don’t have starvation.

We have crime, just like every other place in the world, but at least we can defend ourselves with effective weapons, and our judicial system, though flawed, is no worse than any other and a hell of a lot better than most. We have teen pregnancy and abortion, just like every other place in the world, but our women have more choices in life than the vast majority of the women on this planet.

Anything else? Is there any issue that any other country has solved but that we still suffer with? Healthcare, maybe? Can someone remind me again how smashingly successful socialization has worked out for others? All I know is, if I need an MRI, I can have it done within a few days. And we have socialized it for the poor, it’s called Medicaid and the county hospital.

Well, I’ve gone there. I went political and I gave strong opinions, and I know I’ll live to regret it. But I just can’t help myself. I’m so goddamn sick of hearing that when I vote, I should consider the views of people who don’t have any better idea of how to make a nation more successful than I do. People who live under fantastically corrupt governments, where genocide and war are rampant, where I would have been aborted or if not, would have been the property of my father until he married me off at puberty, making me the property of my husband, who might just throw acid in my face if I got mouthy.

People who don’t believe a decent human being has the right to own a weapon with which to defend his own life. People who believe hard work should not be rewarded. People who are every bit as racist and trashy as the worst we have here.

How about this? You fix YOUR countries. You solve YOUR problems. You come up with something that works, and maybe we’ll start taking your advice. Until then, you can all take your ideas about how we should vote and blow them right out your ass.

UPDATE:

You don’t have to wait until November for the American finger — you can have it right now if you want.

That’s my favorite line from the comment left by Alex (the rest is here and it’s quite good), which was nominated and seconded for the following award, and which I am pleased to present:

September 10, 2008 10:56 am | Category: Politics

137 Comments

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hindmost Says:

Yes, Great Empress, I completely agree. When I hear about us “squandering the good will of the world,” I always wonder why we even need their good will… they need ours FAR more.

Or, more concisely… fuck’em.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:01 am
ElvenPhoenix Says:

On one hand…how DARE they try to pick our President?!?

On the other hand, they’re jealous of what we have, would love to come here to have what we have, and since they can’t would love to destroy it if they could.

Misery loves company, and all that. They would love to drag us down to their level and it is up to us, the American voters, to prevent that from happening.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Chris_RC Says:

People discuss the oratorical flair of the Great Obamessiah. He’s got nothing on our Miss Rachel.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:06 am
buzzion Says:

Here Here.

Why is the rest of the world so concerned about what we think of them? And why are they so upset that we don’t give a damn?

I say this a lot. But if we wanted to do what the rest of the world did and be like them, then we never would have left there to begin with! Our ancestors looked around and said fuck this shit, let’s move somewhere better. Our forefathers looked where they came from and decided it was crap so they looked back to systems over 1500 years old to base the country on.

We left the old country because the old country sucks.

Oh and to the Guardian in the UK: PLEASE! Please please please, urge your readers to write people in Ohio and beg them to elect Obama just like you did Kerry. I would love to see those responses back where we tell you how much your opinion means to us.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Alex Says:

Just now e-mailed from me to Mr. Freedland. Sorry about the length:

Howdy there — just one of your provincial American readers weighing in on your latest missive, which was so full of Wrong that it’s hard to figure out where to begin to rebut it, and which I can’t hope to rebut in full without devoting much more time to composing an e-mail than you really deserve, so I’ll just touch on a few high (low) points, and maybe mock you a bit while I’m at it.

First off, you mention the prospect of “A generation of young Americans - who back Obama in big numbers - [turning] cynical [and] concluding that politics doesn’t work after all,” in a manner that suggests you think that would be a /bad/ thing. That figures. Those of us who still value freedom, however, and want less socialism and for the government to meddle less in our lives, would like nothing more than for the young generation to wake up and realize that politics is for suckers. Maybe, in their new-found cynicism, they’ll go out and get real jobs, in which they can actually create things and generate wealth and prosperity — rather than seek out new ways to leech off taxpayers, curtail freedoms, and serve as a drag on the economy. Waking these kids up sooner rather than later is as good a reason to reject Obama as any.

As far as what the rest of the world thinks about whom America should elect, I recall this isn’t the first time you’ve trotted out the idea that Americans need to take the rest of the world’s opinion into consideration. In fact, didn’t you suggest four years ago that since the American president affects the rest of the world that everyone in the world should get to vote? That column gave all of us a big laugh over here. Well, OK, not all of us; just the few of us who read it. But in case I didn’t write you then to give you my opinion, I’ll tell you now: that sounds like a capital idea, and we’ll get right on it — just as soon as the rest of the world gives us full reciprocity in voting in /their/ countries’ elections too. After all, the leadership of those other countries affects Americans too, such as when we rely on purported allies to help us out in putting diplomatic and economic pressure on regimes that threaten us and our allies without undercutting our efforts behind our backs. And let’s face it — it would really be safer and cheaper for us if we could just vote the leaders of hostile countries out of office instead of having to deal with them through diplomacy, economic sanctions, and threats of military action. Actually, I really like this idea: let me know when I get to vote in the next UK parliamentary election, won’t you?

But for the time being, it might baffle you, but we Americans are still going to elect a leader that we think is going to act in the best interests of America. That doesn’t mean participating in some global popularity contest. While some people think it may be sort of nice for America to be liked by European bureaucrats and effete poncy patronizing Pommy columnists, the rest of us don’t really care whether you like us or not, and we’re not about to elect a transnational socialist in order to gain your admiration. In fact, those of us Americans who still value individualism and freedom wear the derision of your type as feathers in our caps. You don’t have to wait until November for the American finger — you can have it right now if you want.

And as for your speculation on whether Obama’s defeat will be “deemed to have been about race” … well, of /course/ it will be so “deemed” — because that’s the spin everyone who supports him will put on it, whether true or not. Even if we clearly reject Obama because of his socialism; his adherence to the discredited McGovern/Carter/Brzezinsky/Vance/Christopher/Albright school of pacifist-internationalist appeasenik foreign policy; his hostility to economic liberty; his close ties with the Blame-America-First contingent of the Left; his scheme to nationalize the health care and energy industries, along with whatever else he and his ilk can get away with nationalizing; and his insufferable Ivy League prick (translation to UK-speak: “posh git”) personality … everyone who wanted him to be elected will already have their minds made up and will scream loudly that it was about race. You know what, though? We’re not about to be mau-maued into voting for this turkey just to avoid accusations of racism, because we know that even if we elect him, we’re /still/ going to be accused of it whenever we don’t do exactly what our self-professed betters and racialist/multiculturalist would-be commisars want us to do: we can’t win with them, and we can’t break even either. Which is why we’re going to invite them to kindly pound sand up their asses while we reject Obama anyway, for our own reasons, and let the chips fall where they may.

