"Europeans are much more into world politics than Americans -- they know every single nuance," says Ricki Stevenson, an American journalist WRONG Ricki, They know the garbage fed to them by their one-opinion leftist or left-leaning press for the most part. There are "ignoranuses" everywhere, even in Europe.
The Euros and others abroad are always under the impression that something crazy is happening here, cuz all they meet are Dem-left ex-pats and Bush(or Reagan) keeps getting elected here. Hey sophisticated Euro-morons: the ex-pats are NOT representative of this country. They are State Dept officials, Academics, and artists all overwhelmingly skewed politically to, you guessed it, the LEFT (which you guys think is the center). Some are also cowards who disagree with the Euro/Left but won't tell you.
Finally, genius ex-pats and Eurons: FACT 1: America is successful (by many counts). FACT 2: America is different. Is there a chance these two things are related? Ya think? Do you understand that most Americans do NOT want to be like you?
Exactly. We are Americans because our ancestors did not want to live in Europe (and elsewhere) anymore. And that's just the way I like it.