My friend from Sweden emailed me earlier re: coverage of the teabag march on Swedish news....

[marmar]

..... He said the newscasters were visibly laughing at the marchers and what they were marching for.

This country has become an international joke.

[d_b]

1. ooh I'd love to see it

[RagAss]

2. We know that.

[grantcart]

3. I have news for you -- they have been laughing for decades

[donheld]

4. This country has been an international joke for more than 8 years

[glinda]

5. Yes. This is serious that we are viewed as idiots because of the Republicans.

[Parker CA]

9. From my time abroad, people in other countries have a pretty good ability to differentiate between

the freeps and Democrats/Liberals/Progressives. Thankfully.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

28. agreed. Although they wonder about the size of

the flat earthers, the creationists, and the religious reich who seemed to control our country recently.

In a great Scottish pub, I once offered to trade one George Bush for the Scotsman's Tony Blair. After he quit laughing, picked himself off the floor, drank my pint of ale, he wiped the tears off his face and said, "Bloody hell, mate, that's simply cruel and unusual punishment."

[msongs]

6. yet the democratic party INC and its elected reps refuse to blast baggers for what they are

passing up a golden opportunity to stand up against racism and its ugly stain on the US and politics here. oh well

Msongs

[Raineyb]

7. We were a joke when Bush was installed.

I'm afraid we've been an international joke for quite some time.

[seabeyond]

8. no, not this country. the repugs and their party

but i really dont see that they are laughing at obama or think he the fool

[marmar]

10. No, they're not laughing at Obama.......

..... They're laughing at the fact that people are protesting expanded healthcare.

[Cleita]

11. I didn't even have to open the thread because I knew you would say that they would be

rolling on the floor laughing their asses off at our stupid 'mericans.

[DebbieCDC]

12. What are the European newscasters giving as a crowd estimate?

Curious

[marmar]

13. He said they gave the generic thousands of people.....

.... probably based on US news reports.

[tabatha]

14. If there is a video of that - it would be great.

[Cleita]

20. Yes, if one of our video savvy DUers could put it up on YouTube with

subtitles in English, we could send it all over the place until KO and Rachel pick it up on their show too.

[Swamp Rat]

15. HAHA!

[Vickers]

16. Oh yeah?

Well FUCK Sweden!

:spank:

Just kidding...I've been there, and it's a great place.

[provis99]

17. Liberals like us exist all over the world.

Conservative Republicans only exist in America. And foreigners look at Republicans like they are some distorted, ant-brained trolls (which they are).

[tavalon]

18. Has become?

Ain't nothing new.

[dysfunctional press]

19. email him back and ask for the station's website...

i'd LOVE to see that tape, and even pass it on...:rofl:

[mzmolly]

21. They don't represent this country. They represent a lunatic fringe

group.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. It's been a joke since at least 2000

trust me... and the joke is on us

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

23. I wonder if the people in Sweden have been exposed to Mega Churches,

the Creationist Museum, movies like Jesus Camp, and the ridiculous festive nature of American political conventions with the balloons, rock music, party hats, buttons, and obviously drunk conventioneers.

[femrap]

24. I wish we could move these

crazy a-holes to certain states to live in and let them be there own country. I'm so tired of putting up with them. I sick at what they've done to our country. I'm sick of their backwardness. And I most sick of their willful ignorance.

Let them unite and secede from the Union.

I think I'll start that movement.

[Arugula Latte]

25. Oh crap.

As if this weren't embarrassing enough domestically. :banghead:

[midnight]

26. After seeing your subject heading, I knew your message was

going to say something about Americans being considered the village idiots in the world. To understand what the insurance industry and the pharmaceutical industry has done in this country to our medical schools, our legislators, and our citizens, is to understand the psychology of brain washing. These masters of perception have some thinking that to have access to quality affordable medical care is somehow for the weak or any new idea of spin they choose to create.....

[Blue_Tires]

27. i'm glad someone realizes it...

does he know anyone hiring over in Sweden??

[eShirl]

29. German exchange student I met in 1987 said pretty much the same thing

that electing, then reelecting Reagan had made us an international laughing stock.

[raccoon]

30. I love all Swedes and Norwegians. Oh, and Danish and Dutch. nt