And finally, if the rest of the world wants Obama as a leader, they can have him. Once he’s defeated here, the UN is welcome to him. We’ll have a great time watching him bask in the world’s adulation while aiding and abetting the world’s various kleptocracies, thugocracies, socialist bureacracies, and tyrannical regimes in trying to undermine American interests while leeching off its foreign aid largesse. Seriously — take Barack Obama. Please.

I guess that’s it for now. Cheerio, old boy — looking forward to your next humo(u)r column.

Alex Xxxxx
San Francisco, CA
September 10th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Deanna Says:

AMEN, RACHEL!!!

Now we need a dog picture to cleanse ourselves from all the politics.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:25 am
14 Karat Says:

If the free world could choose its leader, it would be Barack Obama.

From Daniel, we learn that he will take full control of the world, thus becoming a world dictator.

Just got done humping my Bible, so I thought I’d toss this out there.

Excellent post, as usual, Rachel. I love how you douched my namesake on the healthcare issue. You need to check out Nicki’s head ’splody on the same issue. It’s an entertaining evisceration.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Rude1 Says:

Bravo Alex! Between you and Rachel, I’m a happy dude today. Great post and great response. Cheers!!
September 10th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Steph Says:

Rachel,

I just love it when you go all political! Reading your missive gave me tingles down both of my legs.

Alex,

Absolbloodylutely! I think the Obamassiah will come a cropper when everyone realizes he’s all fur coat and no knickers. Who cares what the euros think?
September 10th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Rigel Kent Says:

To all and sundry throughout the world who would like to tell America who to vote for, once you start payin’ my taxes maybe I’ll think about listening.

When you start paying back for the umpten times America has saved your ass, maybe I’ll listen.

When you can get your own shit together, maybe I’ll listen.

Until that time I will kindly thank you to mind your own damn business.

P.S. You should also be very, very very glad America is not the jingoistic, imperialistic warmongering country you make it out to be. Because if it was, then that would be your ass.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Scott Says:

Rachel, I want to have your babies.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Antman Says:

Countries (and their citizens) that hate the USA, do so because we make them look BAD - LOSERS.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:33 am
gd Says:

RE:

…Suddenly Europeans and others will conclude that their dispute is with not only one ruling clique, but Americans themselves. For it will have been the American people, not the politicians, who will have passed up a once-in-a-generation chance for a fresh start - a fresh start the world is yearning for.

Right … I’m really seeing some ‘fresh starts’ in the governments of Russia and China. As for the ‘fresh starts’ in the European countries, how’s that workin’ out for ya? Not so good, huh? Maybe the world is yearning for a ‘fresh start’ because they live in countries whose policies are proving to be failures.

Pure Rachel Lucas gold, and my thoughts exactly:

How about this? You fix YOUR countries. You solve YOUR problems. You come up with something that works, and maybe we’ll start taking your advice. Until then, you can all take your ideas about how we should vote and blow them right out your ass.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:34 am
tibby Says:

Rachel, Rachel, Rachel! Don’t you know that you are to do as they say!!! Not as they do! ***Head imploding***
September 10th, 2008 at 11:35 am
hissyfit Says:

Bravo, Rachel!! Best political speech I’ve heard so far, including Governor Palin’s! As somebody wrote last night in response to the declaration: WORLD WANTS OBAMA! - “You can have him - we’ll wrap him up and send him to you postpaid!”
September 10th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Fishermage Says:

Nicely said. I’ve recently started reading your blog, after seeing a friendly mention from Vox Day, and I’ve been laughing and smiling ever since. Thanks for your insightful and funny comments. Give ‘em hell.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Amanda Says:

I just spontaneously ovulated . . . and it felt good.

Rachel for President!
September 10th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Peregrine John Says:

God, I love the Rachel.

And Alex, too: “…and maybe mock you a bit while I’m at it.” Yup, spewed me some coffee with that one.

They’re welcome to the Obamessiah, as far as I’m concerned. Or do they just hope he changes us? Screw that. They want him, they get him. To get pseudo-biblical about the pseudo-psavior, as I said elsewhere, “For America so loved the world, that they gave it their only Obama; that whosoever should believe on him should not be prosperous, but have everlasting socialism.”
September 10th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Jim Says:

LMAO!!!

Rachel, that was AWESOME. Alex, I just can’t believe your from San Francisco! Please let us know what his response is (provided he has the stones to respond, that is!).
September 10th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Jennifer Says:

Why wait? I’ll give them the finger now.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Jeff Says:

Screw Europe. Its just one more reason to vote for Palin/McCain.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Spoodles Says:

I love you!
September 10th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Joel Hoekstra Says:

“You don’t have to wait until November for the American finger — you can have it right now if you want.”

Thanks, Alex! That one line alone totally made my day! Bravo!

Might I humbly suggest we put that quote in Rachel’s top page banner? *crosses fingers*
September 10th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Schrodinger's Other Cat Says:

Rachel: FTW!
Alex: FTW²!
Rigel Kent: Ab-so-fucking-lutely.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
physics geek Says:

Crikey. We saved the collective asses of this douchebag’s ancestors from tyranny, spilling lots of US blood on foreign soil. For this, we get lectured to by some self-important asshole who probably gazes wistfully at his toilet bowl leavings because they’re just so wonderful.

Listen up, dickhead. Do not fuck with us. Next time you’re invaded, or hurt, or crying like little girls who just discovered that Britney is more than 20 years old, don’t come begging for the US to make it all better. If you do, we’re going to make you the next U.S. territory, which means that you’ll now be U.S. citizens, but your vote in national elections will still carry the same weight: none.

I’m sorry, did that upset you? Suck on it.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Nick Says:

Just wondering. Has the BBC ever polled what the US opinion is on any British elections?

How would any citizens of say France react to being told that one of their choices will make the US hate ‘em?
September 10th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
pete in Midland Says:

hey … Europe? How about you repay all that financial support a-la the Mashall Plan … maybe even the cost of the American effort in Europe during WWII, and then we’ll talk, huh?
Until then, you freeloading whiny effete effeminate little wussies, STFU.

BUT!!!! If you really want Obama. Cool. We don’t! Take him. Take that insufferable bitch of a wife of his as well. Enjoy him, as your views pretty well coincide.

