Posted on 07/08/2009 10:57:46 AM PDT by Schnucki
This is not a snide remark against the colour of the skin of the charismatic American President. Neither is it a question that just came to mind. I felt compelled to write this article after having been intrigued by an interesting interview that the Oxford historian and Europhile Timothy Garton Ash gave to Der Spiegel Online International when he concluded that Mr Obama is certainly a European.
What triggered Prof. Garton Ash to pass these comments was his theory - which also seems to be common knowledge by now - that while Europe slips to the right, the United States, under Mr Obama, is discovering the social market economy and is also slipping to the left in American terms.
Bearing in mind that at least 15 per cent of the new European Parliament will consist of right-wing extremists, protest parties and, yes, even joke parties, this means that we are deluding ourselves if we believe that the temptation of xenophobia and national populism no longer exists, and one should not be surprised to see these forces being strengthened in the course of a major economic crisis.
Prof. Garton Ash has so much faith in the Obama project and is so disillusioned with the recent political trends in Europe because he has always argued in past and current writings that we must make the social market economy credible again as the central solution for the middle class.
The more people feel frustrated about seeing meaningful work being created for the majority of society, the more they are inclined to tilt towards right-wing extremism.
I know European elections might not necessarily pave the way for the same trends or patterns in general elections, but a mere look at the UK is quite alarming, what with the BNP having won its first two
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofmalta.com ...
Kenyan
No. But he does hate America. All the way back to Columbia College. Do your own research.
No. Kenyan.
Canadian
So Obama is European, because Europe is moving to the right and the U.S. to the left?
Worst logic I’ve seen in a long time.
He is a Kenyan clown.
No. He’s 1/2 Despotic African and 1/2 lib-tard American.
Sluggish European socialism is only a way station for Obama, he’s a full-bore (in more ways than one!) Marxist/statist/authoritarian, trying to both cut the US down to size and yank it to the hard left as quickly as he can.
No, Muslim.
He’s African and doesn’t understand what the culture & values of this country’s people. Besides that, he’s a fraud temporarily occupying the highest office in the land, and destroying the Republic during his occupation.
European?? Are you kiddin? He is a kenyan marxist and even european countries are far superior to ANY african nation. Take pictures and compare for yourself. Mugabe Hussein Obamba.
The "Anglo-Saxon" free market? The author is a devout social democrat with, let's be polite, a somewhat limited view of history and economics. Certainly 0bama has declared an intention to follow European practices in health care and environmental policies. Why precisely that is a thing to give Europeans hope is a little unclear. I do not personally think that an expansion of American government and a quadrupling of the national debt is necessarily something to cheer for, nor would I recommend the practice to anyone I liked.
Hey if he wants to go live in Canada, that’s fine with me! Anyplace but America. He could go back to Indonesia, he’s probably still an official citizen there.
No. He has more in common with third-world tin-pot dictators than Europeans. He does not relate to European, Judeo-Christian civilization.
The real question is whether he has an IQ above room temperature.
His ignorance is astounding.
Back to Oxy... wait, back to Frank Marshall Davis... wait, back to before he was born, did you read his dad’s thesis?
Whew. I guess back to his sperm days.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.