richardhutnik on 03 September 2012
| JimmyDanger said: To an outsider - I don't live in your country, but having ample access to Fox News, CNN etc - it seems the vitriol, rhetoric fuelled Republican machine is in full force like never before. From their anti abortion (no exceptions) platform, to their opposition to government subsidised healthcare (I believe the US is the only developed Western "power" to lack some form of this) - it looks like a campaign fuelled with piss and vinegar, and lacking in compassion, or longterm worldview. It's interesting to see some passionate debate among those of you who'll be voting this November. While most of the worlds (developed Western Nations) moderate right wingers basically equate to your Democrats - or centre/moderate left - most developed Western Nations don't really have an equivalent to your far right wing Republican party - except on the fringes of public opinion. So it's interesting to watch as an outsider/non US citizen. Please carry on, and disregard any opinion (or assessment of public perception) that I may have presented as irrelevant. Because in the scheme of things - to someone not voting in your presidential elections - it is! |
There are times I get pretty tired of doing the same political stuff and watching people line up predictably in the same issues. It makes me wish for more discussion of your avatar and Star Wars coming home, than this stuff.