But please. Please. Please. Forget our phone number when Islam has completely trashed your side of the world. We’ve kinda run out of sympathy for you lot.
Seriously, just forget our phone number and live happily ever after …. bwahahahahahaha

Oh, and RCHL? I hate to draw your attention to errors, as they may be intentional … but I think you mispelled his name. Isn’t it actually Freakland?
September 10th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Jimmy Says:

Palin / Lucas ‘12

Best ever, Rachel. I love it when you “go political.”
September 10th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Mike Weidner Says:

Has France, the UK or Germany ever elected a minority to be their head of state? What if America pressed them on voting for one of their many Arab immigrants - how would they react?

Why do we care what these hypocrites think?
September 10th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
rebecca Says:

I think I have something in my eye, that was just beautiful Rachel. Please go political more often.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
14 Karat Says:

And a goatse for the world’s “goat,” using RCHL’s words. Works on a couple of levels.

And a repost, because I think it’s funneh.

September 10th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Amelia in TX Says:

Because you’re doing it wrong.

Love it! Love it love it love it!!!!! So true!

When will they understand that we DON’T WANT TO BE LIKE THEM?!? Our ancestors wanted a change, and that’s why they left Germany, France, Britain and Russia, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America!

If the rest of the world doesn’t like what we do, then they need to a) quit asking for our help (both military and monetary), and b) quit poking sticks in our eyes!
September 10th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
MagicalPat Says:

The world’s verdict will be harsh if the US rejects the man it yearns for

And what, pray tell, will they do? Call us more names than they do now?

Time to put this in a McCain/Palin ad. Can you ask for a more ringing endorsement?
September 10th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
GeoPal Says:

Why would the thoughts of any hyper moronic, piss-pants, one worlder matter to any American? Screw ‘em all – elect Palin/McCain and watch the meltdown - nuclear grade, fissionable MELTDOWN!
September 10th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Amelia in TX Says:

14k, that’s fucking great!!!

(Yes, I do have a vulgar sense of humor.)
September 10th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
14 Karat Says:

He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. Revelation 13:13

SEE! EVEN THE LIBS ADMIT IT!

[snicker]
September 10th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
buzzion Says:

Just wondering. Has the BBC ever polled what the US opinion is on any British elections?

BBC Pollster: What do you think about the upcoming elections in Britain?

American: They have elections in Britain? I thought you had a queen.

BBC: No we also have a Parliament that…

American: Well why the hell should I care? I don’t vote there and I don’t live there. Leave me alone.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
castocreations (hzk) Says:

I was thinking about this this morning. My mom taught me to not follow the crowd. If I EVER uttered the phrase “everyone else is doing it” she’d inevitably say “if everyone else jumped off a bridge would you do it too.”

This is my LIBERAL mother who hates Palin. And thinks that the rest of the world hates us. The irony is delicious.

I don’t give a flying F*** what the rest of the world thinks. Nor do I care what most people think about me. That is how I was raised (which just kills me since my mom seems to forget why she raised me this way) and if someone doesn’t like it they can shove it.

I’m feeling very grouchy today.

Besides, if the “world” hates us so much then why are so many of the world citizens trying to get IN to the U.S. ????
September 10th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Mare Says:

I second what Pete in Midland said.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
buzzion Says:

castocreations (hzk) Says:

I was thinking about this this morning. My mom taught me to not follow the crowd. If I EVER uttered the phrase “everyone else is doing it” she’d inevitably say “if everyone else jumped off a bridge would you do it too.”

This is my LIBERAL mother who hates Palin. And thinks that the rest of the world hates us. The irony is delicious.

I’m an asshole but if your mom mentions about how the world thinks we should elect Obama, I think you should mention the jumping off a bridge line. And then throw in “Just hope that Palin doesn’t kill the bridge construction before you get the chance to.” But like I said I’m an asshole, and don’t think I would say something like this to my mother.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
TXMarko Says:

To suggest that any reasonable Western adult should give one teeny tiny little shit about how the citizens of the Middle East want him or her to vote must require smoking so much crack that your spleen explodes out your eye sockets.

Simply. Brilliant!
September 10th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
mightysamurai Says:

…If Sarah Palin defies the conventional wisdom that says elections are determined by the top of the ticket, and somehow wins this for McCain, what will be the reaction? Yes, blue-state America will go into mourning once again, feeling estranged in its own country.

Sheesh. “Blue-state America will go into mourning once again.” What a bunch of whiny titty-babies.

And, most depressing, many African-Americans will decide that if even Barack Obama - with all his conspicuous gifts -

Heh. What “conspicuous gifts” would those be?

His gift of not knowing how many states there are in the Union?

His gift of having an uncle who somehow managed to liberate Auschwitz before the Russian Army?

Perhaps his gift of seeing dead people in the audience?

could not win, then no black man can ever be elected president.

I love when white liberals act like they know what it’s like to be a black man.

But what of the rest of the world? This is the reaction I fear most.

I’m sure you do. But then, you’re a big liberal wuss-bucket who thinks Americans actually care about what an entire continent full of big liberal wuss-buckets thinks.

For Obama has stirred an excitement around the globe unmatched by any American politician in living memory. Polling in Germany, France, Britain and Russia shows that Obama would win by whopping majorities, with the pattern repeated in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. If November 4 were a global ballot, Obama would win it handsomely. If the free world could choose its leader, it would be Barack Obama.

Uh huh. When we get a say in your elections, we’ll start giving a damn about what you think of ours.

If Americans choose McCain, they will be turning their back on the rest of the world, choosing to show us four more years of the Bush-Cheney finger. And I predict a deeply unpleasant shift.

Towards what, pray tell? More snooty anti-Americanism?

…Suddenly Europeans and others will conclude that their dispute is with not only one ruling clique, but Americans themselves.

Funny, we concluded much the same thing about you all roughly 200 years ago on July the 4th, 1776.

For it will have been the American people, not the politicians, who will have passed up a once-in-a-generation chance for a fresh start -

A “fresh start” for what? What is so “fresh” about Obama? You people have had high taxes, socialized medicine, big government, and an appeasement-based foreign policy for decades. What’s so “fresh” about more of that?

a fresh start the world is yearning for.

If you guys are “yearning” for the Obamessiah so much, then YOU elect him.

And the manner of that decision will matter, too. If it is deemed to have been about race - that Obama was rejected because of his colour - the world’s verdict will be harsh.

I’m sorry but, exactly how many black people have YOU GUYS elected to run your respective countries?

In that circumstance, Slate’s Jacob Weisberg wrote recently, international opinion would conclude that “the United States had its day, but in the end couldn’t put its own self-interest ahead of its crazy irrationality over race”.

Interesting. Europe took thousands of years to get rid of racism, slavery, and racial segregation. The United States of America got it all done in slightly over 200 years.

Yet somehow, we’re the ones who have a problem with race.

