Why Obama is so bad and why Europe loves him

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

blissful ignorance is more like it.

I hate saying it, but as a people , we are a fairly ignorant lot. You just don't realize it until you spend some time overseas and have to interact with people from a different country.

Originally Posted by krashkart

Remember that the words "socialism" and "socialist" are still scary words here. For some reason.

The word Socialism here, is synonymous with the word communism in meaning or intent. Communism, is still considered the literal definition of an evil state. The cold war still has some deep roots in American society. Communism, by virtue of said cold war roots, is considered the anti-thesis of what it is to be American. IE, "soviet red", "mother russia", "russian bear" the "soviet bloc", etc etc. So to say something is socialsm or socialist, is, in the American phsycic, the ultimate in political derogatory remarks.

Originally Posted by Puster Bill

If you are a European and you can't understand why the United States is the way it is, remember that it's a country largely made up of people who are descendants of people who *LEFT* Europe, often for *VERY* good reasons.

Good point. I'd suffix that to say we are now also largely made up of people who have left Mexico.