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Boodleheimer

apparently, since Bush changed his mantra from "stay the course" to "change", the GOP has gained in polls. (for non-Americans, GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican Party)

and in my state (Virginia), it looks like a dead heat in the Senate race, even though the Republican candidate used a racial slur in a public forum.

i'm just so annoyed, i had to post.

Juregen · Joined: 30 May 2006

I feel for you

Bibbitybop · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul

I love my country, but I fear my government and this kind of crap makes me hate my people. At least 51% of them.

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

What's this, Bush is going to cut n' run? What a pansy.

Poemer · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Location: Mullae

Electorates everywhere are subject to this kind of manipulation, the difference lies in the fact that political inneptitude in the US has a negative impact that can reach far beyond its own borders. Being front and center on the international stage has its drawbacks in this regard. Of course, if you take the view that the US should lead the world in terms of responsible governance, well then it's doubly disheartening to witness the total F'n cluelessness of the masses.

djsmnc · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Dave's ESL Cafe

Juregen · Joined: 30 May 2006

Boodleheimer · Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:34 pm Post subject:

Juregen · Joined: 30 May 2006

Boodleheimer · Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:52 pm Post subject:

sorry!!

i just wanted to say that i think a world led by China would be a miserable place.

as in, even worse than now.

but back to the beginning: most gullible ever? i think so.

Poemer · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Location: Mullae

I believe Germany in the years immediately following the all too brief flourishing of the Weimar republic holds the distinction as the most gullible electorate ever. . . I mean, even I wouldn't liken Bush to Hitler.

venus · Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Location: Near Seoul

Hitler practiced what he preached.

Woland · Joined: 10 May 2006 Location: Seoul

otis · Joined: 02 Jun 2006

I don't think the American electorate is stupid.

They have no choice. They can choose between Republicans or Socialists. There's no Democratic Party.

Look at the choice we'll probably have in 2008. It'll be Hillary Clinton and Barrac Obama taking on Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush.

You can choose the socialist who wants to turn America into a European style system, or you can choose the Republican.

I'm no Republican, but...Hillary Clinton? C'mon.

Adventurer · Joined: 28 Jan 2006

I think the person who posted that old map that showed the Confederacy and the states open to slavery is very interesting. In the South, the plantation owners controlled things. There was no industry. There was almost a sense of an aristocracy more than there was in the North. The North gave up on the South when it came to integrating African Americans until the 1960s. To be fair, many in the South supported this, or it would not have happened.

However, it does speak volumes when racism is used in places like Tennessee and some parts of the South. That has nothing to do with a choice over Socialism and Republicanism. There is a huge gap between various regions of the U.S. The South has many who oppose the Democrats not simply because of an economic program. Some would support the Democrats if they went out against gay marriage and abortion. There is a cultural conflict in the country. It is not simply about economics. The country must sort that one out.

I think the political system should have several political political parties because Americans differ substantially on many issues, and it would make political corruption more difficult and help re-introduce populism.