…Of course I know that even to mention Obama’s support around the world is to hurt him. Incredibly, that large Berlin crowd damaged Obama at home, branding him the “candidate of Europe” and making him seem less of a patriotic American. But what does that say about today’s America, that the world’s esteem is now unwanted?

What does it say about today’s Europe, that they’re apparently ready to condemn the entire American electorate for not voting in the guy they think should win?

If Americans reject Obama, they will be sending the clearest possible message to the rest of us - and, make no mistake, we shall hear it.

And you’ll do……what? What will you do?

Stop trading with us? Shyeah, good luck getting that passed.

Military action? Feel free to try it. We promise to send flowers to your widows.

Mr. Freedland says we better elect Barack Obama “or else”.

To which I respond, “Or else what?“
September 10th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Crusader Says:

What’s truly scary is how utterly isolated the US is right now. The whole world(except for Israel) truly hates our guts.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
MMW Says:

Polling in Germany, France, Britain and Russia shows that Obama would win by whopping majorities, with the pattern repeated in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. If November 4 were a global ballot, Obama would win it handsomely. If the free world could choose its leader, it would be Barack Obama.

We ARE the free world, you douche. Name one other country as free as ours, I dare you, you pompous ass. You’ve already eliminated, well, everywhere else in that list and you haven’t even got close.

As to the rest of the world wanting Barrack, I can’t imagine for the life of me why they’d want him. Every nation on Earth seems perfectly capable of producing its own leftist trolls who would be perfectly happy to screw up their own countries. But if you really want him, just take him. Just consider it our last bit of foreign aid…he’s so awesome and will fix everything right up so you won’t need us to prop up your governments with our aid, our 25% percent stake in the UN budget, our subsidizing of your healthcare (via our subisdy through high prices of perscription drugs and other R&D), or any of the other things that we do for the world yet get no thanks for. In short, you can take Obama and stick it.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
fargus Says:

I predict a deeply unpleasant shift.

Yeah? Well eat SHIFT and die. Why should we care what a bunch of You’re-a-peeings think?
September 10th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
ReigningCats&Dogs Says:

I know this article wasn’t from an American but I really wish I could get one message across to our own journos: “Take that euro-vibe out of your butt and put your American back on.”

It’s not that I’m a prude. They’re more than welcome to shove 12 inches of nearly anything up their backsides if that makes ‘em happy (in fact, if they’re female and moderately attractive, I demand video proof that it’s not their rights that have been violated). It’s just when they start moaning ,”Ooooohhhh, trans-national socialism”, that I find it disturbing.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
hindmost Says:

To which I respond, “Or else what?“

Or else they will send us A LETTER!!!

/how you rike that, Hanz Brix, you fucking cocksucker!!!
September 10th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Pat Berry Says:

We have poor people, just like every other place in the world . . .

No, we don’t. Our poor people have cars, TV sets, cellular phones, clean water, so much food that they are obese, and access to the best health care in the world (they may have to wait a few hours at an ER, but they get treated).

By the standards of most other countries, even the poor people in the United States are wealthy.

In other countries, poor people are more like Barack Obama’s half brother George, who lives in a shack in Kenya on about a dollar per month. The United States doesn’t have anyone that poor.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Scotaku Says:

Europe, Asia, Middle East, Central/South America. Nice places to visit, wouldn’t want to live there. Africa… well not so much, but that’s obviously because I’m a racist bitter redneck.

Who has, at least, lived in Asia. Does that make me a secret Buddhist?

But heewack, Rachl, You. Have. Said. It. Best. Fix YOUR countries. And even then, you know what? You can still just leave us alone. Really.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
RW Donn Says:

So, does this mean that the rest of the world wants us to elect the next . . . . . Robert Mgabe? I mean, I get Obama’s message when he says he isn’t going to take our guns because he doesn’t have the votes in Congress. And, IF he ever GETS the votes in Congress? Well, now THAT is a very different thing, isn’t it?

I think it’s time we let the rest of the world know, AGAIN, what we think of electing the guy who makes Bill Clinton look like a right winger.

SARAH! And that brave Navy boy! THAT is who I’m voting for!
September 10th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Lyndon Says:

Rachel for Secretary of State. Winner of the John Bolton “Go Screw Yourself” Diplomacy Statuette.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
John H Says:

SARAH! And that brave Navy boy! THAT is who I’m voting for!

Me too! Pissing off the rest of the world is an added bonus! Personally, I think they’re hoping 0bama gets elected so he can get the taxpayers of this country to bail them out. Screw ‘em.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
hindmost Says:

What’s truly scary is how utterly isolated the US is right now. The whole world(except for Israel) truly hates our guts.

Well, besides that being a lot of crap (I can’t remember which of Whittle’s essays said it, but even among those who express dismay at us, they still flock here in droves, and a US Green card is the greatest reward in the world), I’m in the “Who Cares?” boat. When I read stuff like what this author said, I wish that, just for one day, the US were even half as bad as these idiots think it is.

But I wouldn’t wish that kind of evil even on the ungracious euro-punks who spout this nonsense… and they know better. The United States is and has remained the greatest force for good in the history of the world. Woe be to them if we ever decide, “Enough!”
September 10th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Crusader Says:

Well for one I’m glad America exists. Because the fact that Europe would vote 80/20 for Obama is more proof of their totalitarian tendencies.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
_Jon Says:

First, have any of those non-African nations elected a semi-black leader? Have they even had one on the ballot recently?

Second, if they don’t like the US so much, how come they (Germany and France) elected pro-US leaders who visited the US during their campaigns (France!?!)

Third, which way is the immigration flowing?

Like lots of other MSM tards, this person should be wearing a helmet and restricted to posting on chats via an XBox 360 mini-keyboard. f-ing ‘tard.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
My Awesome Mixed Tape #6 Says:

“How about this? You fix YOUR countries. You solve YOUR problems. You come up with something that works, and maybe we’ll start taking your advice. Until then, you can all take your ideas about how we should vote and blow them right out your ass.”

With every paragraph I read my girl crush on Rachel grows almost as readily as that of my girl crush on Sarah.

My husband is okay with all of it though…says he just wants to watch.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Pat Berry Says:

Michael Asher posted this helpful map at Townhall.com:

September 10th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Carmen Says:

AMEN!
September 10th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
hM Says:

Mr. Freedland says we better elect Barack Obama “or else”.

To which I respond, “Or else what?“

[hans blix]They will be very angry with us. And they will send us a letter telling us how angry they are.[/hans blix]

I once knew a guy who sat next to a European on a flight and, as often happens, ended up in a conversation. The European asked the guy (we’ll call him Fred) why Europeans seemed to know more about America than visa versa. He talked about how Europeans heard about us all the time from when they were just kids. Fred looked at the guy and said, “Europeans don’t do anything that affects our lives so why should we care?” As you can imagine, the guy was somewhat upset.

