What kind of support!?
Posted on 12/07/2006 1:16:20 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
European Socialists promised on Thursday to work to rebuild Europe's strategic alliance with the United States now that the Democrats control Congress after last month's elections.
Socialist leaders attending a meeting of the European Socialist Party pledged that with the Democrats on the rise, strong ties could be renewed with the United States after years of cool relations with Republican President George W. Bush.
Howard Dean, chairman of the national committee of the U.S. Democratic Party, is attending the two-day conference together with the leaders of leftist governments of several countries and party leaders from across Europe.
"We are not anti-American, we want the real America, your America," former Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, president of the European Socialist Party, said in remarks directed at Dean.
The Democrats gained control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1994 in the mid-term elections, reshaping the political landscape ahead of the 2008 presidential race.
"Europe needs an America that is back on track," said Portuguese Socialist Prime Minister Jose Socrates, whose country is hosting the meeting.
"We need, today more than ever, to reinforce and renew the strategic alliance between the United States and Europe," Socrates said. "We know that a stronger Democratic Party is key for this to happen."
Socialists, or centre-left governments, currently hold or share power in just over half of Europe.
Many European governments, not just Socialist ones, have above all been angered by Bush's war in Iraq and what has been seen as the U.S. failure to work with allies in international affairs.
They expressed hopes after last month's election for a new era of open dialogue on a more equal footing with Washington and the Bush administration during the final two years of his presidency.
Socrates said Dean's Democrats "should know that they can count on European Socialists" for support.
And this is news?
Not to worry, neither socialist or democrats (same thing) are much for work.
Didn't take long for the vultures to come around, did it.
I just bet they are...
"Socrates said Dean's Democrats "should know that they can count on European Socialists" for support."
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What a comfort this is to me. I will sleep better knowing this (sarc)
Sounds more like a suicide pact to me.
"We are not anti-American, we want the real America, your America,"
Translation:
We are anti-American, and only the "left" speaks for "Europe." P.S., give us money for our carbon credits.
Maybe they want the demorats to tell them the secret of how to lower the unemployment rate.
Lol. What a headline!
Says all anyone needs to know!
What kind of support!?
And the more divorced we become from reality, the harder will be the fall.
We can't just blame the Democrats
Get ready for amnesty for 15-20 million illegals and a raise of the cap on income subject to payroll taxes (both of which our Republican President supports and will sign into law)...this will lay the groundwork for nationalized healthcare and further government expansion and tax increases
after all...after amnesty, we will have 15-20 million more citizens living in poverty and without health insurance...the government has to do something for them, right?
America is well on the road to socialism and has been since 1913...thanks to both parties
And, when we elected a Republican Senate AND House of Representatives, their hatred for us grew.
They also think we are nuts because we actually rejected "Hillarycare".
I, for one, DO NOT want to end up like the French or the Germans or any of the rest of "Old Europe".
"European Socialists eager to work with U.S. Democrats"
That should read: "European Socialists eager to work with U.S. Socialists" "Democrat" is a euphemism.
Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it, again and again and again...Socialists only control, they do not generate money. They are leaches on productivity and will never succeed in their quest for a utopia...only free people can live in harmony. People will not wake up until it's too late...
Only one answer......the Atlas's must shrug.
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