Fox host: Brits shouldn't be so mean to Mitt ... after all, he could be president

[ohgeewhiz]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/27/1114227/-Fox-host-Brits-shouldn-t-be-so-mean-to-Mitt-after-all-he-could-be-president

Hahaha, these guys are so deep inside their own bubbles that it never seems to have occurred to Fox and Friends host Brian Kilmeade that maybe Mitt is the one who should have been nicer to the Brits because he might someday become president:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. The British will try to get the colonies back if Mitt is president

[ohgeewhiz]

3. There's a dozen U.S. states I'd gladly give them!

Starting with Texas, and Arizona, (even tho they never had them to begin with).

[Xyzse]

7. Dude!

Those states came from Mexico.

[ohgeewhiz]

8. I remember....Maybe that's a better idea

give them back to Mexico?

would sure freak out millions of American citizens, wouldn't it?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. immigrants

Mexican immigrants are only getting back now what they consider their ancestors?

[Xyzse]

10. That's why I thought it was hilarious.

Mexico was HUGE back then.

Call Texans and Arizonians Meheecans, and see how they react.

[rfranklin]

2. That's American "exceptionalism..." You can be an absolute numbnuts because you are God's chosen...

The Myth of American Exceptionalism

Most statements of "American exceptionalism" presume that America's values, political system, and history are unique and worthy of universal admiration. They also imply that the United States is both destined and entitled to play a distinct and positive role on the world stage.

The only thing wrong with this self-congratulatory portrait of America's global role is that it is mostly a myth. Although the United States possesses certain unique qualities -- from high levels of religiosity to a political culture that privileges individual freedom -- the conduct of U.S. foreign policy has been determined primarily by its relative power and by the inherently competitive nature of international politics. By focusing on their supposedly exceptional qualities, Americans blind themselves to the ways that they are a lot like everyone else.

This unchallenged faith in American exceptionalism makes it harder for Americans to understand why others are less enthusiastic about U.S. dominance, often alarmed by U.S. policies, and frequently irritated by what they see as U.S. hypocrisy, whether the subject is possession of nuclear weapons, conformity with international law, or America's tendency to condemn the conduct of others while ignoring its own failings. Ironically, U.S. foreign policy would probably be more effective if Americans were less convinced of their own unique virtues and less eager to proclaim them.


http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/11/the_myth_of_american_exceptionalism?page=full

[CanonRay]

5. I dunno...we seem to be able to produce some exceptional idiots

and most of them become Republican politicians. See Romney, Willard; Bachman, Michele; Fox, Virginia etc etc ad nauseum.

[HopeHoops]

4. They laughed at the shrub too. Obama brought sense back to the office. Yes, they matter.

[ohgeewhiz]

6. The UK, Ireland, and Germany LOVE Obama!

They all have more sense in judging people than American voters seem to have.

[Bad Thoughts]

11. That statement is reversable

Willard shouldn't be so mean to the Brits ... after all, he could* be president.

* Take with grain of salt.