Every time I hear anybody complaining about how the rest of the world hates us and they ask my opinion I say giving a shit would require too much effort. My president is elected to advance my interests as an American citizen, not the interests of some whiny, smelly Frenchman who throws his hands up and screams like a little girl at the mere mention of conflict.

If it weren’t economic suicide I’d say pull back the troops from everywhere (except our staunchest allies), lock down the borders, and watch the world burn. And, in all honesty, given the choice between saving one member of my family and 100 code pink members I’d say somebody was going to have to foot the bill for a lot of pink caskets. If they aren’t even willing to help defend themselves what good are they?
September 10th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Miller Says:

Alex, I’m such a hick, hillbilly, redneck that I barely understood what you wrote.

But it feels right.

As many times as I’m on this site every day, how in the Sam Hill did I miss this friggin’ survey?!

DAMNIT!
September 10th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Hollowpoint Says:

Silly Europeans. We fought the War of Independence in order for the right to tell the King of England to fuck off. They eventually adopted Democracy, but never quite got completely over the hump.

Even if they don’t admit it, they still view themselves as subjects to be led by an elite ruling class- if not a King or Queen, a Prime Minister and parliment. Their culture is one of dependance, not of independant thinking. Style over substance, intention over results.

Sorry, silly European psuedo-intellectuals. You still have a ways to go before you catch up to the US. We are the teacher, you are the students. Maybe we’ll listen once you get past freshman year.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Bill(Mamba1-0) Says:

Crusader, I believe you’re wrong about that. But, even if every other country in the world DOES hate us (except Israel) - what the hell is so “truly scary” about that? Who cares? More precisely, WHY should we care? Europe’s a has-been trying to sell what’s left of their asses to Russia and the mid-east goat-fuckers. Africa’s a never-was that won’t count for anything for another 200 years. We seem to get along reasonably well with Asia, for the most part - but that might just be that “attack the USA = get an atom bomb” thingy.
Who gives a big rat’s ass what the rest of the world thinks of us? (Shit. I don’t even care what my neighbors think of me; why would I care about a bunch of eurotrash?)
And if they do get all bent out of shape because we reject their chosen one, what will they do? Reject American tourist dollars? Stop trying to immigrate to the US? Find new insults with which to bombard us(good luck with that one. It’d require original thought, and that hasn’t happened in Europe in a coon’s age[oops. was that racist?])
Nobody cares what the rest of the world thinks - until they start paying back some American “loans”; until they stop begging for American handouts and disaster relief; until they take back their own countries and act like free people instead of dhimmis.
Nobody gives a big, green pus-fuck!!
September 10th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Angel Says:

What’s truly scary is how utterly isolated the US is right now. The whole world(except for Israel) truly hates our guts.

Is this for real?

Or is this someone channeling what it might be like to have a care factor or more than zero of what the freaking world’s opinion is of the USA?
September 10th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Angel Says:

Alex, I loved your response. Somehow being the wussified liberal wank he is, I somehow doubt he’ll have the stones to respond, but its an awesome response regardless. Bravo.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Bill(Mamba1-0) Says:

McCain/Palin 08
Secretary of State Bolton

Bring it on eurotrash!! Give us some harsh feelings.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Robyn Says:

AMEN Ms. Rachel! Good damn I don’t think I could have said it better myself.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
snarky Says:

Are Aesop fables no longer read to children? The next time someone tells me how I need to vote for Obama so that he can bring us hope and change so that the rest of the world will like us, I’m going to suggest that they read The Man,the Boy and the Donkey before they talk to me again.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
JessD Says:

Applause
September 10th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Crusader Says:

So far there are no tangible economic consequences to Europe’s hatred of America. But who knows if they might initiate trade sanctions as their rage boils over at an Obama loss?
September 10th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
evvybuns Says:

Yes, my French sucks these days.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
wRitErsbLock Says:

I love you, Rachel Lucas. I want to have your baby. Screw Sarahcuda, I want you in the white house!
September 10th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Larry J Says:

The world’s verdict will be harsh if the US rejects the man it yearns for.

I mean this with great sincerity: “The world can kiss my American ass.”
September 10th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
evvybuns Says:

the world’s verdict will be harsh

What, they’ll waggle their private parts at our aunties?
September 10th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
SSG King Says:

fuck the rest of the world
September 10th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Cromagnum Says:

Let us vote him back to Kenya, then he can live with his half-brother
September 10th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Mark Says:

America has more friends in parts of the world than this Grauniad Faggot wants anyone to believe. Is there a certain timing to this punter’s whoring for Obozo? Right when his numbers plunge? Actually, right when the scribbler journalist’s paycheck from the Obamorons clears the bank.

Well, kids this is called “astroturfing” - building false public support. Obama has the leading such propaganda agency on the payroll.

Oh, anti-Americans? Eat shit and die. Great Post Rachel. Now back to your chemistry!
September 10th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Miri\\\\\\\'s Dad Says:

Didn’t many of our ancestors move away from Europe because they were tired of being told what to do?
September 10th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Erbo Says:

Shot and score, Rachel.

I’ll focus on one particular issue: Anyone who thinks socialized medicine is a good idea needs to talk to my ex-wife. She’s currently in Finland, with a number of health problems, and she can’t get the same level of care out of KELA (the Finnish national health service) that she got from the EEEEEEVIL KKKapitalist HMO United Healthcare while she was still in America. Her last text message to me, three days ago, reiterated that “soc med sucks” and ended with “I WANT NEED MY HEALTHCARE BACK!”

If Obamalamadingdong gets elected, soon enough, we’re ALL going to WANT NEED OUR HEALTHCARE BACK.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Zarba Says:

Alex, of course, win’s today’s Chuck Norris Comment of the day.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Zarba Says:

How about this? You fix YOUR countries. You solve YOUR problems. You come up with something that works, and maybe we’ll start taking your advice. Until then, you can all take your ideas about how we should vote and blow them right out your ass.

I couldn’t have said it better!
September 10th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Boff's [widget] Says:

I’ve only just started going through the comments, and I normally never pipe up until I’ve finished them, but I’m moved to say this.

That Freedland chap, frankly, pissed me off so badly I could hardly muster two thoughts to rub together. My mood for the day was soured almost before the day had begun, and I found myself faced with the daunting challenge of dealing with his tripe on top of everything else.

And then I started to read further, and that’s all it took. Rachel and Alex, I think I love you. You both said just about everything I wanted to say and said it far better than I could manage in my state at the time. Y’all have done wonders for my blood pressure and my mood, and if I were a woman, I’d have both y’all’s babies.

