Americans are soft...
Differences Sharpened in Debate : "Mark Jeffrey, a 45-year-old St. Louis businessman, said the president had impressed him [n the second Prez debate].
'I think he did a good job of trying to address some of the issues. We're really up against the wall with the war on terror,' said Jeffrey, who was leaning toward Bush before the debate.""
Oh me, oh my. "Up against the wall?" Well, Mr. Weenie-whiney American, most of Europe has had terrorism (not "terror" - that's a state of mind, you illiterate Republican) for years. Even when the IRA nearly blew up our Prime Minister, we British didn't feel we were "up against the wall". More children die of malaria each day than died in the World Trade Center attack on September 11. And you have the nerve to say this kind of thing?
'I think he did a good job of trying to address some of the issues. We're really up against the wall with the war on terror,' said Jeffrey, who was leaning toward Bush before the debate.""
Oh me, oh my. "Up against the wall?" Well, Mr. Weenie-whiney American, most of Europe has had terrorism (not "terror" - that's a state of mind, you illiterate Republican) for years. Even when the IRA nearly blew up our Prime Minister, we British didn't feel we were "up against the wall". More children die of malaria each day than died in the World Trade Center attack on September 11. And you have the nerve to say this kind of thing?
posted by hughster @ 10/10/2004 11:02:00 AM
1 Comments:
At 11:06 AM,
ae said…
Hi, Hugh--
I know how dispiriting it is to read these idiotic statements and wonder how in the world anyone could think such a thing, but, trust me, it's worse if you live here and have to look at your neighbors and hear about the polls every day. Honestly, who ARE these people? Having said that, we have a miserable press who have largely abrogated their duty to inform the American people. Most Americans, it seems, are unaccustomed to thinking critically about America anyway (these are the folks who sing "land of the free" w/o any twinge of irony or regret), and that proclivity coupled with a media corps hellbent on inanities and non-information does not an informed electorate make. (Not that I believe the polls. There are more of "us" who hate w. than "them," I'm sure of it.) Anyhoo, until we have a real "free press" in this country, this myth of American exceptionalism will continue to wreak its havoc on the American imagination (and, sadly, American policy). I mean, really, anybody who could possibly be "impressed" by any B*sh debate performance needs to give me the recipe of whatever cocktail they're drinking, cos it's a doozy.
Best,
ae
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