A weird article--I started out hating it, but ended up seeing the writer realizes some truths.
At first I thought he was being somewhat facetious, but then I realized he truly believed most of what he wrote. It's amusing though to read that Europeans, most of whom have advanced welfare states, hate government while those conservative Republicans, unlike those clever independent Dems, love big government. Obviously this guy has been listening to too many of those "clever, witty, and independent" libs who go overseas. Unlike, of course, us stupid and dull Republicans who never stray more than five miles from home. </sarcasm>