Thank you so much. These are among the reasons I keep coming back here, and I look forward to the rest of the comments.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Rob Farrington Says:

Way to go, Guardian - piss off Americans the way you did in 2004 with ‘Operation Clark County’, and help swing the vote to the Republicans!

I might just write a letter thanking them!

Oh, and did I mention that Jonathan Freedland is a complete and utter twat, as are most people who write for that socialist rag?
September 10th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Janet Says:

OK,

Alex from San Francisco for Secretary of State and Rachel for Secretary of Defense.

Can we all agree on that?
September 10th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Tully Says:

Poor Freedland. He’s been kissing Obama’s butt so long that he’s grown addicted to the smell, and can’t conceive that everyone else might not share his tastes.

Note, mind you, that these are the people he wants us to obey.

And I have trouble not laughing myself silly when I see some of what he no doubt thinks of as the “free” world.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Steve Says:

So many conservatives in one spot. It boggles the mind. Rachel, can I have your babies?

Thanks again, everyone, for being my spot of sanity in an insane world. 90% of the people I work with think that the Obamessiah can walk on water; it’s refreshing to talk to people who share my perspective on that socialist scumbag.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Sgt K Says:

For Obama has stirred an excitement around the globe unmatched by any American politician in living memory.

If you go back seventy years and substitute Hitler for Obama and German for American you can probably find amazingly similar quotes.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Nicki Fellenzer Says:

14 karat — I couldn’t sleep last night, I was so pissed about that! I have my own socialized health care nightmare. I’ve written about it before. Tonsilectomy without anesthesia. Just tied me up with a sheet, and began snipping away with a kidney dish under my chin.

I’ve been there and done that, and I’m NOT going back!
September 10th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Alex Says:

Aw, shucks. Thanks for the Norris Award, Rachel — and glad y’all liked it. I should have included a link to Rachel’s (excellent as always) post in my e-mail to that poofter, but didn’t think about it at the time, and doubtful he’d bother to click through to it anyway.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Texas Cheesehead Says:

Rachel, it saddens me that you, and every other right thinking woman, can never anatomically get the satisfaction of saying the following:

The rest of the world can suck my left nut.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Cromagnum Says:

This is powerful and long but its only a part of the posting
From One Cosmos:
Cynicism and Gullibility, Faith and Intellection, Pigs and Mothers

I’m going to say something here that is bound to be misunderstood, but I’m sure that one of you will appreciate the point. I even ran it by Mrs. G last night, and once I explained what I meant, she put down the frying pan.

What I said was something to the effect that, in order for a man to properly love a woman, he must first know how to properly hate them. I have to admit that the sentence popped out of my mouth before I had time to understand my point — which I often do, so that I can “think beyond myself,” so to speak.

I was thinking about how Obama, precisely because he is such a feminized man, expresses such undisguised contempt for women, such as the recent pig comment. Now, why would Obama have unconscious issues with women? One reason might be that he didn’t have a noble father in his life, for him to emulate and teach him how to be a man. Instead, his primary identification is with the devouring or idealizing mother, which naturally creates resentment, since fixation in the realm of mother-love prevents one from becoming a Man. (You will also have noticed how frightened he seems to be of his wife, and how sensitive and easily wounded he appears to be.)

Children think in very broad strokes and stark categories. Therefore, a boy’s turn to father is always accompanied by a kind of devaluation of mother and the female realm in general (I’m certainly seeing it in my son, as he struggles to pry himself free of mother and turn toward father; just as he used to get angry at me for coming between him and his mother, now he gets angry at her for coming between us). For you mothers of boys, I’m sure you noticed the pattern as your boys grew up. The wise and secure mother does not interfere with this devaluation, because it is part of the process of detaching from biology itself, in order to become the spiritual and social archetype of Man.

Then, once a boy is a man, he can return to the realm of the feminine with a whole new appreciation and wonder — and equally importantly — no residual, unconscious resentment. But as Harvey Mansfield notes, you cannot be a gentleman unless you first become a man. The left is full of metrosexual gentlemen who hide their hate behind layers of sophistication and sophistry.

Is it any coincidence that the most gynocentric subculture also features the most blatant misogyny, i.e, rap? Is it any coincidence that Hugh Hefner is one of the biggest supporters of feminism, or that all the lady killers of Hollywood are vocal feminists? Is it any coincidence that the left hates Sarah Palin? No, of course not. To be a feminist, you really have to despise femininity.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Anwyn Says:

I think I’m in love with Alex even though he lives in San Francisco.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Anwyn Says:

Which, Rachel, I’m in love with you too, that ought to go without saying but in case you need some more lovin’ today.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
mongo Says:

Bill,
That photo of JBM always makes my heart go a-twitter. It’s actually my laptop wallpaper. It always makes my day to see it.

It’s certainly a good thing Barry did his world tour. If he hadn’t, what else would we be talking about?
September 10th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
RW Donn Says:

Ron Paul has turned down the opportunity to endorse SARAH! and that brave Navy boy. Will someone with SOME kind of influence remind the libertarians and esp. Ron Paul that politics goes like this. Hold your effing nose and endorse SARAH! and McCain. Otherwise, act like spoiled libertarian babies and stay the eff home on election day.

I swear I will NEVER EVER have ANYTHING to do with libertarianism again. Time to act like grown ups, Ron Paul and Company.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Lily Says:

Alex is my new hero.

While some people think it may be sort of nice for America to be liked by European bureaucrats and effete poncy patronizing Pommy columnists, the rest of us don’t really care whether you like us or not, and we’re not about to elect a transnational socialist in order to gain your admiration.

“effete poncy patronizing Pommy columnists” I cannot stop laughing. I am also stealing this line.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Jen Says:

Rachel, you need to “go political” more often. I get tingles (down BOTH legs!) when you do!
September 10th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
para Says:

I always figured that pissing off the French was a badge of honor, pissing off the Germans is a necessity, pissing off the Brits is like pulling your sister’s pigtails, and as for the rest of the world, well, pissing them off is just fun, fun, fun.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
AndrewUpNorth Says:

Please America, please, please, please elect Sarahcuda and that nice Navy man. Please, please, please, please, please, pretty please.

Do you have any idea the effect it would have on Canuckistadian Liberals to have another Republican president? I’m getting a tingle up my leg at the mere thought. All of the ’sploded heads and cardiac arrests…spittle flecked rage, leading to strokes…heads pounded into walls to the point of concussion… and they won’t be able to get treatment for 2 years in our wonderful socialized “medical” system. Ahhhh sweet, sweet schadenfreude.

