| Dark_Lord_2008 said: Politics in the US is completely different to Europe. Democrats are seen outside of the US as right wing and the Republicans are hard right wing. There is no true left wing party in the US. |
Which is a myth if you do a FULL breakdown of all policies, instead of just looking at 3-4 issues hot button issues the US is the odd man out on...
I'd put the US's left wing credibility against a country like France anyday, with it's much worse laws and practices in relation to sexism, racism, ability of the powerful to be be unaccountable, freedom of speech and discrimination against minority religions.
Example
http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/france-should-follow-america-s-209707.aspx
And unless something has changed recently, i'm pretty sure France has no affirmitive action programs in regards to race... at all.
And stories like these make US ones seem trivial in comparison
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1574817,00.html
And people say tough times are forcing Romeny to move right... He's got NOTHING on Sarkozy when it comes to pandering to the hard right.
