Why Americans love George W Bush

Asia Times ^ | September 14 2004 | Spengler

[Pitiricus]

Or why the Europeans do not get it...

[Darkwolf377]

A weird article--I started out hating it, but ended up seeing the writer realizes some truths.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Bush voters really do look worse (obesity is an inland disease in the US), dress worse, and are less likely to have attended a university than Kerry voters

[TrebleRebel]

I wondered how long it would take.... :D

On the opposite side.....

[Savage Beast]

"It is just the sort of Americans who know they are neither clever nor good-looking who will vote for Bush."

"Bush supporters are the sort of American one never meets."

Oh, don't be so sure about that. Lots of us clever, good-looking Americans are met every day. I know my beautiful and brilliant wife (Phi Beta Kappa) and gorgeous children (Mensa) and I (more than 15 years of college education, degrees, faculty appointments, etc.) have been met many times--in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America... Am I forgetting anything? The high seas.

[daybreakcoming]

Love it! Got to copy and paste for two of my democrat family members. Going to red line this part~~They understand that it is hard to track down and destroy a shadowy enemy, and do not mind much if the United States has to trounce a few countries before finding the right ones.

[sarasotarepublican]

I’m mad as hell. Is anyone listening to Sean Hannity, or previously Rush? Each newsbreak is doing the story of the weapons ban. Each report is using Kerry's own voice from his last speech, criticizing President Bush. No follow up rebuttal given from the President. Talk about giving Kerry free air time.

[Wonderama]

Attacking President Bush for his failure to win European support for his Iraq venture may be the stupidest idea ever advanced by a major-party presidential candidate in a US election

This in fact is a HUGE reason to support Bush, as "Old Europe" cannot and never has been able to decipher good from evil. Except for the art, we don't need Europe anymore.

[SeeRushToldU_So]

This fat white boy plans on voting Bush.

[speedy]

Yes, such good-looking well-dressed people as James Carville, Helen Thomas, Michael Moore, Madeleine Albright, Donna Shalala, Robert Reich -- the beautiful people.

[Hank All-American]

"Bush voters really do look worse (obesity is an inland disease in the US), dress worse, and are less likely to have attended a university than Kerry voters."

The university part is false. People with bachelor's degrees are more likely to be Republican. People who never graduated from high school or who have graduate degrees are morely likely to be Democrats. This makes sense when you think of it this way: People with bachelor's degrees are more likely to find some success in the private sector; people with graduate degrees often teach or work for the government or are (blush)lawyers; people who don't graduate from high school like the idea of government social programs and unions.

As for looks, I'll give 'em this: I've met hot women from both parties, but at least if they tell me they're a democrat I know they'll probably be loose. So they got that going for them.

[John_7Diamonds]

Dems better looking?? How about that ugly ass Janet "the moose" Reno?? How about that skanky Albright?? How about James "Dr. Suess" Carville?? How could you be much uglier than that??

Stupid newspapers!

John

[Savage Beast]

"Asians and Europeans meet the United States in the person of its coastal elite: ...the technological avant garde."

You mean like Buckhead and the Bloggers?

"Political tourists who wish to understand the United States..."

...would be wise to pay no attention whatsoever to this article. It's full of baloney.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

but at least if they tell me they're a democrat I know they'll probably be loose. So they got that going for them.

Dive right in. :)

[Savage Beast]

I've got news for you, Spengler. The knuckle-dragging Neaderthals are the ones who're voting for Kerry.

[Hank All-American]

What'd I ever do to you?

Excuse me while I toss my waffles now.

Hey, wait! I was referring to WOMEN. Phew!

[M1thumb]

I guess it takes a foreigner to understand that crimnals commit crimes, not guns. I think I need an assault rifle for my bayonet.

[faithincowboys]

I think Bush is much better looking than Lurch.

[Yardstick]

"[Bush voters] and are less likely to have attended a university than Kerry voters."

I question this one.

I read recently (in a book called The Two Majorities, which compiles a bunch of interesting demographic data on the two parties) that the average Republican voter is more likely to have a college degree than the average Democrat voter. What *is* true is that people with post-graduate degrees are more likely to vote Democrat -- and it's by a fairly wide margin, something like 70/30.

[The Great Yazoo]

Agreed that this is a weird article.

The passionate patriotism of ordinary Americans springs from their conviction that the American state is the shield of common folk.

Wrong! It is not the "American state," but rather the American NATION that is the shield of common folk.

The United States, by contrast, is populated by the descendants of individuals who decided to cease to be Europeans (or whatever) so that no one would be able to push them around.

BINGO! I could care less what the Europeans think, say, or vote for. The only people left there are those whose forebears lacked the gumption to emigrate to America.

Senator Kerry and the US coastal elite believe the same thing, namely that enlightened specialists can interrupt the tragic destiny of peoples and save the world from itself.

You show me an "enlightened specialist," I'll show you someone who's figuring out how to promote himself at my expense.

Attacking President Bush for his failure to win European support for his Iraq venture may be the stupidest idea ever advanced by a major-party presidential candidate in a US election.

Amen and Amen!

Once attacked, Americans want to fight back.

How did someone writing for the Asia Times pick up on this, while a major political party has dedicated itself to the denial of this concept?

After the end of the Cold War America's strategic interest in Europe withered away. As Muslim immigrants replace the infertile Europeans over time, European and US interests will diverge. It is meaningless to speak of America's "European allies" at this juncture. It is much more likely that the Europeans will become America's enemies a generation from now as Muslims emerge as a new majority.

Sobering!