Do it, America, Do It, DO IT! Do I have to beg? I will. Please, please, please, please elect McCain.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
14 Karat Says:

Just tied me up with a sheet, and began snipping away with a kidney dish under my chin.

Jesus fucking CHRIST, Nicki. That’s such a horrific image it makes my entire perineal area spasm into a perma-kegel!

Wanna please your man? Read Nicki’s comments!

Now I’M going to have nightmares [shudder]!
September 10th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Rob Farrington Says:

I always figured that pissing off the French was a badge of honor, pissing off the Germans is a necessity, pissing off the Brits is like pulling your sister’s pigtails, and as for the rest of the world, well, pissing them off is just fun, fun, fun.

At weekends I call myself Stacey, and you can pull my pigtails all you want!
September 10th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Brad K. Says:

Oh, Rachel, my reaction is very different from yours.

I would rather please the world. Send Obama overseas. Let Europe, and Africa, and Asia and the rest duke it out, and the winner (loser?) gets Barack Obama for their very own.

We can make do with what is left.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Birdman Says:

September 10th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Nicki Fellenzer Says:

14K - I’m sorry, love. I didn’t mean to make your sphincters contract. I’ve blogged about it on my old site plenty of times. It’s probably the most horrifying childhood memory I have…

Dirty Soviet hospital… blood stained sheets… a tin tub for every bloody fucking body to bathe in with water so dirty, you actually catch infections in it… one large room with dozens of dirty beds with dirty patients… Not to mention unsterilized instruments!

But hey! Everyone has free health care, right?
September 10th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
RR Ryan Says:

Someone else has probably made the point, but face it: give them six months of hope and change, and they’ll hate Obama just as much as they do Bush.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
lumpenscholar Says:

Hey, this xenophobia stuff seems to be going around. James Lileks dissects a Canadian columnist at The Bleat. Quick taste:

Heather Mallick, brilliant Canadian columnist: It’s possible that Republican men, sexual inadequates that they are, really believe that women will vote for a woman just because she’s a woman.

Lileks: Consider the joy that would reign if someone wrote that “Democrats, racial guilt-mongers that they are, really believe that African-Americans will vote for an African-American just because he’s an African-American.” Of course Republican men don’t believe that women will vote for her just because she’s a woman. It’s surely a factor, but there’s the possibility that they will vote for her because she is not a woman like Heather Mallick.

You have to love the “Sexual inadequates that they are” line as well; if there’s one thing that’s amused me in the last two weeks, it’s the screechy distaste of Ms. Palin coming from men who embodied the Modern Alda Paradigm of masculinity, which is to say they are nervous around cars, think guns are icky, had their own Snugli, have wives in corporate jobs who make more money than they do, and still get dissed behind their backs because they can’t figure out how to make the bed. The Lost Boys, if you will.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
mightysamurai Says:

So far there are no tangible economic consequences to Europe’s hatred of America. But who knows if they might initiate trade sanctions as their rage boils over at an Obama loss?

Heh. I’d like to see them try.

I have a feeling they’ll figure out pretty quick that they need us a lot more than we need them.
September 10th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
para Says:

OH YEAH!

I forgot about the Canadians. I wonder why? Never in the history of the universe has there been a country so large and war free, so abundant with natural resources, and so incapable of generating anything of cultural value to the rest of the world.

Sure, I loved John Candy and maple syrup as much as the next guy, but c’mon, they’re sitting there, wasting oxygen, saying “eh” to each other.

September 10th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Groanin' Jock Says:

I don’t disagree with you that the US is one of the planet’s leading civilisations, but there are certain aspects that are done better elsewhere on the planet. You state:

“Anything else? Is there any issue that any other country has solved but that we still suffer with? Healthcare, maybe? Can someone remind me again how smashingly successful socialization has worked out for others? All I know is, if I need an MRI, I can have it done within a few days. And we have socialized it for the poor, it’s called Medicaid and the county hospital.”

That’s the same as in Britain, expect it’s socialised (which I presume means paid from government funds) for EVERYONE, not just the poor. No-one need have health insurance - if you’re ill or in need of medical attention, you receive it regardless of how rich or poor you are.

You mention that Germany and France are seeing the “original” cultures destroyed by immigration - isn’t that the same as in the US, where Spanish is now spoken by almost as many citizens as English?

And I think you miss the point with Africa and Asia - no-one’s suggesting that the US voters take “advice” from these regions - I’d imagine that these regions are looking to the US for guidance, assistance, aid and support as they attempt to bring themselves into the 21st century.

Don’t get me wrong, I love America, Americans and American culture - but a blinkered belief that the US is automatically the best in everything doesn’t make it true.
September 11th, 2008 at 2:32 am
Boff's [widget] Says:

Oh, and by the way, I’d just like to say that I’m very pleased and proud indeed to be considered a huge disappointment to the rest of the world, and I can hardly wait for my chance to live up to that honor come early voting season this year.

You won’t even have to wait until November to get my middle finger, world. Is this a great country or what?
September 11th, 2008 at 4:21 am
langtry Says:

Alex:

I think I just ovulated over that missive!

Have you ever considered moving to Chicago? We could use som one like you to counteract all the Obama/Demweenies.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Tammy Says:

If we’re ticking the rest of the world off, we must be on the right track, I say. I fart in their general direction and raise them a middle finger.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:02 am
Tammy Says:

If John Bolton is going to be our Sec. of State, the rest of the world better LOOK OUT!! They’re toast!! LOLOLOL It ROCKS to be an American!
September 11th, 2008 at 10:10 am
BarSinister Says:

Whenever the Eurotrash think we are wrong, it means we are on the right track.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Robohobo Says:

Huh?

Polling in Germany, France, Britain and Russia shows that Obama would win by whopping majorities, with the pattern repeated in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.

Then let the dimwit run for office in one of those cesspits. Like Rachel says, my ancestors looked around the island, knew the Brits were starving them on purpose, said “Screw this!” and got on the first ship headed west.

The recent turn of events in the US Presidential race show just how low things have gotten and how stupid the ‘body politic’ has become.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:52 am
ben Says:

If November 4 were a global ballot, Obama would win it handsomely. If the free world could choose its leader, it would be Barack Obama.

Like, if they want Obama so badly, they’re free to elect him the leader of their part of the world.
September 11th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
raven Says:

So the Euro’s will hate us? BFD. We have been hated by professionals. Being hated by the Euro’s is like being despised by a mouse.
September 11th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
diamond dave Says:

How about this? You fix YOUR countries. You solve YOUR problems. You come up with something that works, and maybe we’ll start taking your advice. Until then, you can all take your ideas about how we should vote and blow them right out your ass.

