[hinckley buzzard]

In one of the very few memorable statements by SoS Condi Rice, she observed at one time, "Europe's values and our values are not the same." This simple and superficially banal statement has profound truth behind it. For those who don't get it, it will have been ignored, if it even registered. The current article illustrates well what she must have been saying.

I have no doubt Europeans are baffled by the whole concept of a limited representative government of laws. The mess they have made of the EU era illustrates even further the incoherence and impotence of European political thought.

[TexasNative2000]

Yep. The separation of powers is one of the true genius concepts of our Constitution. It continues to serve us well.

[bubman]

I agree and disagree with your statement. This article is but a kneejerk reaction by the elite left and in no way represent a collective european perception of what is a uniquely american exercise. Most europeans simply do not understand the principles of checks and balances. Those that pretend to do so cannot reconcile the mechanism with their european stucture of gov’t and it’s cradle to grave welfare state. It’s simply does not compute. A french national once told me that to most in europe, america is where the impossible happens and europe is were the possible never happens. Pretty good observation if you ask me.