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Europe vs. Clinton, Edwards and Obama | 66 comments (66 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: Europe vs. Clinton, Edwards and Obama (none / 0)
thoroughly enjoy this site; it amazes me how little the posters know about usa for all that they obsess over it;
so, e.g. daily kos, while interesting, is read by almost no one; it is, in this country, somewhat laughable; as is the prospect of edwards being nominated and/or elected; he has only slightly higher odds than kucinich; i.e. none

as for exceptionalism, i thought it was an american affliction until i heard chirac's farewell; apparently there is a fully developped french version.

in any case, i love the site, and think you all should spend a year in some midwestern american town, which is where i live. it is a vastly different place than the america you imagine.

by tomcunn (tomcunn@execpc.com) on Mon Jan 7th, 2008 at 11:55:20 PM EST
Re: Europe vs. Clinton, Edwards and Obama (4.00 / 5)
Let me remind you that a significant number of European Tribune users (and nearly half of the contributors in this thread) are either American or living in the United States...

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
by Melanchthon on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 02:46:16 AM EST
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Re: Europe vs. Clinton, Edwards and Obama (4.00 / 5)
tomcunn:
thoroughly enjoy this site; it amazes me how little the posters know about usa for all that they obsess over it;

Well I am one of those Europeans who knows relatively little of the US (apart from two summers there many moons ago which I very much enjoyed) and am here to learn.  Fortunately I don't have to move to the Mid West to do so.  The Mid West, no more than Europe or the Middle East, is not the centre of the Universe. I understand L'exception Francaise as an in joke around Europe although others here may beg to differ (Hi Jerome!).

However, the beauty of this site is that if you do think we are missing out on some exceptional piece of Mid West wisdom, you are free to expound on it with a diary of your own.  Patronising people for their lack of knowledge of the US generally doesn't work as well as actually making an effort to communicate your unique insight into its particular charms.

Index of Frank's Diaries

by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Tue Jan 8th, 2008 at 09:47:11 AM EST
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Europe vs. Clinton, Edwards and Obama | 66 comments (66 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)