Well put. Couldn’t put it any better myself!
September 11th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
thud Says:

Jealousy of America knows no bounds…they can’t bear you not being fucked up like them…with obama they see a chance for you to join in the shitheap the rest of the world is.
September 11th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Tully Says:

That’s the same as in Britain, expect it’s socialised (which I presume means paid from government funds) for EVERYONE, not just the poor. No-one need have health insurance - if you’re ill or in need of medical attention, you receive it regardless of how rich or poor you are.

If you live long enough to reach the front of the queue.

The Swiss seem to have a decent system going. The Italians have some of the best health care outcomes in Europe–and hate their system. Go figure.
September 11th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Steve Says:

Sigh….you don’t know why they need us? Simple, they are waiting for us to “get back into the fold”. They want us to once again,subjugate ourselves to some royalty, prince/princess mumbo jumbo schtuff.
That way we will be primed to “help” them out with our money….because they are too lazy to make any for themselves.
They view us as having too much money, ala “zero sum economics”. They don’t realize that making a country wealthy or well off requires initiative.
William F Buckley Jr. said, “Industry is the enemy of melancholy.”
All those depressed europeans are blinded by the socialistic promises of their guardians. They need to get off THEIR duffs and start building things again.

Steve
September 11th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Doug in Colorado Says:

To the Guardian’s Editors, and Mr. Freedland.

Gentlemen, and ladies,

When you come to America and get your citizenship, take up a productive life here and register to vote,… then and only then can you deign to have a say in American elections. You presume to speak for the world when you don’t even speak for your own countrymen.

From a foreign country, you cannot possibly know the background of Barack Hussein Obama…because you know little or nothing about the corrupt Chicago political scene he flowered in. You see what you choose to see and you think, “wouldn’t it be nice to have a brown skinned American president who would talk nice to the world and lead America away from being the world’s policeman, and get rid of that naughty American military machine.”

Frankly my dear, we don’t give a damn who England or Europe or anyone else thinks ought to be President of the United States and leader of the free world, commander in chief of the only superpower (at least for now). People living in other countries have no idea what is in the best interests of the United States, and in particular, those living in a failing state like Britain (it pains me to say that) and a declining democracy have no right to tell America we have to join your downward spiral.

Personal freedoms in Britain are but a fading memory, as is peace and safety in your streets…you love to think America is a bunch of violent cowboys, but I’d feel safer in any major city (except Washington DC or Chicago, which like Britain have disarmed the innocent and the law abiding) than I would feel in any British city these days…you have more violence than we do, and you have nanny state bureaucrats watching you when you carry out the trash to the dustbin…you have surveillance cameras everywhere…

And you think you know enough about how to manage a country to manage us? At least half of the American population has no desire to live the way the average Briton does…under the camera, under threat by your own unruly children, with a growing population of decidedly hostile immigrants, and plagued by rising violence.

When you figure out how to run your own country with some measure of freedom and dignity, maybe then we’d consider listening to your advice…but you still wouldn’t have the background knowledge and you certainly wouldn’t have the right to interfere in our politics.

America doesn’t, and shouldn’t, care what the verdict of the loony leftists of Britain and Europe will be if we choose to elect a proven, brave, capable leader and a young lady with more executive experience than either of the socialist jackals the Democratic Party is offering this year. Stuff your verdict where the sun doesn’t shine, next to your heads.

Doug
Colorado, USA
September 11th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Annoyed White Male Says:

I’ve written a long rant on this at my site:

http://annoyedwhitemale.squarespace.com/journal/2008/9/11/the-worlds-verdict-will-be-harsh-lol.html

You are invited to visit. I have linked back to this page.
September 11th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Respawn Says:

Rachel, BRAVA!!!

Alex, thanks!!

You inspired me to send the little wanker my own comment (not NEARLY as good as yours, but every little bit of derision helps):

“I read your article with great interest. I TRIED, very hard, to work up a suitable level of angst, to punish myself for my lack of guilt that I didn’t care a fig what a bunch of failed socialist “Euro-democracies” think about OUR choice of OUR President. I tried REALLY, REALLY hard - but my giveashit’s broken. If you don’t like who we elect for President, you are cordially invited to kiss my American ass, you poncy, whinging little wanker. Please just fuck right the hell off. Twat.”
September 11th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
mightysamurai Says:

That’s the same as in Britain, expect it’s socialised (which I presume means paid from government funds) for EVERYONE, not just the poor. No-one need have health insurance - if you’re ill or in need of medical attention, you receive it regardless of how rich or poor you are.

Oh, you receive “medical attention” there. It’s just slow, inefficient, and laughably sub-par. Yeah, those Brits really do things “better” than we do here.

You mention that Germany and France are seeing the “original” cultures destroyed by immigration - isn’t that the same as in the US, where Spanish is now spoken by almost as many citizens as English?

Heh. The two situations are not remotely comparable.

The US may have a demographic crisis on the horizon (despite your claim, English-speakers still FAR outnumber Spanish-speakers in this country) but Europe has a demographic crisis NOW. Specifically, a crisis of radical Islam taking over the continent.

And I think you miss the point with Africa and Asia - no-one’s suggesting that the US voters take “advice” from these regions

I’m pretty sure the entire point of Mr. Freedland’s article was to suggest that US voters take “advice” from these regions.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Groanin\\\' Jock Says:

The US may have a demographic crisis on the horizon (despite your claim, English-speakers still FAR outnumber Spanish-speakers in this country) but Europe has a demographic crisis NOW. Specifically, a crisis of radical Islam taking over the continent.

Percentage of UK population that follows Islam: 2.8%

Percentage of US population that follows Islam: 2.6%

Yep, we’re being over-run….
September 12th, 2008 at 2:30 am
Scott Says:

“…the rest of the world seems to consist of 22,500 people asked by the BBC World Service over a course of several months in 22 countries, many of which do not precisely have elected, accountable governments themselves.

Plus there are the left-wing journalists (mostly a tautology) and people who work for the UN, various NGOs and other suchlike organizations.

Who exactly appointed them to speak for the world?

Come to think of it, how do they know that the people of those countries really would vote for Obama? They might have many of the same reservations that Americans do about him.

Wherever the people of the rest of the world have had a choice they have managed to discard left-wing ideologies and socialist parties have had to start pretending that they believe in the free market and small government. Little of it comes through in reality but, at least, they know that they need to say this in order to get elected.

Why, given all that, would anyone be so certain that a left-wing Democrat would be the world’s choice?

Of course, as I have said, we are not talking about the world, merely about a very small segment of it – the people who have appointed themselves witho

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