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Originally Posted by buckeyegrad
Actually, I have come around on the idea of following the lead of our allies. After all, France, Germany, and Canada have all elected the more conservative candidate to lead their nation in their most recent elections. The UK appears to be headed the same direction next year with Cameron.
Think of the arrogance of us Americans to go with the more liberal candidate at a time where world opinion/action appears to be going the other direction.
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You have a point about many first world nations electing conservative government leaders, but I don't think it's that cut and dry. For one thing, I believe the definition of conservative varies from country to country. Some of the principles may be similar, but I haven't seen any indication that conservatism abroad has been taken over by religious zealotry as it has here. Other governments also offer multiple parties from which to chose. In some cases, there may be parties that are actually more to the right of the "conservatives". As far as the US going against the international trend, we are still electing individuals. A candidate's party affiliation does not correlate to their quality (not inferring anything). Politics also tend to ebb and flow. While other countries may be moving towards conservatives in contrast to their previous governors, we may be moving towards the Dems just to try something different. One things certain, no matter who's in charge, there will be many people who are unsatisfied.
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Originally Posted by scooter1369
you are so right. we should just do what would make whole world happy and elect a muslim and adopt shia law. its what all the kewl country's are doing now. maybe we'll be able to fit in with the popular crowd in January.
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So you see no difference between, say, Denmark and Iran? Interesting. Frightening, but interesting.